Z-1495 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL NO. 1695
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C 241 L 88
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1988 Regular Session
By Representatives Dorn, Betrozoff, Peery, Cole, Rust, Taylor, Rasmussen, Valle, Spanel, Holland, Rayburn,P. King and Winsley;by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Read first time 1/22/88 and referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to minimum standards for the evaluation of certificated personnel; and amending RCW 28A.67.225.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 7, chapter 420, Laws of 1985 as amended by section 1, chapter 73, Laws of 1986 and RCW 28A.67.225 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The
superintendent of public instruction shall develop for field-test purposes, and
in consultation with local school directors, administrators, parents, students,
the business community, and teachers, minimum procedural standards for
evaluations ((conducted pursuant to RCW 28A.67.065(1))) of
certificated classroom teachers and certificated support personnel. The
minimum procedural standards for evaluation shall be based on available
research and shall include: (a) A statement of the purpose of evaluations; (b)
the frequency of evaluations, with recognition of the need for more frequent
evaluations for beginning teachers; (c) the conduct of the evaluation; (d) the
procedure to be used in making the evaluation; and (e) the use of the results
of the evaluation.
The superintendent of public instruction shall propose the minimum procedural standards for field tests not later than July 1, 1986.
(2) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop or purchase and conduct field tests in local districts during the 1987-88 and 1988-89 school years model evaluation programs, including standardized evaluation instruments, which meet the minimum standards developed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and the minimum criteria established pursuant to RCW 28A.67.065. In consultation with school directors, administrators, parents, students, the business community, and teachers, the superintendent of public instruction shall consider a variety of programs such as programs providing for peer review and evaluation input by parents, input by students in appropriate circumstances, instructional assistance teams, and outside professional evaluation. Such programs shall include specific indicators of performance or detailed work expectations against which performance can be measured. The superintendent of public instruction shall compensate any district participating in such tests for the actual expenses incurred by the district.
(3) Not
later than September 1, ((1988)) 1989, the superintendent of
public instruction shall adopt state procedural standards and select from one
to five model evaluation programs which may be used by local districts in
conducting evaluations pursuant to RCW 28A.67.065(1). Local school districts
shall establish and implement an evaluation program on or before September 1,
((1989)) 1990, by selecting one of the models approved by the
superintendent of public instruction or by adopting an evaluation program
pursuant to the bargaining process set forth in chapters 41.56 and 41.59 RCW.
Local school districts may adopt an evaluation program which contains criteria
and standards in excess of the minimum criteria and standards established by
the superintendent of public instruction.
(4) The
superintendent of public instruction shall report to the legislature on the
progress of the development and field testing of minimum procedural standards
and model evaluation programs on or before January 1, 1987, ((and))
January 1, 1988, and January 1, 1989.