PART X.2 TEACHER PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
Regulations: standards, methods and results
277.31 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations in relation to performance appraisals conducted under this Part, (a) respecting competencies to be evaluated in conducting performance appraisals; (b) respecting the rating scale to be used in conducting performance appraisals; (c) respecting the standards, methods, processes, timelines and steps to be followed and the input and material to be taken into account in conducting performance appraisals; (d) respecting processes, timelines and steps to be followed following performance appraisals that result in ratings that are not unsatisfactory; (e) respecting the results of performance appraisal ratings that are not unsatisfactory, including but not limited to regulations providing for a range of results and criteria to be applied in determining results.  2001, c. 24, s. 4. Rating scale (2) Without limiting the generality of clause (1) (b), regulations under that clause shall provide for, (a) which rating or ratings shall be considered unsatisfactory for the purposes of this Part; and (b) with respect to new teachers, which rating or ratings shall be considered not satisfactory or unsatisfactory for the purposes of this Part.  2006, c. 10, s. 43 (1). (3) Repealed:  2006, c. 10, s. 43 (1). Parental and pupil input (4) Subject to subsections (5) to (8), and without limiting the generality of clause (1) (c), regulations under that clause may provide that documents recording parental input, pupil input or both shall be taken into account.  2001, c. 24, s. 4. Same (5) Without limiting the generality of subsection (4), a regulation that provides that documents recording parental input, pupil input or both shall be taken into account may, (a) prescribe the kinds of parental input, pupil input or both that may be sought; (b) provide for the use of survey forms; (c) provide for processes, timelines and steps to be followed by boards in developing survey forms, including the kinds of consultations to be undertaken or approvals to be obtained.  2001, c. 24, s. 4. Same (6) Subject to subsection (7), a regulation that provides that documents recording parental input, pupil input or both shall be taken into account shall also provide that the teacher shall be given an opportunity to review the documents and to respond respecting the documents to the person who conducted the performance appraisal.  2001, c. 24, s. 4. Same (7) A regulation that provides that documents recording parental input, pupil input or both shall be taken into account shall also provide that, where the parent or pupil so requests, words or names that would identify the parent or pupil shall be removed from a document before it is provided to the teacher.  2001, c. 24, s. 4. Same (8) Information obtained solely through documents recording parental input, pupil input or both shall not be the sole factor in a teacher receiving an unsatisfactory rating, a new teacher receiving a rating that is not satisfactory or in recommending or determining that any teacher’s employment should be terminated.  2006, c. 10, s. 43 (2). General or particular (9) A regulation under subsection (1) may be general or particular in its application and may apply in respect of any class of matter, person or thing and, for that purpose, a class may be defined with respect to any attribute and may be defined to consist of or to exclude any specified member of the class, whether or not with the same attributes.  2006, c. 10, s. 43 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 24, s. 4
- 15/03/2002 2006, c. 10, s. 43 (1, 2)
- 12/06/2006