Source: http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/342.850
Timestamp: 2014-07-23 18:05:36
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 342', '§5', '§3', '§1', '§3', '§1', '§2', '§1', '§29', '§9']

ORS 342.850 - Teacher evaluation - 2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
Accountability For Schools For The 21 St Century Law
342.805 Short title
342.815 Defini­tions for ORS 342.805 to 342.937
342.835 Proba­tionary teacher
342.840 Determina­tion of length of service for proba­tionary teacher
342.845 Contract teacher
342.850 Teacher evalua­tion
342.856 Core teaching standards
342.865 Grounds for dismissal or contract nonextension of contract teacher
342.875 Suspension
342.910 Waiver of contract grievance claim if ap­peal of dismissal decision filed
342.934 Procedure for reduc­tion of teacher staff due to funding or administrative decision
342.937 Reimburse­ment for teacher dismissal costs
2011 ORS § 342.850¹
• personnel file content
(1) The district superintendent of every school district, including superintendents of education service districts, shall cause to have made at least annually but with multiple observations an evaluation of performance for each probationary teacher employed by the district. The purpose of the evaluation is to aid the teacher in making continuing professional growth and to determine the teachers performance of the teaching responsibilities. Evaluations shall be based upon at least two observations and other relevant information developed by the district.
(2)(a) The district school board shall develop an evaluation process in consultation with school administrators and with teachers. If the districts teachers are represented by a local bargaining organization, the board shall consult with teachers belonging to and appointed by the local bargaining organization in the consultation required by this paragraph.
(ii) A written program of assistance for improvement is established, if one is needed to remedy any deficiency specified in ORS 342.865 (Grounds for dismissal or contract nonextension of contract teacher) (1)(a), (d), (g) or (h); and
(E) The utilization of peer assistance whenever practicable and reasonable to aid teachers to better meet the needs of students. Peer assistance shall be voluntary and subject to the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement. No witness or document related to the peer assistance or the record of peer assistance shall be admissible in any proceeding before the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board, or in a probationary teacher nonrenewal hearing before a school board under ORS 342.835 (Probationary teacher), without the mutual consent of the district and the teacher provided with peer assistance.
(3) Except in those districts having an average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006 (Definitions), of fewer than 200 students, the person or persons making the evaluations must hold teaching licenses. The evaluation shall be signed by the school official who supervises the teacher and by the teacher. A copy of the evaluation shall be delivered to the teacher.
(5) The evaluation report shall be placed in the teachers personnel file only after reasonable notice to the teacher.
(6) A teacher may make a written statement relating to any evaluation, reprimand, charge, action or any matter placed in the teachers personnel file and such teachers statement shall be placed in the personnel file.
(7) All charges resulting in disciplinary action shall be considered a permanent part of a teachers personnel file and shall not be removed for any reason. A teacher shall have the right to attach the teachers response, or other relevant documents, to any document included under this subsection.
(8) The personnel file shall be open for inspection by the teacher, the teachers designees and the district school board and its designees. District school boards shall adopt rules governing access to personnel files, including rules specifying whom school officials may designate to inspect personnel files.
(9) A program of assistance for improvement or evaluation procedure shall not be technically construed, and no alleged error or unfairness in a program of assistance for improvement shall cause the overturning of a dismissal, nonextension of contract, nonrenewal of contract or other disciplinary action unless the contract teacher suffered a substantial and prejudicial impairment in the teachers ability to comply with school district standards. [1971 c.570 §5; 1973 c.298 §3; 1973 c.458 §1; 1977 c.881 §3; 1979 c.598 §1; 1979 c.668 §2a; 1987 c.663 §1; 1989 c.491 §29; 1997 c.864 §9]
A teachers per­sonnel file need not necessarily identify all the sources of the subject matter discussed therein in order to be maintained as re­quired in this sec­tion in order for evidence relating to such subject matter to be admissible. School Dist. 48 v. Fair Dismissal Appeals Bd., 14 Or App 634, 514 P2d 1114 (1973)
Although the language of this statute is mandatory, it does not provide a remedy for its viola­tion. Smith v. School Dist. No. 45, 63 Or App 685, 666 P2d 1345 (1983), Sup Ct review denied
Op­tion of invoking or waiving confidentiality of per­sonnel record belongs to school district, not to individual who is subject of record. Oregonian Publishing v. Portland School District No. 1J, 152 Or App 135, 952 P2d 66 (1998), affd on other grounds, 329 Or 393, 987 P2d 480 (1999)
Employer disclosure of some per­sonnel file in­for­ma­­tion to public does not change confidential status of docu­ments not disclosed. Springfield School District No. 19 v. Guard Publishing Co., 156 Or App 176, 967 P2d 510 (1998)
Validity of employers restric­tions on teachers representa­tion at evalua­tion conference, (1976) Vol 38, p 443
1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 342—Teachers and Other School Personnel, http://­www.­leg.­state.­or.­us/­ors/­342.­html (2011) (last ac­cessed Mar. 25, 2012).
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2011, Chapter 342, http://­www.­leg.­state.­or.­us/­ors/­annos/­342ano.­htm (2011) (last ac­cessed Mar. 25, 2012).