Code of Maine Rules › 05 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 071 - EDUCATION - GENERAL › Chapter 180 - PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH SYSTEMS › Section 071-180-4 - DEPARTMENT APPROVAL OF SYSTEM

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Timing of
				submission and approval
A PEPG system must be approved by the Department before the
				  first school year in which the system is implemented, other than as a pilot. To
				  ensure adequate time for Department review and feedback, and to ensure adequate
				  time for the school administrative unit to train educators on the system, a
				  school administrative unit shall submit its PEPG system plan for Department
				  approval not less than 90 days before the beginning of the first school year in
				  which the PEPG system will be used to assign a summative effectiveness rating.
Within 30 days of receiving a complete filing of a proposed
				  system plan, the Department shall notify the school administrative unit of
				  whether the system plan is approved, or what changes are needed in order for
				  the plan to be approved. The Department shall assist the school administrative
				  unit in understanding options, and making changes to the system plan to bring
				  it into compliance with Chapter 508 and this rule.
A school administrative unit is encouraged to seek advice and
				  comment from the Department as it develops and pilots its PEPG system.
2.
Submittal
				requirements
To obtain Department approval, a school administrative unit
				  must submit its PEPG system plan, on a form provided by the Department.
The PEPG system plan must include:
A. A professional practice model applicable
				to teachers;
B. A professional
				practice model applicable to principals;
C. A process for creating and approving
				measures of student learning and growth, if a school unit chooses to use such
				measures;
D. A description of other
				measures of educator effectiveness that will be used in determining the
				educator's summative effectiveness rating;
E. A description of the four summative
				effectiveness rating categories and the method of combining the multiple
				measures of educator effectiveness, weights, targets and actual performance to
				arrive at a summative effectiveness rating for an educator;
F. A description of the results and
				consequences of being placed in each of the rating levels;
G. Implementation procedures, including but
				not limited to training requirements for evaluators;
H. A description of how educators were
				involved in development of the system, and how they will be trained to ensure
				that they understand and can fully participate in the system;
I. A description of how teachers, principals,
				administrators, school board members, parents and other members of the public
				were involved in development of the system;
J. A description of when and how the Steering
				Committee was formed and the mechanism by which the Steering Committee's review
				will lead to revision of the PEPG system; and
K. A description of the PEPG system pilot,
				and what changes, if any, were made to the system plan as a result of the
				pilot.
Department approval is also contingent upon evidence of
				  adoption of the system by the school board.