New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 30 - Tenure Areas and Annual Professional Performance Reviews For Classroom Teachers and Building Principals › Subpart 30-3 - Annual Teacher and Principal Evaluations for the 2019-20 School Year and Thereafter › Section 30-3.10 - Training of evaluators and lead evaluators

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The governing body of each district shall
				  ensure that evaluators, including impartial and independent observers and peer
				  observers, have appropriate training before conducting a teacher or principal's
				  evaluation under this section. The governing body shall also ensure that any
				  lead evaluator has been certified by such governing body as a qualified lead
				  evaluator before conducting and/or completing a teacher's or principal's
				  evaluation in accordance with the requirements of this Subpart, except as
				  otherwise provided in this subdivision. Nothing herein shall be construed to
				  prohibit a lead evaluator who is properly certified by the department as a
				  school administrator or superintendent of schools from conducting classroom
				  observations or school visits as part of an annual professional performance
				  review under this Subpart prior to completion of the training required by this
				  section provided such training is successfully completed prior to completion of
				  the evaluation.
(b) To qualify for
				  certification as a lead evaluator, individuals shall successfully complete a
				  training course that meets the minimum requirements prescribed in this
				  subdivision. The training course shall provide training on:
(1) the New York State teaching standards and
				  their related elements and performance indicators and the leadership standards
				  and their related functions, as applicable;
(2) evidence-based observation techniques
				  that are grounded in research;
(3)
				  application and use of any methodology as part of an SLO and any optional
				  second measures of student performance used by the district to evaluate its
				  teachers or principals;
(4)
				  application and use of the State-approved teacher or principal rubric(s)
				  selected by the district for use in evaluations, including training on the
				  effective application of such rubrics to observe a teacher or principal's
				  practice;
(5) application and use
				  of any assessment tools that the district utilizes to evaluate its classroom
				  teachers or building principals;
(6) application and use of any locally
				  selected measures of student performance in the optional subcomponent of the
				  student performance category used by the district to evaluate its teachers or
				  principals;
(7) use of the
				  statewide instructional reporting system;
(8) the scoring methodology utilized by the
				  department and/or the district to evaluate a teacher or principal under this
				  Subpart, including the weightings of each subcomponent within a category; how
				  overall scores/ratings are generated for each subcomponent and category and
				  application and use of the evaluation matrix(es) prescribed by the commissioner
				  for the four designated rating categories used for the teacher's or principal's
				  overall rating and their category ratings; and
(9) specific considerations in evaluating
				  teachers and principals of English language learners and students with
				  disabilities.