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 30-3.3 - Requirements for annual professional performance review plans submitted under this Subpart

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Applicability.
(1) The governing body of each
				  district shall adopt a plan, in a form and timeline prescribed by the
				  commissioner, for the annual professional performance review of all of the
				  district's classroom teachers and building principals in accordance with the
				  requirements of Education Law section
				  3012-d as amended by Chapter 59 of the
				  Laws of 2019 and this Subpart and shall submit such plan to the commissioner
				  for approval. The commissioner shall approve or reject the plan. The
				  commissioner may reject a plan that does not rigorously adhere to the
				  provisions of Education Law section
				  3012-d as amended by Chapter 59 of the
				  Laws of 2019 and the requirements of this Subpart. Absent a finding by the
				  commissioner of extraordinary circumstances, if any material changes are made
				  to the plan, the district must submit the material changes by March 1st of each
				  school year, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, to the commissioner for
				  approval. The provisions of Education Law section
				  3012-c(2)(k) shall only
				  apply to the extent provided in this paragraph.
(2) Such plan shall be filed in the district
				  office, as applicable, and made available to the public on the district's
				  web-site no later than September 10th of each school year, or within 10 days
				  after the plan's approval by the commissioner, whichever shall later
				  occur.
(3) Any plan submitted to
				  the commissioner shall include a signed certification on a form prescribed by
				  the commissioner, by the superintendent, district superintendent or chancellor,
				  attesting that:
(i) the amount of time
				  devoted to traditional standardized assessments that are not specifically
				  required by State or Federal law for each classroom or program of the grade
				  does not exceed, in the aggregate, one percent of the minimum in required
				  annual instructional hours for such classroom or program of the grade;
				  and
(ii) the amount of time devoted
				  to test preparation under standardized testing conditions for each grade does
				  not exceed, in the aggregate, two percent of the minimum required annual
				  instructional hours for such grade. Time devoted to teacher administered
				  classroom quizzes or exams, portfolio reviews, or performance assessments shall
				  not be counted towards the limits established by this subdivision. In addition,
				  formative and diagnostic assessments shall not be counted towards the limits
				  established by this subdivision and nothing in this subdivision shall be
				  construed to supersede the requirements of a section 504 plan of a qualified
				  student with a disability or Federal law relating to English language learners
				  or the individualized education program of a student with a
				  disability.