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20     b.  Award distribution to individual practitioners
21   or to nominated teams of practitioners.
22     c.  Award eligibility based upon a satisfactory or
23   higher ranking on a performance evaluation by the
24   practitioner's administrator or a recommendation from
25   the board of directors of the school district, and
26   certification by the school district that the
27   practitioner improved student achievement in the
28   school year of award eligibility.  To receive an award
29   a practitioner must have successfully completed at
30   least three consecutive years of service under
31   contract with a school district in this state.
32     d.  Voluntary participation by a nominee.
33     e.  Use of objective methods for measuring
34   improvement in student achievement.  Multiple
35   measurement and assessment tools may be used to
36   measure student achievement.  However, the
37   practitioner or the school district may request
38   approval from the director of the department of
39   education to use an alternative method for measuring
40   improvement in student achievement.  The director's
41   decision shall be final.
42     2.  The department shall develop and distribute to
43   school districts a weighting system for criteria
44   evaluation to be used by districts in making awards to
45   practitioners that ranks the criteria in the following
46   order of priority:  improvement in student
47   achievement, practitioner participation as a member or
48   leader of a team, initiative to improve student
49   achievement and student change, practitioner
50   advancement through education or professional

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 1   designation achievement, and community involvement.
 2   In addition to the criteria established in accordance
 3   with this section, a school district may provide
 4   additional weighted criteria for evaluation,
 5   including, but not limited to, classroom or school
 6   environment and objective measures of teaching skill.
 7     3.  To nominate a practitioner or team of
 8   practitioners for an award, an individual shall submit
 9   an application and report, on a form designed and
10   distributed to school districts by the department of
11   education, to a local school district coordinator
12   designated by the board of directors of the school
13   district.  The form shall be completed by the
14   practitioner, one colleague, one administrator, and
15   three parents selected by the practitioner, and shall
16   be forwarded to the local school district coordinator.
17     4.  The local school district coordinator shall
18   submit the forms to the department, which shall
19   tabulate and rank for each school district the

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