House Journal: Page 1919: Monday, May 7, 2001
12 decision of the adjudicator is final. If a district
13 does not recommend a teacher for continued employment
14 or licensure based upon a comprehensive evaluation,
15 the provisions of sections 279.14, 279.17, and 279.18
16 shall apply. A teacher may file one cause of action
17 objecting to the contents or procedures of a
18 comprehensive evaluation and the objections shall not
19 be subject to the grievance procedures negotiated in
20 accordance with chapter 20.
21 4. This section applies only to career, career II,
22 and advanced teachers.
23 Sec. 10. NEW SECTION. 284.9 REVIEW PANEL.
24 1. A career II teacher seeking to receive an
25 advanced designation shall submit a portfolio of work
26 evidence aligned with the Iowa teaching standards to a
27 review panel established in accordance with subsection
28 2. A majority of the evidence in the portfolio shall
29 be classroom-based. The review panel shall evaluate
30 the career II teacher's portfolio to determine whether
31 the teacher demonstrates superior teaching skills and
32 shall make a recommendation to the board of
33 educational examiners whether or not the teacher shall
34 receive an advanced designation. The standards for
35 recommendation include, but are not limited to,
36 meeting the Iowa teaching standards at an advanced
37 level.
38 2. The department shall establish up to five
39 regional review panels consisting of five members per
40 panel. Each panel shall include, at a minimum, a
41 nationally board-certified teacher and a school
42 district administrator. Panel members shall be
43 appointed by the director and shall possess the
44 knowledge necessary to determine the quality of the
45 evidence submitted in an applicant's portfolio. Panel
46 members shall serve a staggered three-year term and
47 may be reappointed to a second term. The department
48 shall provide support and evaluation training for
49 panel members and convene panels as needed.
50 3. To assure fairness and consistency in the
Page 11
1 evaluation process, the review panels may perform
2 random audits of the comprehensive evaluations
3 conducted by evaluators throughout the state, and may
4 randomly review performance-based evaluation models
5 developed by school districts in accordance with
6 section 284.3, subsection 2. The review of the
7 evaluation models shall ensure that the model is at
8 least equivalent to the state model developed pursuant
9 to section 256.9, subsection 51.
10 4. A teacher who does not receive a recommendation
© 2001 Cornell College and
League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
hjourn@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Wed May 9 13:35:00 CDT 2001
URL: /DOCS/GA/79GA/Session.1/HJournal/01900/01919.html
jhf