PAR Program. The PAR Program is a yearlong process that involves frequent, ongoing, classroom-based assistance and a standards based review of a teacher’s practice. Aimed at improving teacher quality, a trained Peer Consultant Teacher (PCT) provides personalized assistance and instructional support for Participating Teachers (PT) who are interested in improving their professional practice and voluntarily request to participate. The PAR program affirms the district’s efforts to support and appraise teachers based on the guidelines of the district’s Teacher Appraisal Process (TAP). PAR is fully aligned with TAP and utilizes the same domain rubrics, observation cycles and ISBE descriptors that define the TAP process. Participating Teachers (PT) in PAR use the same forms, follow the same timelines, complete the same events, and adhere to guidelines as outlined in the TAP document.
PAR Program. Allows exemplary teachers to assist other teachers in the areas of subject matter knowledge, teaching strategies, classroom management and/or teaching methods and instruction (as outlined in the Certificated Employee Summary Evaluation in the following categories: Student Progress, Learning Environment and Other Professional Responsibilities).
PAR Program. If no improvement is noted at the final evaluation conference and the employee receives an unsatisfactory rating in one or more of the California Standards for the Teaching Profession as indicated in the evaluator’s comment section, the employee will be required to participate in the PAR Program, if funded and operative, as a Referred Participating Teacher during the next school year. This will be in addition to the regularly scheduled evaluation process.
PAR Program. If no improvement is noted at the final evaluation conference and the evaluatee receives multiple "unsatisfactory" ratings in one or more domains as indicated in the evaluator's comment section, the evaluatee will be required to participate in the PAR Program, if funded and operative, as a Referred Participating Educator during the next school year. This will be in addition to the regularly scheduled evaluation process.
PAR Program. A program that allows exemplary teachers to assist permanent teachers in the areas of subject matter knowledge, instructional techniques and strategies, and classroom management.
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