APPENDIX L

GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

Substitutes may be evaluated by the building principal, program manager, or assigned administrator.

1. Upon completion of a substitute assignment of three (3) weeks or more and at the request of the employee, the building principal, program manager, or assigned administrator will complete an evaluation (see Appendix M for form) and provide a copy to the employee and send a copy to the employee’s personnel file.

2. In the event that an evaluator believes there may be cause to submit an unsatisfactory performance evaluation, the following procedure shall be implemented:
  a) The evaluator or designee shall make a reasonable effort to contact the substitute within ten (10) working days of the assignment and specify the concern(s) that led to the unsatisfactory rating. In the event the substitute is barred from the building, the principal/program manager or assigned administrator must notify the substitute within ten (10) working days of the assignment.
  b) All comments and observations used in the evaluation will be documented and made available for review by the substitute upon request.
  c) The employee may request a conference to review the concern(s), and the conference will be granted by the evaluator.
  d) The employee may respond in writing to the concern(s), and that response shall be attached to the evaluation in the permanent file.
  e) If, as a result of investigation and conference with the employee, the evaluator determines that an unsatisfactory evaluation is not appropriate, the unsatisfactory evaluation will be removed from the file.
  f) If the unsatisfactory evaluation is accompanied by a request to bar the employee from a building, the employee shall have a right to appeal such action to the Executive Director of Human Resources, or his/her designee.
  g) This procedure does not preclude the substitute’s right to exercise the existing grievance procedure.

3. Employees will receive copies of all evaluations as they are completed.

4. Nothing in this Appendix shall add to or detract from other existing contractual and/or statutory rights.

If you would like to receive a hard copy of the Certificated Collective Bargaining Agreement , please contact the Seattle Education Association Office at (206) 283-8443. 

You may also find the entire contract at the SEA website.