1. Department to propose models. The department shall propose models for evaluation of the professional performance of teachers and principals employed in a school administrative unit within the State. The models must include multiple measures.

[PL 2011, c. 36, §1 (AMD).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 13802

  • Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
  • Principal: means the person who supervises the operation and management of a school and school property as determined necessary by the superintendent under policies established by the school board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
  • School administrative unit: means the state-approved unit of school administration and includes a municipal school unit, school administrative district, community school district, regional school unit or any other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation responsible for operating or constructing public schools, except that it does not include a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
2. Use of models. Each school administrative unit within the State may select and incorporate one or more of the models proposed pursuant to subsection 1 for the evaluation of the professional performance of a teacher or principal employed by that school administrative unit. Nothing in this section prevents a school administrative unit from developing and adopting its own models for teacher and principal evaluation.

[PL 2011, c. 36, §2 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1985, c. 173 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 646, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 36, §§1, 2 (AMD).