N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:10-2.2 - Duties of district boards of education

(a) Each district board of education shall meet the following requirements for the annual evaluation of teaching staff members, unless otherwise specified:

1. Establish a District Evaluation Advisory Committee to oversee and guide the planning and implementation of the school district board of education's evaluation policies and procedures as set forth in this subchapter;

2. Annually adopt policies and procedures developed by the chief school administrator pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-2.4, including the evaluation rubrics approved by the Commissioner pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-2.1(c);

i. The chief school administrator shall develop policies and procedures that, at a minimum, ensure student performance data on the Statewide assessment is, upon receipt, promptly distributed or otherwise made available to teaching staff members who were primarily responsible for instructing the applicable students in the school year in which the assessment was taken, as well as to teaching staff members who are or will be primarily responsible for instructing the applicable students in the subsequent school year.

3. Ensure the chief school administrator annually notifies all teaching staff members of the adopted evaluation policies and procedures no later than October 1. If a staff member is hired after October 1, the district board of education shall notify the teaching staff member of the policies at the beginning of his or her employment. All teaching staff members shall be notified of amendments to the policy within 10 working days of adoption;

4. Annually adopt by June 1, Commissioner-approved educator practice instruments and, as part of the process described at N.J.A.C. 6A:10-2.1(c), notify the Department which instruments will be used as part of the school district's evaluation rubrics;

5. Ensure the principal of each school within the school district has established a School Improvement Panel pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-3.1. The panel shall be established annually by August 31 and shall carry out the duties and functions described in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-3.2;

6. Ensure data elements are collected and stored in an accessible and usable format. Data elements shall include, but not be limited to, scores or evidence from observations for the purpose of evaluation and student growth objective data; and

7. Ensure that each chief school administrator or his or her designee in the district certifies to the Department that any observer who conducts an observation of a teaching staff member for the purpose of evaluation as described in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-4.4, 5.4, and 6.2, shall meet the statutory observation requirements of N.J.S.A. 18A:6-119, 18A:6-123.b(8), and 18A:27-3.1 and the teacher member of the School Improvement Panel requirements of N.J.A.C. 6A:10-3.2.

(b) Each district board of education shall ensure the following training procedures are followed when implementing the evaluation rubric for all teaching staff members and, when applicable, applying the Commissioner-approved educator practice instruments:

1. Annually provide training on and descriptions of each component of the evaluation rubric for all teaching staff members who are being evaluated in the school district and provide more thorough training for any teaching staff member who is being evaluated in the school district for the first time. Training shall include detailed descriptions of all evaluation rubric components, including, when applicable, detailed descriptions of student achievement measures and all aspects of the educator practice instruments;

2. Annually provide updates and refresher training for supervisors who are conducting evaluations in the school district and more thorough training for any supervisor who will evaluate teaching staff members for the first time. Training shall be provided on each component of the evaluated teaching staff member's evaluation rubric before the evaluation of a teaching staff member;

3. Annually require each supervisor who will conduct observations for the purpose of evaluation of a teacher to complete at least two co-observations during the school year.

i. Co-observers shall use the co-observation to promote accuracy and consistency in scoring.

ii. A co-observation may count as one required observation for the purpose of evaluation pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-4.4, as long as the observer meets the requirements set forth in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-4.3 and 4.4, but the co-observation shall not count as two or more required observations. If a co-observation counts as one required observation, the score shall be determined by the teacher's designated supervisor; and

4. Chief school administrators shall annually certify to the Department that all supervisors of teaching staff members in the school district who are utilizing evaluation rubrics have completed training on and demonstrated competency in applying the evaluation rubrics.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:10-2.2

Amended by R.2013 d.120, effective 10/7/2013.
See: 45 N.J.R. 1292(a), 45 N.J.R. 2211(a).
Section was "Evaluation of teaching staff members". In the introductory paragraph of (a), inserted "annual", and deleted "upon March 4, 2013" following "members"; in the introductory paragraph of (a)1, substituted a semicolon for a period at the end; rewrote (a)1; deleted former (a)2 through (a)8; added new (a)2 through (a)7; and added (b).
Amended by R.2014 d.169, effective 11/3/2014.
See: 46 N.J.R. 1377(a), 46 N.J.R. 2140(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2017 d.025, effective 2/6/2017.
See: 48 N.J.R. 1727(a), 49 N.J.R. 251(a).
Added (a)2i; deleted former (b)2; recodified former (b)3 through (b)5 as (b)2 through (b)4; and rewrote (b)2 through (b)4.
Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020), effective 4/3/2020.
See: 52 N.J.R. 974(a). Terminated effective 8/31/2021. See 53 N.J.R. 1655(a).
Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020), effective 2/10/2021.
See: 53 N.J.R. 401(a). Terminated effective 8/31/2021. See 53 N.J.R. 1655(a).