Utah Admin. Code R277-323-2 - Definitions
(1) "Academic growth" means demonstration of
student learning through formative assessment measures identified by the LEA,
school, or educator within the school year.
(2) "Administrator" has the same meaning as
that term is defined in Section
53G-11-501.
(3) "Certified evaluator" means an educator
with training in evaluating educator performance and demonstrated competency in
using an educator evaluation tool to rate educator performance according to
established standards.
(4)
"Chronically absent" means that a student:
(a)
was enrolled in an LEA for at least 60 calendar days; and
(b) missed 10% or more of the student's
instructional days, whether the absence was excused or not.
(5) "Continued professional growth" means
incremental measures of improvement relevant to the Utah Effective Educator
Standards.
(6) "Educator" has the
same meaning as that term is defined in Section 53G-11-501.
(7) "Educator evaluation system" means a
school district's process, policies, and procedures for evaluating an
educator's performance in the educator's assignments.
(8) "Formative assessment measures" means
planned, ongoing processes used for educators to engage in reflection and
growth of professional skills and includes opportunities to receive feedback on
strengths or weaknesses of specific knowledge, skills, and abilities.
(9) "Evaluator" means an individual who is
responsible for an educator's summative evaluation in accordance with this Rule
R277-323.
(10) "Local board" means
a school district's elected board of education or for the Utah Schools of the
Deaf and the Blind, the Board.
(11)
"Observation" means a formal or informal visit made by an administrator to an
educator's classroom for the purpose of gathering formative information,
providing feedback for growth, and informing decisions related to the
educator's summative evaluation.
(12) "Performance" means the combination of
an educator's professionalism consistent with:
(a) the Utah Effective Educator
Standards;
(b) student academic
growth; and
(c) continued
professional growth as an educator.
(13) "Summative evaluation" means an
evaluation that is used to make decisions or ratings of an educator's
performance and that may inform decisions on salary, continued employment,
personnel assignments, transfers, or dismissals, consistent with a school
district's policies.
(14)
"Summative evaluation rating" means an annual rating of an educator's
performance that assigns one of three levels, that may be defined as:
(a) One -- The educator did not meet
performance expectations;
(b) Two
-- The educator partially met performance expectations by demonstrating
evidence of continued professional growth or demonstrating evidence of student
academic growth;
(c) Three -- The
educator met performance expectations by demonstrating evidence of continued
professional growth and demonstrating evidence of student academic
growth.
(15)
"Unsatisfactory performance" means a level one summative evaluation
rating.
(16) "Utah Effective
Educator Standards" means the standards established in Rule R277-330, as
applicable to the assignment for which an evaluator evaluates an
educator.
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