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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 11, 2024) |
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6. Department of Education |
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6B. Education Practices Commission |
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6B-4. Professional Selection, Assignment, Continuance, Transfer And Dismissal |
1(1) Submission Process.
4(a) Each school district shall submit the instructional personnel assessment system to the Division of Professional Educators of the Department for approval pursuant to Section 231.29, Florida Statutes.
32(b) Each submission shall include documentation to substantiate that the requirements and conditions for instructional personnel assessment systems pursuant to Section 231.29, Florida Statutes, have been met.
59(c) The assessment system shall be reviewed by the Department for inclusion of the following:
741. Assessment criteria that include, at a minimum, indicators that relate to the areas of competence specified in Section 231.29(3)(a), Florida Statutes.
962. A statement of district procedures reflecting methods and criteria used to designate, document, and differentiate unsatisfactory, satisfactory, and outstanding performance levels.
1183. Copies of assessment data collection procedures, instruments, and forms.
1284. A statement of the use of assessment data for instructional personnel contract decisions.
142(2) Initial Review Process. The Department of Education shall review and evaluate the performance assessment systems for compliance with the requirements and conditions of Section 231.29, Florida Statutes, and shall prepare and send to each school district a written notice that identifies any specific deficiencies of the system. Upon request from a school district, the Department shall provide assistance to the district for the purpose of bringing the system into compliance as quickly as possible.
217(3) Approval Process. The Department of Education shall send written notification to the school district superintendent of the status of the school district’s instructional personnel assessment system. The status designation shall be as follows:
251(a) Approved. An instructional personnel assessment system shall be designated approved if all requirements and conditions for instructional personnel assessment systems pursuant to Section 231.29, Florida Statutes, and the provisions of this rule are met.
286(b) Conditionally Approved. An instructional personnel assessment system shall be designated conditionally approved if the school district’s assessment system fails to satisfy one or more of the requirements and conditions for instructional personnel assessment systems pursuant to Section 231.29, Florida Statutes, and the provisions of this rule. The school district’s system designated as conditionally approved shall be revised so that it is in full compliance with all requirements and conditions for instructional personnel assessment systems pursuant to Section 231.29, Florida Statutes, and the provisions of this rule within the time period specified by the Department, and resubmitted to the Department for review and approval.
390(c) Disapproved. A school district’s system designated as conditionally approved shall be designated as disapproved if the requirements and conditions for instructional personnel assessment systems pursuant to Section 231.29, Florida Statutes, and the provisions of this rule are not met within the time period specified by the Department in the written notice granting the conditionally approved status of the system.
450(4) Modifications to an Instructional Personnel Assessment System. If a school board makes substantive modifications to an approved school district instructional personnel assessment system, the modified system shall be submitted to the Department of Education for review and approval pursuant to this rule.
493Specific Authority 229.053, 231.29 FS. Law Implemented 230.23(5)(c), 231.29 FS. History–New 6-19-01.
