O. Reg. 96/07: Teacher Performance Appraisal

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ontario regulation 96/07

made under the

education act

Made: March 7, 2007
Filed: March 15, 2007
Published on e-Laws: March 16, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 31, 2007

Amending O. Reg. 99/02

(Teacher Performance Appraisal)

1. Section 3 of Ontario Regulation 99/02 is revoked.

2. (1) Subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “three” and substituting “five”.

(2) Subsection 4 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “two performance appraisals” and substituting “one performance appraisal”.

(3) Subsection 4 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “two” and substituting “four”.

3. Paragraphs 1 to 4 of section 7 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

1. Satisfactory.

2. Unsatisfactory.

4. (1) Paragraph 2 of subsection 8 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

(2) Subparagraphs 4 ii and iii of subsection 8 (2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

ii. to discuss other information relevant to the principal’s evaluation of the teacher’s competencies, and

(3) Paragraphs 5 and 6 of subsection 8 (2) of the Regulation are revoked.

5. (1) Subsection 11 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “three-year” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “five-year”.

(2) Paragraph 2 of subsection 11 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “three-year” and substituting “five-year”.

6. (1) Subsection 12 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “three-year” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “five-year”.

(2) Paragraph 2 of subsection 12 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “three-year” and substituting “five-year”.

(3) Paragraph 3 of subsection 12 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “three-year” and substituting “five-year”.

7. Section 14 of the Regulation is revoked.

8. Subparagraph 3 ii of subsection 16 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

ii. to discuss other information relevant to the principal’s evaluation of the teacher’s competencies, including the teacher’s participation in the new teacher induction program.

9. (1) Subsection 21 (5) of the Regulation is revoked.

(2) Subsection 21 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Subsections (3) to (5)” and substituting “Subsections (3) and (4)”.

10. Paragraph 1 of subsection 22 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. Subsections 4 (1) and (4) of this Regulation.

11. The Regulation is amended by adding the following Part:

Part v
Transition to New Appraisal Rules

Definitions

23. In this Part,

“changeover date” means the day on which the new appraisal rules first apply to a board in accordance with this Part; (“date de changement”)

“new appraisal rules” mean this Regulation as it reads on April 1, 2007; (“nouvelles règles d’évaluation”)

“old appraisal rules” mean this Regulation as it reads on March 31, 2007. (“anciennes règles d’évaluation”)

Application

24. (1) Despite the coming into force of the new appraisal rules, the old appraisal rules continue to apply to a board until the day preceding the board’s changeover date.

(2) The new appraisal rules apply to every board on and after September 1, 2007.

(3) Despite subsection (2), a board may choose any date from April 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007, to be its changeover date, and the new appraisal rules shall apply to the board on and after that date.

(4) If a board intends to have the new appraisal rules apply to it before September 1, 2007, the board shall give notice, in writing, of its proposed changeover date to,

(a) the Minister; and

(b) every teacher of the board, other than a new teacher, for whom the 2006-2007 school year would, under the old appraisal rules, be an evaluation year.

(5) The board shall include in every notice given under clause (4) (b) information regarding the new appraisal rules and the transition to them.

Transition

25. (1) This section applies with respect to teachers, other than new teachers, and in this section every reference to a “teacher” means a teacher other than a new teacher.

(2) If the changeover date is a date from April 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007 and the 2006-2007 school year would, under the old appraisal rules, be an evaluation year for a teacher,

(a) the year continues to be an evaluation year for the teacher for the purposes of the evaluation cycle under the new appraisal rules; and

(b) the rules in subsections (3) and (4), and any other applicable rules in the Act, apply for the evaluation year.

(3) If, on the changeover date, the teacher has not received any performance appraisals during the year, the board shall ensure that the teacher receives at least one performance appraisal during the year.

(4) No further performance appraisals are required for the year if, on the changeover date,

(a) the teacher has received at least one performance appraisal during the year for which the rating was not unsatisfactory; and

(b) the performance appraisal referred to in clause (a) was not followed by a performance appraisal in the year for which the rating was unsatisfactory.

12. This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2007.

 

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