*Per State Law: Teachers ranked Highly Effective on their year-end evaluation for three consecutive years are not required to have a formal observation. Per evaluation committee, walkthroughs are required. Teachers that were not formally observed last year must be formally observed one time this year.
(Three years HE, one year no formal observation, formal evaluation required following the “skipped” year.)
*Per State Law: Teachers ranked any combination of Effective and Highly Effective on their year-end evaluation for the last two consecutive years are only required to have one formal observation.
*Per State Law: Beginning in 2016-17 one formal observation must be unscheduled. Per evaluation committee, those required to have one formal observation will have an scheduled observation.
*Plan I Teachers are all required a minimum of two formal observations (one of the two unscheduled).
* Regardless of what’s required, administrators may formally observe if needed.