| 1 | Representative Kiar offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 216-223 and insert: |
| 5 | a. For classroom teachers, excluding substitute teachers, |
| 6 | the student growth portion of the evaluation must include |
| 7 | growth, as defined in subsection (8) and in section (D)(2)(i) of |
| 8 | the Race to the Top Memorandum of Understanding, for students |
| 9 | assigned to a teacher over the course of at least 3 years. If |
| 10 | less than 3 years of data are available, the school district |
| 11 | must include the years for which data are available. |
| 12 | (I) Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the school |
| 13 | district may phase in the evaluation system but shall use, at a |
| 14 | minimum, student growth, as defined in subsection (8) and in |
| 15 | section (D)(2)(i) of the Race to the Top Memorandum of |
| 16 | Understanding, for at least 35 percent of the evaluation and |
| 17 | student growth or achievement as determined by the school |
| 18 | district for 15 percent of the evaluation. |
| 19 | (II) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, the teacher |
| 20 | evaluation system shall use, at a minimum, student growth, as |
| 21 | defined in subsection (8) and in section (D)(2)(i) of the Race |
| 22 | to the Top Memorandum of Understanding, for at least 40 percent |
| 23 | of the evaluation and student growth or achievement as |
| 24 | determined by the school district for 10 percent of the |
| 25 | evaluation for students assigned to the teacher over the course |
| 26 | of at least 3 years. If less than 3 years of data are available, |
| 27 | the school district must include the years for which data are |
| 28 | available. |
| 29 | (III) School districts may include at least one additional |
| 30 | metric to combine the student performance and principal |
| 31 | observation components to develop a multi-metric evaluation |
| 32 | system. Additional metrics shall include, but need not be |
| 33 | limited to, observations by master teachers or instructional |
| 34 | coaches, student input, peer input, and parental input for |
| 35 | students assigned to the teacher over the course of at least 3 |
| 36 | years. |