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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 13A.07.04.02" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="04" heading="Minimum Requirements for Evaluation of Professionally Certificated Personnel.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>General Standards.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An evaluation shall be based on written criteria established by the local board of education, including but not limited to scholarship, instructional effectiveness, management skills, professional ethics, and interpersonal relationships.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An evaluation shall provide, at a minimum, for an overall rating.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An overall rating that is not satisfactory or better is considered unsatisfactory.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An evaluation shall be based on at least two observations during the school year.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>An unsatisfactory evaluation shall include at least one observation by an individual other than the immediate supervisor.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The written evaluation report shall be shared with the certificated individual who is the subject of the evaluation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The certificated individual shall receive a copy of and sign the evaluation report.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>The signature of the certificated individual does not necessarily indicate agreement with the evaluation report.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>An evaluation shall provide for written comments and reactions by the individual being evaluated, which shall be attached to the evaluation report.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Frequency of Evaluations.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Standard Professional Certificate. An individual holding a Standard Professional Certificate shall be evaluated at least once annually.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Advanced Professional Certificate.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An individual holding an Advanced Professional Certificate shall receive an evaluation at least twice during the validity period of each certificate. The first evaluation shall occur during the initial year of the certificate.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An individual holding an Advanced Professional Certificate who receives an unsatisfactory overall rating shall be evaluated at least once annually until receiving a satisfactory rating.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If an individual holding an Advanced Professional Certificate receives an overall rating of satisfactory or better, subsequent annual performance shall be considered satisfactory in the absence of an annual evaluation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>