Section 5-E1306. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

 

1306.1Official performance evaluation ratings for all employees of the Board of Education shall be inclusive of work performed through June 30th, unless otherwise specified in this section.

 

1306.2Ratings shall reflect the level of competence of employees who have worked for the same supervisor for at least ninety (90) days without change in position prior to the end of rating the period.

 

1306.3Employees supervised by members of the Board of Education shall be evaluated through procedures established by the Board, to include an appropriate appeal process.

 

1306.4Employees in grades ET 6-15 shall be evaluated each semester by the appropriate supervisor and rated annually, prior to the end of the school year, under procedures established by the Superintendent.

 

1306.5The Superintendent shall develop procedures for the evaluation of employees in the EB schedule, EG schedule, and ET 2 through 5, except as provided in § 1306.3.

 

1306.6Each performance rating plan shall provide for the following ratings:

 

(a)Outstanding performance;

 

(b)Above-average performance;

 

(c)Average performance;

 

(d)Below-average performance; and

 

(e)Unsatisfactory performance.

 

1306.7Outstanding and unsatisfactory ratings shall be approved by the Superintendent or his or her designee.

 

1306.8Employees shall have the right to appeal below average or unsatisfactory performance evaluations.

 

1306.9Except as provided in § 1306.3, appeal of a performance rating of “below average” or “unsatisfactory” shall be made in writing to the Superintendent of Schools within thirty (30) days of receipt of the contested evaluation.

 

1306.10An appeal shall set forth the reasons for the appeal. Upon receipt of an appeal, the Superintendent may establish an Impartial Review Board consisting of three persons.

 

1306.11The Impartial Review Board shall be responsible for reviewing, on behalf of the Superintendent, the information available concerning performance of the individual.

 

1306.12The Superintendent of Schools shall advise the employee, in writing, of the disposition of the contested evaluation.

 

1306.13Any further appeal from the decision of the Superintendent by the employee shall be to the D.C. Office of Employee Appeals, pursuant to procedures established by that office.

 

1306.14The terms of any negotiated agreement pertaining to performance evaluation shall take precedence over the provisions of this section.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4297, 4319-20 (October 3, 1980).