7:5
7:6
7:7
The membership of the Professional Development Master Plan Committee shall include an equal
number of teachers appointed by the Nashua Teachers’ Union and representatives appointed by
the Superintendent of Schools. The Superintendent's appointments may include administrators,
teachers, a parent/community member(s), a para-educator(s), and/or a member of the Nashua
Board of Education.
Evaluation of Teachers
A.
Teacher
All observations by a supervisor of the work performance of a teacher in a classroom shall be
made openly.
When a supervisor enters a classroom of a teacher engaged in teaching it will be assumed the
teacher is being observed for purposes which may include evaluation.
When a supervisor makes and signs a written evaluation of a teacher it will be shown to the
teacher, who will acknowledge receipt thereof in writing; this shall not necessarily be interpreted to
indicate the teacher's assent; if the teacher disagrees with all or any part of the evaluation the
teacher may file written comments in the teacher's personnel file. There shall be no obligation to
respond to the teacher's comments and a non-response shall not be interpreted to indicate
agreement with the teacher's comments.
All evaluations will be in accordance with the evaluation forms and procedures adopted in the
Professional Development Master Plan prior to the start of a school year.
Personnel Files
A.
Seniority
A.
Each teacher shall be entitled to knowledge of and access to supervisory records and reports of
competence, personal character and efficiency maintained in the teacher's personnel file with
reference to evaluation of the teacher's performance in such school district.
The BOARD shall provide to each teacher copies of the records and reports described above.
In the event that the BOARD removes from the teacher's file materials which it deems to be
confidential, a dated notation will be placed in the file stating which materials have been removed.
Upon 24-hours' notice each teacher shall have the right to review and reproduce material in the
teacher's personal file.
The teacher shall have the right to answer any material filed, and the teacher's answer shall be
reviewed by the Superintendent and the answer shall be attached to the file copy.
Reproductions of such material may be made by hand, or copying machine if available.
Any item contained in a teacher's file to which a teacher has not been given access shall not be
utilized in any legal proceeding against the teacher.
A teacher shall be given upon request a receipt for all transcripts, medical forms and all other
material submitted to the District.
The term seniority for the purposes of layoff and transfer shall mean accrued time in service as
defined in article 2:8 in a designated area as set forth in Appendix H which occupies the greatest
proportion of the teacher's regular work schedule.
The term seniority for the purposes of longevity and recall shall mean accrued time in service as
defined in Article 2:8 in the District.
All accruals of time in service shall be based on the following:
1. In the event of authorized unpaid leave or suspension the teacher shall retain such
seniority as was accrued on the date of the authorized unpaid leave or suspension but
shall commence further accrual only upon return and shall not accrue seniority during
such leave or suspension period.
2. In the event of layoff the teacher shall retain such seniority as was accrued on the date of
layoff but shall commence further accrual only upon return and shall not accrue seniority
during such layoff. If the teacher exhausts his/her recall rights, the teacher shall lose all
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