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Certification
A.
School nurses and speech language pathologists must meet their occupational professional
licensing and/or certification requirements.
All other teachers shall meet federal, state and NH Board of Education requirements and
regulations for their positions, and be assigned to teach within the scope of a valid certificate
issued by the State Department of Education.
Staff_ Development
A.
School nurses, by virtue of their registered nurse licensing requirements shall be exempt from staff
development under the Professional Development Master Plan.
All other teachers, excluding school nurses, shall be required to meet the requirements of the
Nashua School District Professional Development Master Plan.
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
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.
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