Michigan Tenure Law Update By Glenn Maleyko Director of Human Resources Dearborn Public Schools August 25th, 2011 General Administrators meeting

Tenure Act Amendments  Rating scale, ineffective, minimally effective, effective and highly effective by September 19, 2011  Changes tenure to 5 years unless a probationary teacher receives highly effective on 3 annual evaluations, then it is 4 years of probation  Tenure only granted after receiving effective or highly effective rating 3 years in a row.

Evaluation  Evaluation must include student growth data by %, %, %.  If there are student growth and assessment data available for at least 3 school years it must be included in annual evaluations.  Governor Committee on Student Growth and Assessment. October 31st, Will make recommendations by April 2012.

Evaluations  Must be in place by September 1st, All Administrators and Teachers must receive a year-end evaluation.  Our current system complies in meeting this deadline.

Evaluation Continued -By : IDP goals developed for all first year probationary teachers or any teacher rated minimally effective or ineffective on most recent evaluation  By : Mid year progress report required for a first year teacher or for a teacher rated minimally effective or ineffective on his/her most recent year end evaluation

Observations  By : Performance evaluations must include classroom observations. MCL  The observer must review  1. Lesson Plans  2. State Curriculum Used  3. Pupil Engagement -The observation does not have to be for a full period. -Multiple observations are needed for teachers unless they received a rating of effective or highly effective on the 2 most recent year-end evaluations.

Tenure 4625 Continued  Tenured Teachers rated minimally effective or ineffective have 180 days to improve via an IDP  Tenured teachers rated minimally effective or ineffective on three most recent year end evaluations must be dismissed.  Probationary Teachers are notified 15 days rather than 60 for non-renewal of a contract  Tenure hearing must be concluded 75 days after a claim vs. 90 days.

4626 Tenure Act Amendments  Changes the dismissal standard for tenure teachers from reasonable and just cause……….. To not arbitrary and capricious.  Demote is now defined as 15 or more consecutive days of suspension (unpaid) vs. the previous standard of 3 days.  No more than 30 days of lost compensation in total during the year.

Administrators  Administrator includes building level school administrators and central office-level administrators who are regularly involved in instructional matters  Administrator Evaluations must include how administrators evaluate teachers or other administrators.

4628 Collective Bargaining Effective after the current CBA expires in June 30, 2013 Prohibited areas for bargaining include:  Teacher placement, decisions on reduction in work force and/or layoff  The standard for any decisions on Teacher Discipline or Discharge

4628 Other Prohibited areas of Collective Bargaining  Number of Classroom Observations  Merit Pay  How parents are to be notified about ineffective teachers.  Teacher Evaluation Tool

Upcoming  I plan to work with the Teacher Evaluation committee to ensure we make changes to the system that puts us in compliance with the new legislation.  I will also be looking to put together a group to work on the administrator evaluation tool.  I believe that we are in good shape given the work that has already been done.