§ 284.10 — Evaluator training program

Iowa § 284.10

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 284: TEACHER PERFORMANCE, COMPENSATION, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT

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1. The department shall establish an evaluator training program to improve the skills
of school district evaluators in making employment decisions, making recommendations
for licensure, and moving teachers through a career path as established under this chapter.
The department shall consult with persons representing teachers, national board-certified
teachers, administrators, school boards, higher education institutions with approved
practitioner and administrator preparation programs, and with persons from the private
sector knowledgeable in employment evaluation and evaluator training in order to develop
standards and requirements for the program. Evaluator training programs offered pursuant
to this chapter may be provided by a public or private entity. The department shall distribute
a list of evaluator training program providers to each school district.
2. An administrator licensed under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, who conducts
evaluations of teachers for purposes of this chapter shall complete the evaluator training
program. A practitioner licensed under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, who is not an
administrator may enroll in the evaluator training program. Enrollment preference shall
be given to administrators. Upon successful completion, the provider shall certify that the
administrator or other practitioner is qualified to conduct evaluations for employment, make
recommendations for licensure, and make recommendations that a teacher is qualified to
advance from one career path level to the next career path level pursuant to this chapter.
Certification is for a period of five years and may be renewed.
3. A higher education institution approved by the state board to provide an administrator
preparation program shall incorporate the evaluator training program into the program
offered by the institution.
4. The board of educational examiners shall require certification as a condition of issuing
or renewing an administrator’s license.
5. By July 1, 2007, the director shall develop and implement an evaluator training
certification renewal program for administrators and other practitioners who need to renew
a certificate issued pursuant to this section.