Darlington County School District
SAFE-T Summative (Formal) Evaluation Timeline
2016-2017
August 8, 2016Beginning date for teachers for the 2016-17 school year
August 11Mandatory District SAFE-T Orientation for teachers being formally evaluated
Elementary SAFE-T Orientation
Elementary teachers on Formal Evaluation
10:30 – 11:30 AM, HMS Room 316
Secondary SAFE-T Orientation
Secondary teachers on Formal Evaluation
3:00 – 4:00 PM, HMS Room 316
August 15Beginning date of the Preliminary Evaluation Cycle (Must be after the teacher orientation)
September 16Deadline for conducting beginning-of -year conferences (SLO, GBE, etc.)
September 16Deadline for submitting the SLO/Long-Range Plan (s)
INDUCTION AND FORMAL EVALUATION
WRITE SEMESTER SLOs
September 16 Evaluators beginthe Preliminary Evaluation Cycle integral classroom observations and review of other data sources.
October 3Deadline for submitting the following:
- Unit Work Sample (TT2),
- Professional Self-Assessment (TT4), and
- Professional Performance Review(s) (ET2)
The date for submitting these documents should be the same and should occur near the end of the evaluation cycle
October 3Ending date for integral classroom observations.
Teachers have seven calendar days to submit the related lesson reflection to the team chair for inclusion in the dossier. As a result, the deadline for conducting preliminary evaluation consensus meetings must allow teachers to submit the final reflection, and the evaluation team to review the completed dossier prior to the consensus meeting.
October 19 Deadline for conducting preliminary evaluation consensus meetings.
October 19Deadline for conducting preliminary evaluation conferences with teachers. A copy of the consensus-based preliminary evaluation summary – ET3 must be provided to the teacher.
November 1Beginning date of the Final Evaluation Cycle
November 11Deadline for submitting the Long-Range Plan(s), if required.
November 11Beginning date for integral classroom observations for teachers who are required to submit LRP(s) for the Final Evaluation Cycle
December 1Beginning date for Final Evaluation Cycle integral classroom observations if new LRP’s are not required.
January 6, 2017Deadline for conducting middle-of-year conferences
(SLO, GBE, etc.)
FINAL SLO CONFERENCES FOR INDUCTION & FORMAL EVALUATION TEACHERS
February 3Deadline for submitting the following:
- Unit Work Sample (TT2), if required,
- the Professional Self-Assessment (TT4), if required
- the Professional Performance Review(s) (ET2)
The date for submitting these documents should be the same and should occur near the end of the evaluation cycle
February 3Ending date for classroom observations
Teachers have seven calendar days to submit the related lesson reflection to the team chair for inclusion in the dossier. As a result, the deadline for conducting preliminary evaluation consensus meetings must allow teachers to submit the final reflection and the evaluation team to review the completed dossier prior to the consensus meeting.
February 3Deadline for conducting final evaluation consensus meetings
February 10Deadline for conducting final evaluation conferences with teachers. A copy of ET3 must be provided to the teacher.
February 28Deadline for submitting evaluation summaries to the district office
March 31Deadline for conducting end-of-year conferences
(SLO, GBE, etc.)
ANYONE NOT INDUCTION OR FORMAL
By April 15Deadline to notify continuing staff of formal evaluation for the
2017-2018 school year.