Cobb County School District

Paraprofessional Performance Evaluation – Instructions

I. IDENTIFICATION

Name: Be sure to put Last Name first.

Social Security Number: Last four digits only, please

Location: Name of School, including Primary/Intermediate, if applicable

School Year: Self-explanatory - Example SY07-08

Years Experience: Experience as a paraprofessional, only.

Evaluator: First and Last Name

II. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Indicate grade level(s) and/or subject area(s), as applicable. Note significant additional duties and responsibilities over and above primary responsibilities, if any.

III. PERFORMANCE CATEGORY RATINGS

Each performance category (Job Competencies, Workplace Qualities, and Human Relations) contains individual descriptors which are assigned an individual rating (ME, NI, or NA). Ratings are characterized by the following levels of performance:

MEETS EXPECTATIONS (ME): Consistently accomplishes assigned tasks and demonstrates specific competencies needed for the responsibilities at or above the expectations of the supervisor.

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT (NI): Inconsistently accomplishes assigned tasks or fails to demonstrate specific competency for the responsibility.

NON-APPLICABLE (NA): Not applicable to the position’s responsibilities for this employee; NA counts as an ME.

An overall rating is then assigned for the performance category which is determined by quantity of Meets Expectations earned for the descriptors within the category – see Section IV.

IV. PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES

Job Competencies: 6 of 8 Meets Expectations are required for an overall rating of Meets Expectations. NOTE: Descriptor #1, Performs job duties to support student achievement, is based upon satisfactory performance of the duties and responsibilities as defined in the paraprofessional’s position description (the position description should be available for reference at the evaluation conference). A Meets Expectations is required for Descriptor #1 in order for a paraprofessional to receive an overall rating of Meets Expectations in Job Competencies. If the paraprofessional performs the preponderance of his/her position description responsibilities satisfactorily, he/she should receive Meets Expectations for this descriptor.

Workplace Qualities: 4 of 6 Meets Expectations are required for an overall rating of Meets Expectations.

Human Relations: 4 of 6 Meets Expectations are required for an overall rating of Meets Expectations.

V. ANNUAL RATING

An annual rating is assigned based upon the quantity of designated overall ratings assigned in Section IV: MEETS EXPECTATIONS = ME in all 3 Overall Ratings; NEEDS IMPROVEMENT = NI in 1 Overall Rating; UNSATISFACTORY = NI in 2 or 3 Overall Ratings. No employee should receive an overall Unsatisfactory annual rating if he/she has not been informed previously during the year of specific performance concerns. NOTE: The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) requires that an annual Unsatisfactory rating earned by a paraprofessional must be recorded on the PSC’s UNSAT statewide database. Per Georgia law and CCSD Administrative Rule GBA, a paraprofessional earning an Unsatisfactory annual rating will have his/her salary and step frozen until he/she demonstrates satisfactory annual performance. A Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory annual rating may suggest the use of a Performance Improvement Plan to support performance remediation.

VI. SIGNATURES and COMMENTS

Evaluator signs and dates form, enters his/her current position title and optional comments. Evaluator’s are encouraged to recognize exceptional performance with written commendations, as well as, to provide written comments regarding performance identified as Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory. Evaluator provides completed form to the paraprofessional in a private meeting prior to the end of the school year for review, discussion, and for the paraprofessional to sign and date. Signature indicates receipt of the evaluation document; it is not an indication of agreement with the ratings assigned. If the Evaluator is not the Principal, the evaluator gives the completed form to Principal, as Reviewer, for signature and date signed. If the Principal is the evaluator, he/she gives the completed form to the Area Assistant Superintendent, as Reviewer, for signature and date signed.

VII. APPEAL PROCESS

Paraprofessional may write comments in the space provided; additional paper may be attached to report, if needed. If the evaluatee wishes to appeal his/her rating(s), he/she may submit written evidence/documentation to his/her evaluator within 10 school days of the date he/she received the report. The evaluator must respond in writing to the evaluatee within 20 school days of receipt of the appeal. If the evaluatee has presented sufficient evidence/documentation to overturn a rating (descriptor or overall), the evaluator may amend the evaluation. If the evaluator upholds the original rating, the evaluatee may appeal to the evaluator’s supervisor by submitting his/her evidence/documentation within 10 days of receipt of the evaluator’s response. The supervisor must respond to the evaluatee within 20 school days of receipt of the appeal. If the evaluator’s supervisor upholds the rating(s), the appeal process is exhausted.

Paraprofessional, Evaluator and School Personnel file each receive a copy of the completed report.

Original report is sent to CCSD Human Resources and filed in paraprofessional’s District Personnel Folder. Created 3/07