Know Your Rights: Teacher Transfer Policies

This pertains to both disciplinary write-ups and evaluations.

If you receive a disciplinary write-up or evaluation result, SEE, SIGN, AND REBUT.

When you are given the paperwork, be sure to SIGN the write-up/evaluation result so you can receive a copy.

Signing a write-up/evaluation result does NOT constitute agreeing with the contents of the write-up/paperwork— it is a record that you have seen the paperwork before it is put into your personnel file. 

After you sign the write-up/evaluation, contact Red River United immediately at 318-424-4579 and write a rebuttal. A rebuttal tells YOUR side of the story, and is permanently attached to your personnel file with the write-up.  

Your personnel file/record is the ONLY thing a principal looks at if you are considering transferring to another school or another parish. Make sure you know what is in your personnel file, and that you write rebuttals for everything that goes in your personnel file. 

OWN YOUR PROFESSION.

If you receive an observation or evaluation that is not an accurate representation of your performance,  SEE, SIGN, AND REBUT.

When you are given the paperwork, be sure to SIGN the observation/evaluation result so you can receive a copy.

Signing an observation/evaluation does NOT constitute agreeing— it is a record that you have seen the paperwork before it is put into your personnel file. 

After you sign the document, the clock begins.  In most cases, you have 15 working days to write a rebuttal; however, teachers in Caddo have 48 hours to issue and appeal.  Contact Red River United immediately at 318-424-4579.

Your observations and evaluations may determine if you move up on the salary schedule as well as your possibility of becoming tenured.

OWN YOUR PROFESSION.

What you need to know about Student Learning Targets

Student Learning Targets (SLTs) are a crucial part of a teacher’s COMPASS evaluation. To make sure that your evaluation is an appropriate, accurate and fair representation of your professional abilities, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers offers the following hints for writing your SLTs in collaboration with your principal.

Student Learning Target tips:

• Set reasonable, realistic targets.
• SLTs should include teacher and administrator input.
• Consider including the stipulation that only the scores of students who took both the pre and post assessments will be included in the calculation.
• You might stipulate that a certain attendance factor will determine if a student remains in the SLT group. Refer to language for attendance requirements for updating students in CVR. The same rules should apply when writing SLTs.
• Students with high scores on the pre-assessment instrument may not be capable of achieving their targeted growth. Consider excluding those students from your group.
• SLTs should be written only for the students you teach, based on their specific past performance and pre-assessment data. Do not base them on the performance of the students in the entire school or school district.
• SLTs are intended to be a comparison of where your students were at the beginning of the year and how much they have progressed during the year, based on your teaching, just as a VAM score is based on the progress of only your students.
• Share your SLT drafts with your peers for wording and math calculations.
• Monitor and record student performance throughout the year.
• At midyear, check to see if you are eligible to make changes to your SLTs.

For one-on one assistance or questions, contact us today.

redriverunited@redriverunited.org

318-424-4579

Teachers, make sure you check all of your classroom rosters mid-year (in January) and remove students who are no longer in your class. Your SLTs (student learning targets) are based on your current roster— so make sure your roster reflects who is actually in your class.

 You also have the right to amend your SLTs (student learning targets) at the mid- year mark. Contact Red River United immediately at 318-424-4579 if you have any questions.