APPEALS
PROCESS
Any
certified staff member who is dissatisfied with his summative evaluation may
request a hearing. In compliance with
704 KAR 3:345, Section 7 and KRS 156.101, the Graves County Schools shall
provide for the following:
·
Right
to a hearing as to every appeal.
·
Opportunity
reasonably in advance of the hearing for the evaluator and evaluatee to
adequately review all documents that are to be presented to the evaluation
appeals panel.
·
Right
to presence of evaluatee’s chosen representative.
·
All members of the Appeals
Panel shall be current certified staff members of the Graves County School
System. The entire certified staff
elects the two members of the Appeals Panel and one is recommended by the
superintendent and approved by the Board of Education.
·
In
the election of the Appeals Panel members, the persons receiving the first and
second greatest number of votes district wide shall be members of the Appeals
Panel. The person receiving the third
and fourth greatest number of votes shall be designated as alternates.
·
The
superintendent shall appoint a member and an alternate to serve as chairperson
of the Appeals Panel.
·
The
length of term for an Appeals Panel member shall be three (3) years. The panel members shall assume their
responsibilities on October 1.
·
The
election shall be held and appointments made for the Appeals Panel during the
month of September.
·
The
elections shall be conducted by the District Contact Person using the following
criteria:
2.
Secret
Ballot
3.
One
person-one vote
·
Any
certified staff member who believes that he or she was not fairly evaluated on
the summative evaluation may appeal to the panel within five (5) working days
following receipt of the summative evaluation.
The appeal shall be signed and in writing on the district “Evaluation
Appeals Hearing Request Form” (attached).
·
Upon
receipt of a request for an appeal, the chairperson of the Appeals Panel shall
notify the Appeals Panel members and schedule a hearing. The panel will notify the evaluator and the
evaluatee of the time, date and place of the hearing. within three (3) working
days from the date the appeal was filed.
·
Following
the hearing, the panel shall issue one of the following recommendations to the
Superintendent within fifteen (15) working days from the date the appeal was
filed.
1.
Uphold
the original evaluation.
2.
Order
a new evaluation by a second trained evaluator.
3.
Remove
all or part of the summative evaluation found to be in error and eliminate it from the official personnel
record of the evaluatee.
·
The panel will convene, conference
and review all documentation presented by both parties.
·
A
copy of all documentation will be provided to both parties in advance of the
hearing.
·
Each
party will be allowed to choose representatives.
·
During
the hearing, each party shall be allowed to make a statement of claim. The evaluatee will begin.
·
The
panel may question either party or witnesses during the hearing.
·
Each
party will be asked to make closing remarks.
·
The
panel will make closing remarks.
·
The
evaluatee may withdraw his/her appeal at any time during the appeals
process. At any time during the appeals
process, the evaluator may make adjustments to the evaluatee’s summative form
if these adjustments are acceptable to the evaluatee.
·
No
panel member shall serve on any Appeals Panel considering an appeal for which
he/she was the evaluator. Whenever a
panel member or panel member’s immediate family appeals to the panel, the
member may not serve for that appeal. Immediate
family shall include father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son
daughter, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, grandparent, and corresponding
in-laws. A panel member shall not hear
an appeal filed by his/her immediate supervisor.
·
Any
certified staff member who feels that the local district is not implementing
the evaluation plan according to the way it was approved by the Graves County
Board of Education and State Board of Education shall have the opportunity to
appeal to the State Board of Education.
EVALUATION
APPEALS HEARING REQUEST FORM
My appeal challenges the summative findings on:
The date of the summative conference was ____________________________________.
The date the evaluator was notified of intent to appeal was _______________________.
I hereby give my consent for my evaluation records to be
presented to the members of the Evaluation Appeal Panel for their study and
review. I will appear before the Panel
if requested.
_____________________________________________ _________________
Employee
Date
This form shall be
presented in person or by mail to any member of the district Evaluation Appeals
Panel within five (5) working days within receipt of the summative evaluation.