South Orangetown Central School District

STAFFING, EVALUATION AND CERTIFICATION

Staffing

As the South Orangetown Central School District prepares for the 2020-21 school year, the Director of Staff Relations will conduct a review in order to ensure that all teachers, school and district leaders as well as pupil personnel service professionals hold a valid and appropriate certificate for their assignments.

The district will consider utilizing incidental teaching when determining how to staff classrooms, while employing substitute teachers (as needed) in order to address staffing needs for the allowable amount of days given their qualifications and teaching assignment.

The District will work with educator preparation programs in order to identify appropriate ways in which student teachers can support classroom instruction.

The District will continue to consult with our district’s representative associations while working to be consistent with our recently updated and approved APPR plan.

Evaluation

The South Orangetown Central School District’s revised Annual Professional Performance Review Plan was updated during the 2019-2020 school year and was approved by the New York State Education Department on June 25, 2020. The Director of Staff Relations will ensure that all teachers and principals are evaluated pursuant to this currently approved APPR plan. In the case that the district should move to full-time remote instruction, observations will be completed virtually to the greatest extent possible, subject to any required negotiations with the representative association. Student performance data will be based on anticipated participation in previously approved assessments (Living Environment & U.S. History and Govt. Regents Examination Results).

Certification

The Director of Staff Relations will conduct a review in regards to the certification of all professional staff, while ensuring that all teachers hold valid and appropriate certificates for their teaching assignments except where otherwise allowable under the Commissioner’s regulations (e.g., incidental teaching) or Education Law. The Director of Staff Relations will communicate with all building principals in order to review the scheduling of staff and the potential need for Incidental Teaching.