Section R277-323-2 - Definitions(1) "Academic growth" means demonstration of student learning through formative assessment measures identified by the LEA, school, or educator within the school year.(2) "Administrator" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 53G-11-501.(3) "Certified evaluator" means an educator with training in evaluating educator performance and demonstrated competency in using an educator evaluation tool to rate educator performance according to established standards.(4) "Chronically absent" means that a student:(a) was enrolled in an LEA for at least 60 calendar days; and(b) missed 10% or more of the student's instructional days, whether the absence was excused or not.(5) "Continued professional growth" means incremental measures of improvement relevant to the Utah Effective Educator Standards.(6) "Educator" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 53G-11-501.(7) "Educator evaluation system" means a school district's process, policies, and procedures for evaluating an educator's performance in the educator's assignments.(8) "Formative assessment measures" means planned, ongoing processes used for educators to engage in reflection and growth of professional skills and includes opportunities to receive feedback on strengths or weaknesses of specific knowledge, skills, and abilities.(9) "Evaluator" means an individual who is responsible for an educator's summative evaluation in accordance with this Rule R277-323.(10) "Local board" means a school district's elected board of education or for the Utah Schools of the Deaf and the Blind, the Board.(11) "Observation" means a formal or informal visit made by an administrator to an educator's classroom for the purpose of gathering formative information, providing feedback for growth, and informing decisions related to the educator's summative evaluation.(12) "Performance" means the combination of an educator's professionalism consistent with: (a) the Utah Effective Educator Standards;(b) student academic growth; and(c) continued professional growth as an educator.(13) "Summative evaluation" means an evaluation that is used to make decisions or ratings of an educator's performance and that may inform decisions on salary, continued employment, personnel assignments, transfers, or dismissals, consistent with a school district's policies.(14) "Summative evaluation rating" means an annual rating of an educator's performance that assigns one of three levels, that may be defined as: (a) One -- The educator did not meet performance expectations;(b) Two -- The educator partially met performance expectations by demonstrating evidence of continued professional growth or demonstrating evidence of student academic growth;(c) Three -- The educator met performance expectations by demonstrating evidence of continued professional growth and demonstrating evidence of student academic growth.(15) "Unsatisfactory performance" means a level one summative evaluation rating.(16) "Utah Effective Educator Standards" means the standards established in Rule R277-330, as applicable to the assignment for which an evaluator evaluates an educator.Utah Admin. Code R277-323-2
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-14, effective 7/9/2024