Accountability Data

Colorado Law

The Colorado Legislature, through the passage of House Bills 1338, 1159, 1089, Senate Bill 10-191 and the Colorado Educator Licensing Act, requires that each school district in the state of Colorado develop a written instrument for evaluating licensed staff. The Weld RE-5J School District is aligned with state statute and state licensure requirements.

The Master Agreement between JMEA and the Weld RE-5J School District as well as the procedures and regulations outlined in these guidelines, govern the evaluation of licensed non-administrative school professionals. These policies and regulations are in full compliance with CRS 22-9-106(1) (c) and Senate Bill 10-191.

As of July 2013, all Colorado districts and BOCES must have implemented an evaluation system aligned with educator quality standards and the State Board Rules.

Senate Bill 10-191 changed the way all educators (principals/assistant principals, teachers and specialized service professionals) are to be evaluated in Colorado with the ultimate goal of continuously supporting educators' professional growth and, in turn, accelerating student results.

S.B. 10-191 requirements include:

Annual evaluations
Quality Standards defining effectiveness. The Quality Standards account for half of an educator's annual evaluation
Quality Standard 6-Teachers/7-Principals measures student learning/outcomes over time and accounts for the other half.
Non-probationary status is earned after three consecutive years of demonstrated effectiveness
Non-probationary status is lost after two consecutive years of less than effective ratings

C.R.S. 22-9-107. School district personnel performance evaluation councils - duties.

(1) Every school district and board of cooperative services in the state subject to the provisions of this article shall have an advisory school district personnel performance evaluation council or advisory board of cooperative services personnel performance evaluation council, which shall, at a minimum, consist of the following members to be appointed by the local board of education or board of cooperative services:

One teacher
One administrator
One principal
One resident from the school district who is a parent of a child attending a school within the district
One resident of the school district who is not a parent with a child in the district

(2) Said council shall consult with the local board or board of cooperative services as to the fairness, effectiveness, credibility, and professional quality of the licensed personnel performance evaluation system and its processes and procedures and shall conduct a continuous evaluation of said system.

(3) The council for a school district may be composed of any other school district committee having proper membership, as defined in subsection (1) of this section.

Source: L. 84: Entire article added, p. 588, 1, effective May 14. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 474, 7, effective April 29. L. 2000: (1)(b) and (2) amended, p. 1853, 47, effective August 2.

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