2010 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 5 - Personnel
Part 52 - Career Ladder for Teachers
49-5-5202 - Evaluation procedures for teachers.
49-5-5202. Evaluation procedures for teachers.
(a) All teachers licensed between July 1, 1984, and June 13, 1997, as apprentices or certified as career level I, and all current teachers who choose to participate in the new career ladder program as career level I teachers shall be evaluated in accordance with an evaluation process, including procedures, criteria and instruments, used and developed by an LEA, that has been validated and approved by the state board of education in accordance with the standards and criteria provided for in part 50, this part and parts 53-55 of this chapter.
(b) All persons certified as career level II or career level III teachers between July 1, 1984, and June 13, 1997, including present teachers who choose to participate in the new career teacher program, shall be evaluated in accordance with the process approved by the state board of education.
(c) Advancement from one career level to another shall be awarded by the state board of education as provided for in part 50, this part and parts 53-55 of this chapter.
(d) These evaluations shall be part of a teacher's permanent record.
[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 27; 1987, ch. 308, § 45; 1997, ch. 424, § 2; 1999, ch. 34, § 5.]
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