There are important rights of teachers when it comes to documentation received, responses written, and appeals of the evaluation.

Any documentation that an appraiser wishes to use in a teacher’s evaluation must be shared in writing within 10 working days of the appraiser’s knowledge of the occurrence that is documented.  This protects a teacher from being blind-sided at the end of the school year conference for something that may have occurred in the fall.

A teacher has a right to respond in writing to any documentation that they receive.  The written response must be given to the appraiser within 10 working days of receiving the documentation.  A teacher can also submit a written response to the Observation Summary they receive and/or the Summative Annual Report at the end of the year.

A teacher can request a Second Appraisal by another appraiser after receiving their Observation Summary. 

Remember, the formal Observation will score Domains I, II, and III.  A teacher must request a second appraisal within 10 working days of receiving the Observation Summary.  The second appraiser will conduct another formal Observation and conduct necessary walk-throughs in order to properly score Domains I, II, and III.

A teacher can request a Second Appraisal after receiving their end-of-year Summative Annual Report.  It is important to note that the Second Appraisal will only rescore Domain IV.  A teacher cannot request a Second Appraisal to rescore Domains I-III at the end of the year if the teacher had an opportunity to request a Second Appraisal earlier in the year.  This is a significant departure from the rules under PDAS and forces the teacher to be diligent in the appraisal process and request Second Appraisals in a timely fashion.