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Teacher ProComp
Comprehensive Professional Evaluation
Purpose
To recognize and reward teachers who demonstrate proficient and distinguished practice through a professional evaluation.
Employees can be either Probationary or non-Probationary, depending on their length of service within the district.
Non-Probationary Teachers: Non-probationary employees are evaluated their first year of non-probationary status and then, every three years.
Probationary Teachers: A new employee with a CDE license hired into the district, or an employee who is coming back to the district after leaving is considered probationary for at least three years. An employee with a TIR, Alternative license or hired with less than 120 work days left in the school year will add an additional year of probation. If the employee is on an emergency license, he or she will add another additional year of probation.
Probationary employees are evaluated each year. Visit the HR website for more information about the process and to access the forms for your Professional Evaluation.
Click on the following links to see an example of the timing of evaluations for a new hire and for a non-probationary employee.
Professional Evaluation (CPE) Incentive Eligibility
Employees are only eligible for this incentive if they have had a scheduled evaluation. If an employee is scheduled for an evaluation and did not receive one at no fault of the employee, the employee may still be eligible for the incentive.
Only employees who receive a satisfactory evaluation are eligible for this incentive.
An unsatisfactory evaluation delays the CPE increase until the teacher receives a rating of satisfactory or better. A non-probationary employee will go on a performance plan for one year and a development for a second year. An employee on a performance or development plan is not eligible for this incentive.
During the probationary period, the employee is evaluated every year and is eligible for a 1% of index increase each year with a satisfactory evaluation. Once an employee is non-probationary, the employee is evaluated once every three years and is eligible for a 3% of index increase with a "satisfactory" evaluation.
Non-Probationary employees opting into ProComp for the first time may be eligible for a shadow payment.
Non-Probationary employees who are opting into ProComp for the first time and have not had a scheduled evaluation within the last two school years are eligible to receive a shadow payment (1% of index). The employee will continue to receive annual shadow payments until his or her next scheduled evaluation.
2009/2010 contract year: Beginning in the 2009/2010 contract year for employees with 15 years or more of service and scheduled for an evaluation will no longer be eligible to receive a CPE incentive. Professional Evaluation (CPE) Payment Eligibility:
The employee must be actively enrolled in ProComp and be in a status of active with benefits (AB), leave with pay (LP), leave summer pay/benefits (LR), or FMLA leave (LF status in Lawson, which is currently unused) at time of payout to be eligible.
Upon earning a successful rating, probationary employees will receive 1% of index multiplied by their FTE, while non-probationary employees will receive 3% of the index multiplied by their FTE.
Payout timing: The employee will receive payment in the Fall of the year following assessment, as long as the employee is still actively enrolled in ProComp and is in AB, LP, LF or LR status.
If an employee returns to DPS in a paid status (AB, LF, LP or LR) without a break in service, the employee is still eligible to receive any pending CPE incentive payouts he or she has earned from previous satisfactory evaluations upon his or her return.
