*These are the requirements for Jordan School District. State requirements are different.
Licensed Contracted Employees with an FTE of 50% or more must be evaluated annually.
Reference: Jordan School District Policy #DP311 and #DP313
Career educators will be evaluated annually. A full evaluation will be conducted at least once every third year. An interim evaluation will be completed on non-full evaluation years.
Provisional educators will be evaluated annually using the UETS-based JPAS tool.
| NEW HIRES | |
|---|---|
| No previous teaching experience | Provisional for 3 years |
| Less than three consecutive years in the same district | Provisional for 3 years |
| More than a three year break before coming to Jordan | Provisional for 3 years |
| Having 3 or more consecutive years in the same district and hired within 3 years of previous experience | Provisional for 1 year |
| RETURNING JORDAN EDUCATORS (including retirees) | |
| Rehired with less than 3 year absence | Provisional 1 year |
| Rehired with more than 3 year absence | Provisional 2 years |
ASSOCIATE LICENSE - FORMERLY ARL, APT
As long as an educator is working under the Associate Licensure program they will have two full evaluations each year. These evaluations do count toward the provisional status.
INTERNS
Effective July 1, 2024, all internship experience will count toward provisional status. In addition, employees hired this current academic year or later are required to complete three years of provisional status instead of the previous four years. This change includes intern teachers, counselors, and psychologists.
Please note that this change does not impact provisional extensions or non-renewals.