Employees in this group are typically early career educators who have not completed the formal evaluation process, or seasoned educators who have come to the district from other states. In accordance with the South Carolina Teaching Standards 4.0 Rubric, these educators are assigned to an evaluation team consisting of one adminstrator and a peer evaluator who is certified in a related area.
Based on state guidelines, all teachers scheduled for summative evaluation must receive a comprehensive orientation to the evaluation process prior to beginning the evaluation. The orientation must include, at minimum, written and oral explanations of the SCTS instrument or SCDE-approved alternative instrument, the evaluation process, the evaluation timeline, the criteria for successfully completing the evaluation, and the intended use of the evaluation results. Under the SCTS rubric, teachers must participate in the SCDE approved one-day teacher rubric training before their first summative evaluation.
