In accordance with Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) regulations, parents and legal guardians of students may request the final quality rating and composite effectiveness score for each of the teachers and/or principal of the school building your child is attending for the current school year. Only the overall composite score (0-100) and rating (Highly Effective, Effective, Developing, and Ineffective) will be provided. The law does not allow and prohibits the release of any additional information about the individual teacher beyond the final rating and composite score.
The following information explains your rights as parents/legal guardians and the process by which you may request teacher/principal ratings and scores:
Only parents and legal guardians may have access to the final quality rating and composite score of the student’s current teacher(s) and principal. Hudson City School District is required by the law to take reasonable steps to ensure that the person requesting the information is a parent or legal guardian of the student to whom the teacher(s) or principal is assigned. Therefore, any request must be in writing on the form provided. The district may request additional verification such as a driver’s license or other photo identification to verify that the person requesting the information is the parent or legal guardian of the student. In the case of legal guardians, the district will require proof of guardianship (e.g., court orders).
Since all of the information needed to establish final teacher/principal ratings and composite scores is not provided until the beginning of the school year, the availability to receive the final rating and composite scores for a student’s teacher(s) and principal for the current school year shall not be accessible by parents/legal guardians until after September 1st of the current school year. Requests for the information may be made anytime on or after that date.
Please be advised that a teacher or principal may appeal their final rating and composite score. This will impact both the timing of when such information can be provided to a parent or guardian since, if an appeal is filed by the teacher or principal to the APPR rating, the rating and composite score will not be available until that appeal process has concluded.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING THE COMPOSITE SCORE AND RATING FOR MY CHILD’S TEACHER(S):
- Only the overall composite score (0-100) and rating (Highly Effective, Effective, Developing, and Ineffective) will be provided.
- Requests should be made to the Coordinator of School Improvement
- Information will only be provided for the teacher(s) providing instruction to your child for the present school year
- Information will only be provided directly to parents and legal guardians. Photo identification will be required
- Information may be re quested via the form that is posted on the district website. This form is also available at the district office and in the main office of each school
- Information will only be provided at the district office by the Coordinator of School Improvement. No information will be provided over the phone or through electronic means.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING THE COMPOSITE SCORE AND RATING FOR MY CHILD’S PRINCIPAL:
- Only the overall composite score (0-100) and rating (Highly Effective, Effective, Developing, and Ineffective) will be provided.
- Requests should be made directly to the Superintendent of Schools.
- Information will only be provided for the principal of your child’s school this school year.
- Information will only be provided directly to parents and legal guardians. Photo identification will be required.
- Information may be re quested via the form that is posted on the district website. This form is also available at the district office.
- Information will only be provided at the district office by the Superintendent of Schools. No information will be provided over the phone or through electronic means.
Please click on the link(s) below to download a request form: