Here are the top 11 suggestions submitted by members, listed in alphabetical order. Please RANK them in the order you would like to see them used on a RIF Rubric. If you have time, please add other notations, assign a point value, or provide some thoughts on how to rank your top criteria, for example, should each criterion hold equal value? MDCTA values your input, after all, this will ultimately affect YOU! Remember, nothing is set in stone at this time. Dialogue is critical.

1.      Attendance - not counting those days in policy that are exempt. religious days (2), bereavement, jury duty, FMLA.  All teachers should be following the policy on page 20 of the Certified Handbook that states "The employee should request FMLA or leave of absence following three days of continued absence due to illness."

2.      District Service -committee work at the district level, coaching;  writing curriculum;

3.      Data/Academic Growth of students - should we use Math benchmarks?  Dibels? Pre/Post Unit tests?  AIMS?  Terra Nova?  All of these? None of these... What others?

4.      Education / Certification /Endorsements- Degrees such as Master's; Doctorate; National Board Certification; ELD; Gifted; Middle School; Reading Intervention; etc.

5.      Educators on a teacher contract who work with students on a part-time/as needed basis - In other words the teacher does not have full time student contact

6.      Evaluations - please respond with your clarification of whether they should be summative (one year) or an average of two or even more years. It should only be the MSD evaluation tool, not one from another district.

7.      Professional Attributes - following district policies; showing up to duty on time; attending faculty meetings; TCT attendance; professional dress; leadership roles on site; volunteering for after school festivals, ceremonies

8.      Retirees- those who have retired from any district including Madison.

9.      Site recommendation - principal - peers (the focus of the data we get from our peers needs to be on professionalism, collegial behavior, generosity, cooperation, and responsibility to a group (the faculty, the grade level, a content area, etc.). - parent surveys (Again, tools like focus groups, comment cards, and online feedback invitations might be more useful that just asking another question on the existing survey.  These people are the only ones who can tell us what they think of our communication styles and tools we use to keep in touch.  We need to get their feedback., site based council)

10.     Teachers on Improvement plans

11.     Total Years of Teaching Experience - We can no longer use seniority in the district, but the law doesn't preclude using total years of experience as a criterion.

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