1. If a written evaluation of a probationary teacher, a probationary administrator who provides primarily administrative services at the school level and who does not provide primarily direct instructional services to pupils, regardless of whether the probationary administrator is licensed as a teacher or administrator, including, without limitation, a principal and vice principal or a probationary licensed educational employee, other than a teacher or administrator, designates the overall performance of the teacher, administrator or probationary licensed educational employee as ineffective: (a) The written evaluation must include the following statement: Please be advised that, pursuant to Nevada law, your contract may not be renewed for the next school year. If you receive an ineffective evaluation and are reemployed for a second or third year of your probationary period, you may request that your next evaluation be conducted by another administrator. You may also request, to the administrator who conducted the evaluation, reasonable assistance in improving your performance based upon the recommendations reported in the evaluation for which you request assistance, and upon such request, a reasonable effort will be made to assist you in improving your performance. (b) The probationary teacher, probationary administrator or probationary licensed educational employee, as applicable, must acknowledge in writing that he or she has received and understands the statement described in paragraph (a). 2. If a probationary teacher, probationary administrator or probationary licensed educational employee, other than a teacher or administrator, to which subsection 1 applies requests that his or her next evaluation be conducted by another administrator in accordance with the notice required by subsection 1, the administrator conducting the evaluation must be: (a) Employed by the school district or, if the school district has five or fewer administrators, employed by another school district in this State; and (b) Selected by the probationary teacher, probationary administrator or probationary licensed educational employee, other than a teacher or administrator, as applicable, from a list of three candidates submitted by the superintendent. 3. If a probationary teacher, probationary administrator or probationary licensed educational employee, other than a teacher or administrator to which subsection 1 applies requests assistance in improving performance reported in his or her evaluation, the administrator who conducted the evaluation shall ensure that a reasonable effort is made to assist the probationary teacher, probationary administrator or probationary licensed educational employee, as applicable, in improving his or her performance.
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