The purpose of the LAUSD/UTLA Peer Assistance & Review (PAR) Program is to support and renew effective classroom instruction.  PAR provides a professional system of individual accountability rooted in the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTPs) and the LAUSD Teaching and Learning Framework (TLF).

PAR provides services as described in Article X of the LAUSD/UTLA Collective Bargaining Agreement. These services do not replace, and are not part of, a teacher’s Stull evaluation.  As of the 2024-2025 school year, the LAUSD/UTLA PAR Program has provided assistance to over 25,500 classroom teachers.

PAR provides instructional coaching support to both permanent and non-permanent classroom teachers who request it as identified in Article X. Classroom teachers who have received a below standard evaluation are contractually mandated to work with a PAR Consulting Teacher the next school year.

PAR Consulting Teachers have demonstrated histories of instructional excellence and are hired through a rigorous interview process.  PAR CTs work with classroom teachers to establish instructional performance goals using the CSTPs and TLF, and then provide coaching support using the plan/teach/reflect/apply model.  PAR CTs also provide strategies, instructional resources, and professional development opportunities to the teachers they work with.  It is a model program of teachers assisting other teachers.

PAR is jointly governed by the PAR Panel, which is composed of 4 LAUSD-appointed and 5 UTLA-appointed members.  One of the main functions of the Panel is to determine and share findings with the Board of Education regarding the participation of mandated participants.

PAR Panel Members