Code No. 302.5 Superintendent Evaluation

The Board will conduct an ongoing evaluation of the Superintendent’s skills, abilities, and competence.  At a minimum, the Board will formally evaluate the Superintendent on an annual basis.  The goal of the Superintendent’s formal evaluation is to ensure the education program for the students is carried out, promote growth in effective administrative leadership, clarify the Superintendent’s role, clarify the immediate priorities of the Board, and develop a working relationship between the Board and the Superintendent.

The Superintendent will be an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by following Iowa’s Standards for School Leaders (adopted 11.18.20/effective July 2022).

The formal evaluation will be based upon the following principles:

  • The evaluation criteria will be in writing, clearly stated and mutually agreed upon by the Board and the Superintendent.  The criteria will be related to the job description and the District’s goals;
  • At a minimum, the evaluation process will be conducted annually at a time agreed upon;
  • Each Board member will have an opportunity to individually evaluate the Superintendent, and these individual evaluations will be compiled into an overall evaluation by the entire Board;
  • The Superintendent will conduct a self-evaluation prior to discussing the Board’s evaluation, and the Board as a whole shall discuss its evaluation with the Superintendent;
  • The Board may discuss its evaluation of the Superintendent in closed session upon a request from the Superintendent and, if the Board determines its discussion in open session will needlessly and irreparably inure the Superintendent’s reputation; and,
  • The individual evaluation by each Board member, if individual Board members so desire, will not be reviewed by the Superintendent.  Board members are encouraged to communicate their criticisms and concerns to the Superintendent in the closed session.  The Board president will develop a written summary of the individual evaluations, including both the strengths and the weaknesses of the Superintendent, and place it in the Superintendent’s personnel file to be incorporated into the next cycle of evaluations.

This policy supports and does not preclude the ongoing, informal evaluation of the Superintendent’s skills, abilities and competence.

 

Approved:  September 15, 1997

Revised/Reviewed:  January 24, 2022

Code No. 302.5A Superintendent Evaluation

Purpose:

The evaluation system is a formative and summative process.  The formative process serves to align the Superintendent’s goals with the Board goals, District goals, mission of the District, and the Iowa Standards for School Administrators.  The summative process serves to quantitatively measure the Superintendent’s performance in the established goal area as well as overall school leadership.

 

Each year the Board will evaluate the superintendent on the following two Iowa Standards for School Leaders

Standard 9: Operations and Management--Educational leaders manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success and well-being

Standard 10: School Improvement--Educational leaders act as agents of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

AND two additional Iowa School Leader Standards agreed on by the Board and the Superintendent.

Standard 1: Mission, Vision, and Core Values--Educational leaders develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.

Standard 2: Ethics and Professional Norms--Educational leaders act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 3: Equity and Cultural Responsiveness--Educational leaders strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 4: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment--Educational leaders develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 5: Community of Care and Supports for Students--Educational leaders cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student.

Standard 6:  Professional Capacity of School Personnel--Educational leaders develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 7: Professional Community for Teachers and Staff--Educational leaders foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 8: Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community--Educational leaders engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and wellbeing.

 

Timeline and Expectations:

February          Formal evaluation of Superintendent

May                 Approval of the Superintendent Goals and agree on Iowa Administrative Standards for formal review

September       Board/Superintendent review of the evaluation process

November       Superintendent provides an update on superintendent goals for current year

December        Superintendent provides a self-evaluation for the board on agreed upon standards

 

Revised/Reviewed:  January 24, 2022

Code No. 302.5B Superintendent Evaluation-Summative Evaluation Form

The purpose of this evaluation is to provide the Superintendent with an accurate assessment of his/her performance in meeting the established goals.  When providing a narrative, please be as specific as possible.  The more specific the comments, the more meaningful the assessment.

Goal:

Iowa Standards for School Administrators (Aligned with this Goal):

Summative Rating:  Place an “X” in space corresponding with the appropriate rating for this goal.

_______Distinguished            ______  Proficient      ______  Basic             _____Unsatisfactory

Significant Achievements that Support this Rating:

Areas of Growth that Support this Rating:

Superintendent Comments:

Board Comments:

Superintendent’s Signature:_____________________________________  Date:__________

Evaluation Period:  ___________________, 200   to  _____________________, 200

Board President’s Signature:_____________________________________ Date:__________

 

Revised/Reviewed:  January 24, 2022                                                                                               

Code No. 302.5C Superintendent Evaluation-Remediation Target Form

Goal Being Remediated:

Remediation target including measurable outcome(s) and timeline(s) (what do we want to accomplish?

Plan for achieving target:

Evaluation and Supporting Evidence:

Summary Rating:       

_______Distinguished            ______  Proficient      ______  Basic             _____Unsatisfactory

Superintendent Comments:

______________________   ___________       _______________________   _________

Board President                     Date                     Superintendent                         Date

 

Revised/Reviewed:  January 24, 2022