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N.J. School Boards Association trains Secaucus board on superintendent and board evaluation process
Summary
Jean Cleary of the New Jersey School Boards Association gave a training at the board meeting on procedures, timelines and legal steps for superintendent and board evaluations, including a 48-hour window for superintendent edits, Rice notice requirements and how evaluations feed into the state QSAC review.
Jean Cleary, field service representative for the New Jersey School Boards Association, gave a training at the Secaucus Board of Education meeting on the district's superintendent and board evaluation processes.
Cleary outlined the timeline and steps the district will use for the superintendent's annual performance review, described the board self-evaluation process and reviewed how the evaluations relate to the state accountability review known as the Quality Single Accountability Continuum (QSAC).
Cleary told the board the superintendent completes a self-assessment and then has a 48-hour window to make changes before the system notifies board members to begin their independent evaluations. She said the compiled annual performance report represents the majority opinion of non-conflicted board members, noting that "the minority opinion should be given an opportunity verbally to be heard and considered, but doesn't go in the written report." She also said the New Jersey School Boards Association compiles the submissions and provides a template that the board president will use to draft the final report.
Cleary said boards must provide Rice notice to the superintendent in advance of any meeting where the superintendent's employment will be discussed, and that board self-evaluation materials are treated as personnel records and are purged by the association by Dec. 31 each year. She explained the board self-evaluation is anonymous, that the president must enter any board goals first before members complete the questionnaire, and that the QSAC-related training counts toward the district's required points (Cleary said the training as presented accounts for 13 points toward the district's accountability requirement and reiterated that districts must meet an 80% threshold in applicable areas).
Board members asked procedural questions about how the points and timelines feed into QSAC and about deadlines; Cleary advised members to set agreed dates so the compilation can be produced before statutory deadlines and said resources and FAQ materials are available on the New Jersey School Boards Association's website.
Cleary closed by offering contact help as the association's field service representative and by pointing board members to online templates and FAQs for both the superintendent evaluation and the board self-evaluation.
