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Board approves superintendent's seven key initiatives and sets evaluation weights
Summary
The board approved seven district-wide initiatives proposed by Superintendent Brian and agreed to weigh those initiatives equally as the 60% goals portion of the superintendent's annual evaluation (60% goals, 40% state leadership standards).
The Teton School District board approved seven district imperatives proposed by Superintendent Brian and voted to make the initiatives the superintendent's primary goals for the year, with each initiative weighted equally in the goals portion of the annual evaluation.
Superintendent Brian presented a SWOT-derived plan and a set of seven key initiatives intended to shape curriculum, instruction and communications across the district. The initiatives include: (1) building an aligned K-12 tiered system of academic, behavioral and social-emotional support (MTSS); (2) establishing standards for highly effective Tier 1 instruction (using Danielson frameworks as a guide); (3) creating clear systems for data analysis and reporting districtwide; (4) developing a rubric and guidance for online learning and emergent technologies (including AI) with attention to student safety and professional development; (5) defining a district curriculum and instructional leadership role and beginning a multi-stage curriculum program; (6) launching a “We are Teton” communications campaign and a structured community-relations system; and (7) related implementation priorities across departments.
During discussion board members emphasized the need for clarity about who executes each initiative and how progress will be reported. Brian said some initiatives will show results during the school year while others will produce deliverables by year-end, and he proposed that several initiatives be phased so staff can focus on launch and then on implementation.
On evaluation, the board reaffirmed a 60/40 split for the superintendent's evaluation — 60% of the evaluation tied to the superintendent's stated goals and 40% tied to state-mandated leadership principles — and voted to weight each of the seven key initiatives equally within the goals component (each initiative counting as one-seventh of the goals score). A board member asked for an annual refresher on how scoring and the percentage calculations work; the district agreed to provide that explanation.
Board members thanked the superintendent and the administrative team for the retreat work that produced the initiatives. The board approved the initiatives and the evaluation weighting by voice vote.
