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Board hears demo of SuperEval tool for superintendent, CFO evaluations
Summary
Rob Seidelman of SuperEval demonstrated the district's new online evaluation tool and walked board members through login, prepopulation, comment requirements and the consolidation step that produces a single board report to be reviewed in executive session.
Rob Seidelman, a representative of SuperEval, gave Rapid City Area School District 51-4 board members a live demonstration of the district's new online evaluation system for the superintendent and the chief financial officer.
The demonstration explained how board members will log in at supereval.com, use temporary passwords sent by email, and (optionally) prepopulate their review with the superintendent's or CFO's self-evaluation so members can accept or deviate from the self-ratings. Seidelman said the platform prompts board members to add comments at the domain level when they rate someone lower than that person rated themselves, and that the system autosaves entries.
Dr. Strasser, superintendent, told the board the system is intended to bring a more structured, consistent process to annual reviews and to help preserve continuity when board membership changes. Seidelman and board members discussed the consolidation step: once the board president marks the individual reviews complete, the platform compiles them into a consolidated view. That consolidated view can be edited and is typically reviewed in an executive session before presentation to the superintendent and CFO.
Board members raised logistics and access questions. Katie Urban reported she and other members initially could not see the board self-evaluation in their account; Seidelman offered to correct missing access and said district staff or SuperEval support can add or remove users and update roles. Christine Stephenson and others asked whether the consolidated review is discussed in executive session; Seidelman and Dr. Strasser confirmed the consolidated review is typically handled in executive session.
Seidelman emphasized best practices the vendor recommends: prepopulate with the leader's self-evaluation to see the leader's perspective, provide domain-level commentary, and add required comments when rating someone more than one step below their self-rating. He said the platform's calendar resets on June 30 so boards can set goals for a new evaluation year and look back at prior-year goals and evaluations.
The presentation closed with board-level questions about timeline, continuity of goals and whether in‑house counsel could assist with consolidation edits. Seidelman left contact information in the meeting chat for follow-up assistance.
