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School committee reviews online superintendent-evaluation workflow ahead of April deadline
Summary
Committee members received a live demonstration of the SuperEval platform and discussed timelines, required steps, and the role of the superintendent-evaluation subcommittee as the district moves toward an April 15 final rating deadline.
The East Bridgewater School Committee on Feb. 18 received a live demonstration of SuperEval, the district’s online tool for completing the superintendent’s annual evaluation, and agreed on dates and process steps to meet an April 15 completion target.
Gretchen, a SuperEval representative, and a colleague showed committee members how the five-step platform will manage the evaluation cycle, including superintendent self-evaluation, individual reviewer entries, subcommittee consolidation and final superintendent access. Gretchen said the platform opens step 2 (the superintendent’s self-evaluation) on Feb. 21 and that the district goal is to have step 5, the final evaluation, completed by April 15. She recommended that the superintendent-evaluation subcommittee meet to consolidate and edit reviewer input during step 4 (target April 1), and noted that the committee chair is the “trusted agent” who can mark steps complete.
Committee members asked about optional and required narrative feedback. Gretchen explained SuperEval follows the DESE rubric and requires written feedback when a reviewer scores “needs improvement” or “unsatisfactory,” while narrative comments are optional for “proficient” or “exemplary.” She also demonstrated the platform’s “prepopulated” option — which shows the superintendent’s self-ratings to reviewers — and explained members may instead create evaluations from scratch to avoid bias from seeing the superintendent’s self-scores.
Gretchen walked the group through how the system consolidates individual reviewer scores into a compiled view the subcommittee can edit, and how the chair can make final adjustments and then release the evaluation to the superintendent. Committee members discussed whether the subcommittee should edit or remove individual reviewers’ comments; several members objected to deleting or changing another member’s narrative, and the committee agreed informally that they would not remove individual feedback.
Members asked about the timeline for posting goals for the next two-year cycle; Gretchen said the superintendent will likely submit goals in May for the 2025–27 cycle. She and the vendor team also offered ongoing technical and user support for individual members who need extra help logging into or using the system.
The demonstration concluded with committee members agreeing to schedule the subcommittee meeting near April 1 so the item can move through step 4 and meet the April 15 finalization deadline.
