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Facilitator leads board through updated superintendent evaluation rubric and procedures
Summary
A facilitator led a detailed training on a new superintendent evaluation tool that emphasizes local growth targets, annual evaluation timing, a streamlined rubric, calibration exercises and an appeals process; the session outlined recommended quarterly touchpoints and documentation practices.
The board received an extended training on the updated superintendent-evaluation process, led by a facilitator who described the instrument, calibration exercises and the legal and procedural changes that boards must follow under the recent update.
Key points included: evaluations are required annually (with an ‘unevaluated’ classification for persons who serve fewer than 60 days); districts set locally determined student-growth targets rather than rely solely on statewide cutoffs; the rubric was simplified (removing a separate “highly effective” category), and boards should conduct an expectations discussion in January, then quarterly touchpoints in March, June and August. The facilitator also emphasized calibration exercises to improve inter-board reliability and recommended that evaluation artifacts be kept current throughout the year rather than assembled only at the end of the cycle.
The presenter advised boards to include an appeal process in superintendent contracts and explained that boards may use closed session only for periodic personnel evaluations when discussing job performance. The training was instructional; there was no formal board vote at the training session itself.
