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Berkeley Heights board sets evaluation timeline after NJSBA training
Summary
At a May 1 special meeting the board heard New Jersey School Boards Association guidance on the superintendent-evaluation process, set internal deadlines for member submissions and tentatively scheduled executive-session work after the district's Educator of the Year event.
Jean Cleary of the New Jersey School Boards Association told the Berkeley Heights Board of Education on May 1 that the district must complete its written superintendent evaluation by July 1 and that the process should be grounded in the district's agreed goals.
"The board must by code, complete this evaluation once a year," Cleary said, adding that the evaluation needs to be done in writing and that the board should meet with the superintendent to review the compilation of member responses.
Cleary explained the mechanics of the NJSBA tool: the superintendent submits a self-evaluation, the system imposes a 48-hour hold, and…
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