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Trustees overhaul director-evaluation form to focus on three-tier scoring and building communication
Summary
Trustees reworked the director evaluation to use three descriptive categories (exemplary/effective/development needed) while keeping numeric aggregation compatible with past records; they added an indicator about maintaining building‑related communications and separated SMART goals from strategic‑plan progress.
Trustees spent an extended discussion on June 10 revising the library director’s performance-evaluation form to make the instrument clearer and more actionable.
The board agreed to move from a long checklist toward three descriptive scoring categories — exemplary, effective and development needed — while retaining numeric tallies (the existing "432" system) for historical comparability when compiling year-to-year averages. Trustees emphasized using active verbs in indicators and keeping an area for narrative comments.
A new indicator was added to capture whether the director "maintains communication with staff, trustees and town hall concerning needs and changes to the building," reflecting recurring operational concerns about the library’s physical plant. Trustees also consolidated overlapping items on collection development and technology, added expectations for staff training and volunteer management, and split performance measures so short‑term SMART goals and strategic‑plan progress are recorded separately.
Members asked the director to check with town staff about the numeric aggregation method used by town hall, and agreed to finalize wording and present the edited form for a formal vote on the July agenda.
