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Board reviews overhaul of teacher-evaluation policy and new digital platform
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Shonda Ambers Phillip presented proposed changes to Policy GCN to move tenured teachers to a three-year summative cycle, adopt the Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES), and use the Frontline platform to centralize evaluations and professional-development records.
Superintendent Dr. Shonda Ambers Phillip brought Policy GCN before the board and recommended revisions to the district’s teacher-evaluation process, including a proposal to remove an annual summative for tenured teachers and place tenured staff on a three-year summative cycle while retaining annual evaluations for probationary teachers.
"What I am proposing is that we have our tenured teachers on a 3 year rotation or schedule for summative evaluations," Dr. Ambers Phillip told the board, arguing the change would free administrative time to focus on probationary teachers and reduce inconsistent implementation across buildings.
District staff recommended adopting the Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES) as the district’s certified-staff evaluation tool and using the Frontline platform to host evaluation instruments, hiring records and professional-development content. Staff said the district’s previous instrument was outdated and that the Frontline system would let the district own and store evaluation data centrally.
Dr. Ambers Phillip and staff described a multi-step engagement process: work groups, outreach to other regional districts, staff surveys and trainings (including a recorded session with a DESE assistant commissioner). Staff said alignment with state statute and the district strategic plan drove the recommendation and that some categories of support staff require a different, job-specific instrument.
Board members asked about evaluator consistency, data storage and training. Staff said the Frontline platform avoids vendor lock-in observed with some other systems and that there are no additional anticipated costs because the district already pays for Frontline services.
If adopted, staff outlined a timeline: July administrator training, August certified and support-staff trainings, and September implementation, with continued rollouts for other classified categories later.
The board took the proposal under consideration; no formal adoption vote is recorded in the provided transcript.
