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Board keeps same three standards for superintendent’s targeted-feedback survey
Summary
At a Dec. 11 meeting the Siuslaw School District board confirmed it will again evaluate the superintendent using three standards (ethics/professional norms; culturally responsive instructional leadership; communication/community relations) and approved a timeline for survey collection and follow-up review in February.
The Siuslaw School District Board of Directors confirmed on Dec. 11 that it will continue using three standards for this year’s superintendent targeted‑feedback survey: ethics and professional norms; culturally responsive instructional leadership and improvement; and communication and community relations. The decision came during a work-session presentation by Vince Adams of the Oregon School Boards Association, who described the survey process as a targeted instrument limited to up to three standards and separate staff and community questionnaires.
Adams told the board the survey respondents are selected collaboratively between the superintendent and the board and that the district’s respondent list is about 50 people. “There are actually two surveys,” Adams said, noting that one is calibrated for staff and the other for community members. He also shared recent response-rate figures: “The overall response rate was 77%, 84% with staff, 70% for community,” which he characterized as “really good statistics” for evaluating trends.
The board agreed to keep the three standards so the district can track a three-point trend across consecutive years. Adams outlined the calendar: the superintendent will present a self‑evaluation on Jan. 8, Adams will bring targeted-feedback results on Feb. 19 and the board will use an edit-and-polish session after offline collection of member input. Adams said he would attend the Feb. 19 session to present the targeted-feedback survey results if the board wanted him there.
Why it matters: maintaining the same standards lets the board compare multi-year results to identify trends in the superintendent’s performance, while a separate staff and community instrument seeks to capture different perspectives on those same standards. The board’s next formal steps are the Jan. 8 self-evaluation and the Feb. 19 targeted-feedback review session.
