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Board completes required training on superintendent evaluation tool and moves to closed session
Summary
Legal counsel trained the board on statutory changes to superintendent evaluation (including elimination of the 'highly effective' rating for state reporting and the 80/20 weighting). After calibration training the board voted to enter closed session for evaluation deliberations; no action will be taken in open session afterward.
Legal counsel and trainers led the board through required training on the superintendent-evaluation tool at the Sept. 23 meeting. The presenter explained statutory changes and practical effects for board scoring, noting as recorded: "The state no longer accepts the rating of highly effective," and explained that while boards may keep a four-category tool for internal distinction, the state will receive a three-category rating (reported as a 3 for either top category). The training covered required midyear progress consultations, rater-reliability calibration, and how the tool's 80% evaluation weight combines with 20% student-growth data reported to the state.
After the training, the board moved to enter closed session to complete superintendent-evaluation deliberations and indicated no action would be taken when it reconvened in public. The attorney clarified rules about closed-session deliberation: notes and private comments remain confidential unless the board specifically chooses to release a particular comment to the superintendent in an open format.
