ADMINISTRATION
Series 300
Policy Title: Superintendent Evaluation Code No. 302.5
The Board will conduct an ongoing evaluation of the superintendent’s skills, abilities, and competence. At a minimum, the Board will formally evaluate the superintendent on an annual basis. The goal of the superintendent’s formal evaluation is to ensure the education program for the students is carried out, promote growth in effective administrative leadership, clarify the superintendent’s role, clarify the immediate priorities of the Board, and develop a working relationship between the Board and the superintendent.
The superintendent will be an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by:
· Mission, Vision and Core Values: Develop, advocate and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.
· Ethics and Professional Norms: Act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
· Equity and Cultural Responsiveness: Strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
· Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: Develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
· Community Care and Support for Students: Cultivate an inclusive, caring and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student.
· Professional Capacity of School Personnel: Develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
· Professional Community for Teachers and Staff: Foster a professional community of teachers and professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
· Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community: Engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
· Operations and Management: Manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
· School Improvement: Act as an agent of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
The formal evaluation will be based upon the following principles:
This policy supports and does not preclude the ongoing, informal evaluation of the superintendent’s skills, abilities, and competence.
Approved: December 16, 2003
Reviewed: December 12, 2017
Revised: October 12, 2021
Legal Reference: Wedergren v. Board of Directors, 307 N.W.2d 12 (Iowa 1981); Iowa Code §§ 279.8, .20, .23, .23A (2013); 281 12.3(4)
Cross Reference: 212 Closed Sessions; 302 Superintendent