The superintendent or designee will conduct an ongoing process of evaluating the administrators on their skills, abilities, and competence. At a minimum, the superintendent or designee will formally evaluate the administrators annually. The goal of the formal evaluation process is to ensure that the educational program for the students is carried out, ensure student learning goals of the school district are met, promote growth in effective administrative leadership for the school district, clarify the administrator's role as defined by the board and the superintendent, ascertain areas in need of improvement, clarify the immediate priorities of the responsibilities listed in the job description, and develop a working relationship between the superintendent and the administrator.
The formal evaluation will also include an opportunity for the administrator and the superintendent, or designee, to discuss the written criteria, the past year's performance and the future areas of growth. The evaluation is completed by the superintendent or designee, signed by the administrator and filed in the administrator's personnel file.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent, or designee, to conduct a formal evaluation of the probationary administrators and non-probationary administrators prior to May 15.
This policy supports and does not preclude the ongoing informal evaluation of the administrator's skills, abilities and competence.
Date Board Approved: 10/24/2017
Date Board Updated/Reviewed: 2/14/2022
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 279.8, .21-.23A (2013). 281 I.A.C. 12.3(3); ch 83.