Greater Clark County School Corporation
Bylaws & Policies
 

1240 - EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

The School Board believes it is essential that it evaluate the Superintendent's performance periodically in order to assist both the Board and the Superintendent in the proper discharge of their responsibilities and to enable the Board to provide the Corporation with the best possible leadership.

If the Superintendent is a certified employee pursuant to I.C. 20-29-2-4, the Superintendent's evaluation will be in accordance with Policy 1530 - Evaluation of Administrators.

Such performance evaluation shall include an assessment of:

 

A.

objective measures of student achievement and growth to significantly inform the evaluation. The objective measures must include:

     
 

1.

results from all required student assessments;

     
 

2.

student growth in areas that are not measured by state-wide assessments; and

     
 

3.

results from locally developed assessments and other test measures for certificated employees whose responsibilities may or may not include instruction in subjects and areas measured by state-wide assessments.

     
 

B.

rigorous measures of effectiveness, including observations and other performance indicators;

     
 

C.

the progress toward the educational goals of the Corporation (see Policy 1110);

     
 

D.

the working relationship between the Board and the Superintendent;

     
 

E.

an annual designation of the Superintendent in one (1) of the following rating categories:

     
 

1.

highly effective

     
 

2.

effective

     
 

3.

improvement necessary

     
 

4.

ineffective

     
 

F.

an explanation of the evaluator's recommendations for improvement, and the time in which improvement is expected;

     
 

G.

a provision that if student achievement and growth is static or negative in any year, the Superintendent cannot receive a rating of high effective or effective;

     
 

H.

a discussion of the evaluation between the Superintendent and the evaluator.

The evaluation may also include the evaluator's assessment of the Board's own effectiveness in providing direction to the Superintendent.

The Board and the Superintendent, jointly, shall, at the outset of each evaluation, determine who shall serve as the evaluator of the Superintendent.

As an outcome of the evaluation of the Superintendent's performance, the Board should be prepared to judge the advisability of retention of the Superintendent and be prepared better to:

 

A.

determine the Superintendent's salary;

     
 

B.

identify strengths and weaknesses in the operation of the Corporation and determine means by which weaknesses can be reduced and strengths are maintained;

     
 

C.

establish specific objectives, the achievement of which will advance the Corporation toward its goals;

     
 

D.

improve its own performance as the public body ultimately charged with the educational responsibility of this Corporation.

I.C. 20-28-6, 7, 8; 20-29-2-4

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