Kentucky School Advocate - Superintendent evaluation system

By Maelynn Coldiron

Staff Writer

 

The superintendent evaluation is the final piece of the state’s new Professional Growth and Effectiveness System. Teacher and principal systems have been piloted for the past few years and will be fully implemented and rolled into the accountability system this school year.

 

The new model will continue the practice of boards having “critical conversations” with their superintendents in the fall about district delivery targets, resource/support systems, and facilities and resources.

 

Now, in addition to that, a Superintendent Leadership Plan will enable boards to formatively assess how their schools chief is doing measured against seven leadership standards: instructional, cultural, human resources, managerial, collaborative, influential and strategic. A 10-page form is used that outlines specific indicators in each of those areas.

 

The board uses this in its summative evaluation, together with the evidence the superintendent has compiled throughout the year to show how he or she has performed in those seven areas.

The superintendent is expected to collect evidence during the year to demonstrate how he or she is stacking up to those standards before the summative evaluation.

 

Both formative and summative evaluations use a four-tier rating system: exemplary, for exceeding the standard; accomplished, for meeting the standard; developing, for growth toward meeting the standard; and growth required, for areas that the superintendent must address in a Professional

Growth Plan.

 

Many of these materials, including the superintendent’s evidence and the evaluation, must be uploaded into the state’s electronic school improvement tool, called ASSIST.