Staff Development - The governance board prioritizes having a system in place that supports a quality staff evaluation system and robust professional development that supports the mission/vision of the school.
Proficiency: Select/designate school leadership structure (principal, lead teacher, team).
Governance Practice - The governance board establishes/maintains effective governance practices within the school structure, including adherence to compliance requirements, transparency, and evaluation protocols.
Proficiency: Establish/ensure methods or systems for frequent and transparent communication between the board and the school leadership.
Learning
School Leader Evaluation Slide Deck Use this slide deck as a guide for your learning as you follow along with the informational video below. Ensure you understand the importance of building a strong partnership between the charter governance board and the school leader. Pay close attention to the mistakes that governance boards often make when they are trying to evaluate a school leader. Format: PDF Length: 14 pages
School Leader Evaluation Introduction Video Governance board members don’t educate students directly, so they rely on their school leader (and the school leader’s staff) to drive the agreed-upon accountability metrics. Because accountability stops with the board, it’s critical that the board has a process for evaluating and documenting the school leader’s performance. In this video, we will recap the importance of this function and cover the top mistakes boards make when evaluating their school leader. Format: Video Length: 11:46 minutes
Conducting Mid-Year CEO Check-ins
One of the first steps to successful school leader evaluation is ensuring that the governance board has a clear understanding of the school leader's responsibilities. Conducting mid-year check-ins sets school leaders and governance boards up for a successful end of year evaluation.
Conducting Mid-Year CEO Check-ins (BoardOnTrack resource) Read this PDF to identify the key steps involved in ensuring effective communication and support systems between the school leader and the governance board. Think how this process could/can be used as an evaluation process for your school leader. Format: PDF Length: 2 pages
Process for Evaluating School Leader Slide Deck Use this slide deck as a guide for your learning as you follow along with the Process of Evaluating School Leader video below. Ensure you have an understanding of the importance of creating a committee for evaluating your school leader. This slide deck contains a step-by-step process for evaluating a school leader. Format: PDF Length: 15 pages
Process of Evaluating School Leader This video covers the steps a governance board can take to effectively and efficiently evaluate the school leader. It is important that you have a working leader evaluation committee and this committee has a clear and transparent timeline for the leader evaluation process. Format: Video Length: 19:03 minutes
CEO Support & Evaluation Committee Job Description Review the attached CEO Support & Evaluation Committee Job Description. This committee is critical to making your School Leader evaluation a successful part of an efficient and effective year-round process. If your governance board doesn’t have this committee yet, use the attached sample as the foundation for your committee. Format: PDF Length: 2 pages
School Leader (CEO) Evaluation Tool This leadership evaluation tool is a rubric for evaluating the success of a school leader. Use this evaluation tool as a template to create your board’s end-of-the-year school leader evaluation. Format: Word Document Length: 13 pages
School Leader Evaluation Rubric This School leader evaluation rubric is an example of how a school leader can be evaluated through support from different stakeholders. The rubric also shows how different pieces of the rubric could be weighted by priority. Format: Google Doc Length: 1 page
Sample School Leader Evaluation MEMO Evaluating the school leader is one of the most important responsibilities of the governance board. However, a school leader evaluation is not complete without documenting the process and outcomes. Be sure to conclude your evaluation process with a memo that communicates and documents the leader evaluation. Use this sample school leader evaluation memo to support the completion of your leader evaluation. Format: Word Document Length: 8 pages
Applying
Applying
Governance Boards: Governance Board and Leadership Relationship
Use your learning from this course and the document examples to develop a school leader evaluation framework for your organization or school.
If your governance board does not have a School Leader (CEO) Support & Evaluation Committee, use the template job description for this committee to create a committee for your boards.
Create a plan, process, and calendar for how you and your governance board will hold your school leader accountable on an annual basis.
Evidence of Learning
Share your school’s leader evaluation framework.
Share your school leader support and evaluation committee description.
Share your calendar and process for holding your school leader accountable on an annual basis.
Sources
Sources / Resources
Example Leader Job Description Folder Use these example leader job descriptions from different schools in Wisconsin as a reference. Format: Google Folder
MG21 Blank Evaluation Template and Rubric Use this evaluation template as a reference to create your own evaluation process. This template was designed and created by the governance board of MG21. Format: Google doc
BoardOnTrack Much of the information in this course was provided by BoardOnTrack. BOT has given user permission to use the material in this course. For more information from BoardOnTrack visit their website at www.BoardOnTrack.com.
