Adoption Date: 06/22/2021

History: 2/8/22 (reviewed), 12/13/22 (reviewed), 11/14/23 (reviewed)

A primary responsibility of the School Board is to evaluate the performance of the Superintendent. The Board will conduct an annual evaluation of Superintendent performance based on achievement of Ends Policies, compliance with Superintendent Directions, adherence to Iowa School Leadership Standards and Criteria and accomplishments toward district goals and objectives. The performance evaluations will be held in closed session in June. A separate exempt session will be conducted in June to consider contract renewal and compensation.

The State requires that the Superintendent create Individual Professional Development goals based on district goals. These goals will be developed by the Superintendent in cooperation with the Board in June of each year. The Superintendent and Board will review progress toward these goals in January of each year and again during the annual Superintendent performance evaluation in June.

The following timeline outlines the process.

June

• Superintendent updates progress on Superintendent’s Individual Professional Development goals and District goals (may be held in open or closed session in accordance with state statute).
• Board formally evaluates the Superintendent’s performance in closed session.
• Board and Superintendent discuss the outcome of the evaluation in closed session.
• Board President and Vice President prepare a written Superintendent evaluation report and the report is shared with and approved by the Board.
• The Board President and Superintendent sign the evaluation as evidence that the evaluation has been discussed. The written evaluation is placed in the district’s personnel file to be incorporated into the next cycle of evaluation. A copy may be retained by the Superintendent as well, but individual Board members will not retain copies.
• Board revises contract
• Board communicates contract revisions in open session.
• Board and Superintendent set Superintendent’s Individual Professional Development goals based on District goals.

October

• Superintendent updates progress on Superintendent’s Individual Professional Development goals and District goals (may be held in open or closed session in accordance with state statute).

February

• Superintendent updates progress on Superintendent’s Individual Professional Development goals and district goals (may be held in open or closed session in accordance with state statute).