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Code No. 405.4
Staff Personnel
Formal Evaluations of Staff Personnel
(1) Purposes.
The purposes of formal evaluations are to improve the performance of
the employees, to provide written documentation of the level of
performance and to provide a basis for employment decisions,
including termination of employment, if necessary.
(2) Evaluators.
The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the formal
evaluation of the superintendent of schools. The superintendent of
schools shall be responsible for the formal evaluation of the
other administrators and of the supervisors. Non-licensed employees
and licensed employees of the District (other than administrators
and supervisors) shall be formally evaluated by the administrative
or supervisory staff of the District. Nothing in this policy shall
preclude the use of self evaluations, peer evaluations or
evaluations by non-District personnel as supplementary methods of
evaluation. Further, the evaluator may utilize relevant information
from other individuals in conducting evaluations
(3) Procedures.
Licensed and non-licensed employees other than administrators and
supervisors shall be evaluated in accordance with the procedures set
forth in the negotiated agreement with their bargaining
representatives. The Board shall approve any changes to the
evaluation instrument or criteria for evaluation.
Superintendent. The Board will formally evaluate the
superintendent at least once each year. The superintendent
shall be evaluated on a form adopted by the Board. The
superintendent shall be evaluated on how effectively he/she performs
the duties of the job description for the superintendent of
schools. A copy of the completed evaluation form shall be given to
the superintendent. He/she may respond orally or in writing within
fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of the form. Any written
responses will be placed in the superintendent’s personnel file with
the written evaluation.
Other Administrators and Supervisors. Other administrators
and supervisors shall be formally evaluated at least once annually.
The superintendent shall be responsible for establishing an
evaluation instrument to be used; the instrument shall be approved
by the Board. The
administrators and supervisors shall be evaluated on how effectively
they perform the duties of their job descriptions. Copies of
completed formal evaluations will be given to the evaluated
administrator or
supervisor. The evaluated administrator or supervisor may respond
orally and/or in writing within fourteen (14) calendar days of
receipt of the form. Any written responses will be placed in the
employee’s personnel file with the written evaluation.
Legal Reference: Code of Iowa Chapters 20, 260.33, 279 (2003).
Approved: August 14, 1989
Reviewed: April 18, 2006
Revised: August 16, 2004
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