Albuquerque Public Schools
Superintendent Evaluation 2018 Revision
Notice: This policy was reviewed, revised, and/or renamed. We provide this revision for historic purposes only. Please see our current policies and procedural directives.
The superintendent shall be evaluated each contract year in accordance with the process outlined below.
Mutually Agreed Upon Goals, Metrics and Forms
The Board of Education and the superintendent shall mutually agree upon the superintendent’s goals and metrics, upon which he/she shall be evaluated, no later than April of each year. The Superintendent Performance Evaluation Form shall be developed at this time to correctly reflect the agreed upon goals and metrics so it may be used in each formative and summative feedback session.
Formative Feedback to the Superintendent
The superintendent shall be provided formative feedback at least quarterly by the Board of Education. The intent of this feedback shall be to assist the superintendent in his/her service to the district by providing observations from the Board of Education on the progress being made by the superintendent and to offer the superintendent the opportunity to share his/her observations on progress he/she is making during his/her contract year.
This formative feedback shall take place minimally at three executive sessions at a scheduled Board of Education meeting throughout the year to be agreed upon by the Board of Education and the superintendent.
The Board of Education shall reserve the right to request additional meetings with the superintendent to provide formative feedback to the superintendent. The superintendent shall reserve the right to request additional meetings with the Board of Education to receive formative feedback.
Summative Feedback to the Superintendent
The superintendent shall be provided summative data on the Board of Education's observations of his/her performance by each Board of Education member in executive session at a scheduled Board of Education meeting in November. Beginning in the year 2019, the superintendent evaluation will be held in September. The Superintendent Performance Evaluation Form shall be completed by each board member and superintendent independently, and the superintendent shall be presented the aggregated summary of all Board of Education member responses along with the individual responses. The board will identify strengths and areas of the superintendent’s performance where growth can occur. The superintendent has an opportunity during this session to provide feedback regarding his/her relationship with the board. The superintendent shall be provided an opportunity to provide his/her written response to the evaluation and his/her response along with the aggregated summary shall become a part of the superintendent's personnel file.
This summative feedback shall take place in executive session.
Annual Review
This Board Procedural Directive shall be reviewed and may be revised by the Board of Education with input from the superintendent in April of each year. These revisions shall reflect any improvements perceived necessary in the process and form. At this session making any modifications to the formative and summative evaluation cycle for next contract year may be made.
Board of Education Member:
- Policy and Instruction Committee Chair
Department Director:
- Board of Education Services Office Executive Director
References:
Legal Cross Ref.:
- §22-5-4 NMSA 1978
Board Policy Cross Ref.:
- BB3 – Superintendent’s Evaluation
Procedural Directive Cross Ref.:
NSBA/NEPN Classification: BB
Introduced: January 15, 2016
Adopted: January 20, 2016
Reviewed: November 8, 2017
Revised: April 18, 2018
Reviewed: September, 12, 2018
Revised: September 19, 2018