Superintendent's Evaluations and Goals

The Superintendent's evaluation is prepared in June/July and provides an opportunity for the School Committee and Superintendent to review, on a regular basis, the status of the school system and the roles and responsibilities of the School Committee and the Superintendent. It serves to inform the Superintendent of the Committee's expectations. It promotes a dialog that allows both the committee and the Superintendent to assess performance and to identify areas needing improvement. It improves the Superintendent/School Committee communications which helps build a better relationship. It improves planning.

Superintendent evaluations provide an opportunity to assess the performance of the Superintendent but they should do much more than that. They provide an opportunity to evaluate the condition and direction of the school district, yet School Committees should be cognizant of the fact that the Superintendent is not solely responsible for the successes and failures of their school district.

The evaluation generally focuses on eight Core Competency categories that capture a widely held view of the scope of superintendent responsibilities. It is derived from the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) Superintendent Evaluation Guideline of 2005, with enhancements to incorporate recommendations found in other publications and practices successfully employed in other districts. It also focuses on the Superintendent's Major Goals which are agreed to by the Committee in conjunction with the Superintendent.

For each Core Competency and Major Goal category, individual Committee members provide the Chair of the Educational Programs & Personnel (EP&P) subcommittee with their performance rating using the following scale:

4 - OUTSTANDING
3 - GOOD
2 - AVERAGE / NEUTRAL
1 - NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
0 - UNACCEPTABLE

Committee members also provided specific commendations for performance in the area over the past year and recommendations for betterment. The EP&P Chair then combines the ratings of individual members into a Committee rating (by averaging the submitted individual ratings).

During the month of August, the School Committee reviews comments from the Superintendent's evaluation, considers topics currently at issue, and reviews input from the Superintendent and the public to recommend goals for the following school year. Those goals are discussed and agreed to in public session by the end of August.

2007-2008 Superintendent's Evaluation

2007-2008 Superintendent's Goals