This discussion guide is part of a larger practice guide designed to help state education agencies (SEAs) define measurement goals, select college and career readiness measures and indicators designed to support those goals, and use the data gathered with those measures and indicators to make informed decisions about college and career readiness…

School leaders are critical in the lives of students and to the development of their teachers. Unfortunately, in too many instances, principals are effective in spite of--rather than because of--district conditions. To truly improve student achievement for all students across the country, well-prepared principals need the tools, support, and…

The purpose of the research was to study the performance of the supervisors in the aspects leadership, communication, and task managing by the "360 degree feedback" method. A qualitative research was used to carry out the research study. The researcher formulated three questions that guided the study. An opinionnaire which included 23…

Notes that, although informal comments by teachers regarding building principals and other reading leaders are important, formal feedback from a survey or questionnaire helps to objectify the evaluation process and to provide principals with a more complete picture. Presents a survey for teacher evaluation of reading leaders. Offers suggestions…

When the four administrators at a Wisconsin high school indicated they would appreciate staff feedback about their performance, union representatives undertook the task of formalizing an evaluation agreement, developing an evaluation instrument, implementing the evaluation process, and reviewing assessment procedures. The instrument and written…

A comprehensive administrator evaluation program is essential for improving overall job performance, determining how well annual goals are achieved, pinpointing specific performance strengths and weaknesses, identifying specific professional development needs, and increasing understanding of the evaluation process. This article outlines procedures…

The effective evaluation of superintendents can be of great use to both school boards and the superintendents themselves. This booklet on superintendent evaluation begins with an outline of the general development of evaluation methods from informal assessments to sophisticated, mutually conducted, written performance reviews. The uses of essay…

A recently developed instrument was used to evaluate principals to determine if they live up to expected standards. The instrument, Principal Profile, had been developed several years before the study but had only been administered to graduate students and teachers seeking to become administrators. In the spring of 2001, the superintendent of…

A comprehensive evaluation process begins with school board policy. Policy should provide direction by addressing the issues of who and what are to be evaluated, why evaluation is needed, when and by whom the evaluation is to be completed, and how the information is to be reported. An evaluation system, regardless of who is evaluated, should focus…

This Administrative Personnel Evaluation Handbook, presented by the Austin Independent School District (AISD), contains six sections. The first section describes the procedures which must be followed in evaluating administrative personnel. The second section describes optional procedures an evaluator can use to enrich and supplement the basic…

A comprehensive administrative evaluation process developed and implemented at the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies is described. A four-stage process was developed: narrative self-evaluation, administrative office evaluation, administrator evaluation, and summary of the data. Examples of evaluation forms are provided. (MLW)

Under the administrator evaluation program adopted at Vincennes University, all faculty and professional staff are invited to evaluate each administrator above them in the chain of command. Originally based on the Purdue University "cafeteria" system, this evaluation model has been used biannually for 10 years. In an effort to simplify the system,…

The use and refinement of an innovative administrative evaluation system that has been operational at Vincennes University Junior College (Indiana) for 5 years are described. All professional university employees are annually given the opportunity to evaluate all personnel with supervisory responsibility who are above them in the chain of command.…

Community college board members and chief executives alike recognize the importance of a professional approach to the evaluation of a chief executive, but few exemplary approaches can be found among American two-year colleges. Because of the importance of this matter, a committee was appointed by the president of the Association of Community…

It is in the superintendent's best interest to have a well thought out formal evaluation plan in place rather than suffer the reality of an informal evaluation--an evaluation that is often based on whim and fancy. In the evolution of the evaluation process, the primary thrust has moved from personal qualities to input measures to, finally, output…