Section 04-023  Evaluation of Certified Employees
In accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-9001, et. seq., the following procedures shall be followed in the area of evaluation of all USD 263 certified employees.

                                                                                                          Approved by Board 9-9-91.

A.        The prime objective for all evaluations shall be instructional improvement.

B.         All certified employees of USD 263 shall be evaluated annually during their first 4 consecutive years of employment in USD 263.

C.        Employees in the first two consecutive school years of employment shall be evaluated at least one time per semester but not later than the 60th school day of the semester, except that any employee who is not employed for the entire semester shall not be required to be evaluated.

D.        During the third and fourth years of employment the employee shall be evaluated at least one time each school year, but not later than February 15.

E.         After the fourth year of employment, every employee shall be evaluated at least once every three years but not later than February 15 of the school year in which the employee is to be evaluated.

F.         The evaluations as specified above shall be in writing, and shall be maintained in the personnel file of the employee for a minimum of three (3) years from the date of the evaluations.

G.        The written evaluations as specified above shall be signed by the employee, indicating that the contents of the evaluation have been presented in writing to the employee being evaluated.

H.        The employee shall receive a copy of the evaluation as specified above and said employee shall have two (2) weeks from the time of presentation to respond in writing to the written evaluation, and a copy shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of Schools.

I.          Any unsatisfactory ratings given on an evaluation shall be supplemented by the evaluator with a written explanation of the reasons for the unsatisfactory ratings.

J.                   Each evaluation as specified above shall be reviewed and discussed in private, with only the evaluator and employee being present.  In the case of teacher evaluations, either the principal or teacher may request the presence of the Superintendent of Schools.

K.                The contract of any person subject to evaluation shall not be non-renewed on the basis of incompetence unless an evaluation of such person has been made prior to notice of non-renewal of the contract and unless the evaluation is in substantial compliance with the Board's policy of personnel evaluation procedure as filed with the state board in accordance with K.S.A. 72-9003, as amended.

L.                  The Board of Education shall delegate the authority and responsibility for teacher evaluations to the building Principals, who shall work cooperatively with the Superintendent of Schools.

M.               The Board of Education shall delegate the authority and responsibility for Principal evaluations to the Superintendent of Schools, who shall work cooperatively with the Board of Education.

N.                The Board of Education shall assume the responsibility for evaluating the Superintendent of Schools.

O.                Except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, written evaluation documents and responses thereto shall be available only to the evaluated employee, the administrative staff making the evaluation, the USD 263 Board of Education at a legally called Board meeting, the State Board of Education as provided in K.S.A. 72-7515, the Board of Education and administrative staff of any school to which the employee applies for employment, other persons specified by the employee in writing to the Superintendent of Schools or Board of Education of USD 263, and the Board attorney upon request of the USD 263 Board of Education.

P.         All amendments to the above procedure for certified employee evaluation shall be in writing.

Q.        The above procedures for evaluation of certified employees shall be filed with the Kansas State Board of Education prior to October 1, 1983. Any change to the above stated procedures should be re-filed with the KSBE.

R.         The above procedures for certified employee evaluations shall become effective with the start of the 1983-84 school year, and shall supersede any and all prior USD 263 policies concerning the evaluation of certified employees.

                                                                                                        Approved by Board 9-26-83.

                                                                                        Revised and approved by Board 3/25/02

ADDENDUM

In both the development of, and implementation of, the above policies and procedures concerning the evaluation of USD 263 certified staff, the following criteria shall be incorporated and followed:

A.        Consideration shall be given to the following personal qualities and attributes:  Efficiency, personal qualities, professional deportment, ability, health (both physical and mental), results and performance, including in the case of teachers the capacity to maintain control of students, and such other matters as may be deemed material.

B.         Community attitudes toward, support for and expectations with regard to education programs shall be reflected.

C.        The original policy and amendments thereto shall be developed by the Board in cooperation with the persons responsible for making evaluations and the persons who are to be evaluated, and, to the extent practicable, consideration would be given to comment and suggestions from other community interests.

                                                                                                        Approved by Board 8-24-81.