Lenoir County Public Schools

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Lenoir County Public Schools

• New North CarolinaPrincipal Evaluation Process
• 2008

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Expectations

• Commitment to Continuous Improvement and
  Excellence
• Meet all State and Local Requirements and
  Expectations
• Comply with all Assignments from Supervisors
• Meet Performance Standards, Elements, Practices
  and Competencies

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Evaluation Process

• Self-Assessment
• Goal Setting
• Data Gathering
• Mid-Year Evaluation
• Evaluate progress on goals and standards
• Adjust as needed
• Consolidated Performance Assessment
• Year End Conference Evaluation
• Evaluate proficiency on standards
• Evaluate total performance

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Principal Responsibilities

• Know and understand performance standards
• Understand the evaluation process
• Prepare for pre-evaluation conference
• Self-assessment
• Goal identification
• Gather data to support performance and progress
• Develop strategies for improvement
• Participate in evaluation conferences

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Evaluator Responsibilities

• Know and understand performance standards
• Understand and implement evaluation process
• Supervise and ensure all steps completed
• Identify principals strengths and areas for
  improvement
• Ensure evaluations contain accurate information
  and reflect true performance

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Orientation

• Summer 2008 DPI provided orientation for
  principals and evaluators on implementation of
  new North Carolina School Executive Principal
  Evaluation Process
• In future years, the Human Resources Department
  will provide evaluation orientation to new
  principals in LCPS
• Any principal who has not received orientation
  should contact his or her evaluator without delay
  for guidance on evaluation process

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Self-Assessment

• 2008-09 School Year All principals will complete
  a self-assessment
• Use Rubric Form
• Complete and return to evaluator by
• November 1st
• Evaluator may extend deadline until November 30th
  for this year only

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Self-Assessment

• Future School Years
• New principals to LCPS
• Current principals in the first year of a new
  contract
• Principals who have transferred to a new school
• Complete self-assessment using Rubric Form and
  return to evaluator by October 1st

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Self-Assessment

• Evaluator may ask principal to complete a
  self-assessment at any other time
• Principal may choose to complete a
  self-assessment on his or her initiative at any
  other time

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Performance Goals

• Every principal will have a performance goal
  related to maintaining or improving teacher
  retention
• Other goals must relate to one or more of the
  performance standards
• Goals will be developed by principal in
  consultation with evaluator, but evaluator has
  final approval of goals and content of Summary
  Goal / Mid-Year Evaluation Form

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Performance Goals

• 2008-09 School Year
• Schedule goal-setting conference with evaluator
  during November
• Have completed self-assessment
• Be prepared with 1 or 2 proposed goals
• Complete Summary Goal Form
• by November 30th

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Performance Goals

• Future School Years
• Annual goal-setting meeting should be
  incorporated into or immediately follow prior
  years final evaluation conference
• Summary Goal Form completed no later than
  September 15th
• Principals new to LCPS will hold a goal-setting
  meeting in October and Summary Goal Form will be
  completed by November 1st

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Performance Goals

• Discuss artifacts, evidence and data sources that
  will be relevant to measuring progress toward
  goal attainment and to evaluating principals
  total performance
• Principal or evaluator may initiate meeting at
  any time to revise Summary Goal Form
• Summary Goal Form serves as principals
  Professional Growth Plan

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Data Collection

• Principal will collect data throughout the year
• Data should include artifacts from required data
  sources listed on Consolidated Assessment Form
• Data should include evidence and information
  otherwise relevant to individual goals or as
  requested by evaluator
• Evaluator should observe principal in school
  setting at least once per school year

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Mid-Year Evaluation

• Mid-year conference with evaluator should be held
  before the end of January
• Evaluator may extend this deadline to February
  28th for this school year only
• In the final year of a principals contract
  cycle, the mid-year evaluation must be completed
  before winter break
• Evaluator may extend this deadline to January
  31st for this school year only

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Mid-Year Evaluation

• Conference between principal and evaluator will
  focus on status of goal attainment and
  adjustments to Summary Goal Form as needed
• Evaluator will assess available artifacts and
  evidence of progress
• At or following conference, evaluator will
  indicate on Summary Goal / Mid-Year Evaluation
  Form whether principal is progressing or not
  progressing, or that there is insufficient data
  available to assess progress

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Mid-Year Evaluation

• While attention is focused on progress toward
  goal attainment, any aspect of principals total
  performance may be addressed by evaluator
• Principal may supplement data on teacher
  retention rate with other artifacts and
  information
• A progressing rating is not an assurance of a
  favorable rating at the year-end evaluation
  because the mid-year is based on limited,
  available information

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Consolidated Performance Assessment

• Principal will maintain supporting evidence and
  artifacts so as to be easily accessible by
  evaluator
• Consolidated Assessment Form must be provided to
  evaluator by June 1st, unless requested earlier
  or later by evaluator
• Principals in final year of contract cycle must
  provide completed assessment by March 15th

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Consolidated Performance Assessment

• Three categories of data to collect and relate to
  standards
• Required data sources
• Student Achievement and Testing Data
• NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey
• Teacher Retention Data
• Data requested by evaluator

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Consolidated Performance Assessment

• Goal-related data sources
• May vary according to individual goal
• Additional data sources chosen by principal
• Optional
• Reflect on a particular strength or area of
  development related to one or more of the
  performance standards

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Year-End Evaluation

• Schedule two conferences between principal and
  evaluator
• First to be held in principals office to review
  documents and artifacts
• Second to be held in evaluators office to
  finalize Rubric Form and complete the Principal
  Rating Form
• Participants are encouraged to use this meeting
  to complete next years Summary Goal Form
• Complete both conferences by June 15th, unless
  evaluator needs additional information

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Year-End Evaluation

• Rating Scale
• Developing Principal demonstrated adequate
  growth toward achieving standard(s), but did not
  demonstrate competence
• Proficient Principal demonstrated basic
  competence on standard(s)
• Accomplished Principal exceeded basic competence
  on standard(s) most of the time
• Distinguished Principal consistently and
  significantly exceeded basic competence on
  standard(s)

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Year-End Evaluation

• Not Demonstrated Principal did not demonstrate
  competence on or adequate progress toward
  achieving standard(s) of performance
• If the Not Demonstrated rating is used,
  evaluator must explain why it was used

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Year-End Evaluation

• If principal receives a Developing rating on
  any standard, the principal shall develop a goal
  to address the area(s) where proficiency has not
  been reached
• If principal receives a Not Demonstrated on the
  Principal Rating Form, or if there are two
  consecutive years in which a principal is not
  rated at least Proficient in all standards, the
  evaluator shall initiate a more formal action
  plan, using the Action Plan Form

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Completion of Evaluation Process

• By August 7th, the evaluator should submit to the
  Human Resources Department all forms
• Completed Summary Goal / Mid-Year Evaluation Form
• Consolidated Performance Assessment
• Rubric Form (completed by evaluator)
• Principal Rating Form
• For principals in final year of contract cycle,
  deadline for submission is April 15th