Evaluation of licensed employees on their skills, abilities, and competence is an ongoing process supervised by the building principals and conducted by approved evaluators.
The goal of the formal evaluation of licensed employees, other than administrators, but including extracurricular employees, is to improve the education program, to maintain
licensed employees who meet or exceed the board's standards of performance, to clarify the licensed employee's role, to ascertain the areas in need of improvement, to clarify
the immediate priorities of the board, and to develop a working relationship between the administrators and other employees.
The formal evaluation criteria is in writing and approved by the board. The formal evaluation will provide an opportunity for the evaluator and the licensed employee to
discuss the past year's performance and the future areas of growth. The formal evaluation is completed by the evaluator, signed by the licensed employee and filed in the
licensed employee's personnel file. This policy supports, and does not preclude, the ongoing informal evaluation of the licensed employee's skills, abilities and competence.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent to ensure licensed employees are evaluated. New and probationary licensed employees are evaluated at least twice each year.
The requirements stated in the Master Contract between employees in that certified collective bargaining unit and the board regarding evaluation of such employees will be
followed.
NOTE: There is no legal requirement that probationary employees be evaluated twice a year, but it is the standard practice. School districts that evaluate probationary
employees only once per year need to amend the fourth paragraph to reflect their practice.
Legal Reference: Aplington Community School District v. PERB, 392 N.W.2d 495 (Iowa 1986).
Saydel Education Association v. PERB, 333 N.W.2d 486 (Iowa 1983).
Iowa Code §§ 20.9; 279.14, .19, .27 (2007).
281 I.A.C. 12.3(4).
Cross Reference: 405.2 Licensed Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection
405.9 Licensed Employee Probationary Status
Approved 7/27/2009 _
Reviewed 6/16/2014
Revised
