Superintendent Evaluation Handbook

Michael F. DiPaola is associate professor of the Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership Program of the School of Education at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. His career in public education spanned three decades, including a decade of classroom teaching. He also served as an assistant principal in a 7-12 building and as principal of a grade 10-12 senior high school. Prior to joining the faculty at the college, DiPaola was the Superintendent of the Public Schools in Pitman, New Jersey for six years.James H. Stronge is Heritage Professor in the Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership Program at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. He has been a teacher, counselor, and district-level administrator. Among his primary research interests are a) teacher effective and student success, and b) teacher and administrator performance evaluation. He has worked with numerous school districts, state, and national educational organizations to design and develop evaluation systems for teachers, administrators, superintendents, and support personnel. Currently he is working with the American Association of School Administrators to develop training regarding superintendent evaluation. Stronge is also the author or co-author of numerous articles, books, and technical reports on teacher, administrator, and support personnel evaluation.

...a concrete, common sense guide...concise...provide(s) excellent forms, formats, tools, and techniques for superintendents and their boards to design a meaningful process for performance review.

• Part 1 List of IllustrationsPart 2 1 Superintendent Evaluation: Getting StartedPart 3 2 Background and HistoryPart 4 3 Performance Standards: The Foundation for Superintendent EvaluationPart 5 4 Documenting the Superintendent's PerformancePart 6 5 Implementing the Superintendent's Performance EvaluationPart 7 6 Where Do We Go from Here?Part 8 AppendixesChapter 9 A: American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Standards and IndicatorsChapter 10 B: Recommended Superintendent Domains, Performance Standards and Performance IndicatorsChapter 11 C: Superintendent Annual Performance GoalsChapter 12 D: Staff and Community DatesChapter 13 E: Self-Assessment, Performance Checklist, and Interim ReviewChapter 14 F: Superintendent Summative EvaluationChapter 15 G: Sample Summative Evaluation Form IChapter 16 H: Sample Summative Evaluation Form IIChapter 17 I: Sample Summative Evaluation Form IIIChapter 18 J: Sample Summative Evaluation Form IVChapter 19 K: Sample Board of Education Policy – Evaluation of the SuperintendentChapter 20 L: Sample Board of Education Procedures – Evaluation of the SuperintendentPart 21 Additional Resources with AnnotationsPart 22 IndexPart 23 About the Authors