FILE:  GBI

EVALUATION OF PERSONNEL

TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

The East Feliciana Parish School Board School Board believes the quality of teaching and learning is directly related to the performance of personnel who work in the school district.  It is therefore, the policy of the School Board to appraise the performance of instructional and administrative personnel in order to maintain performance at the levels essential for effective schools.

The Superintendent and his/her staff shall have the responsibility for developing, monitoring, and maintaining an effective and efficient performance evaluation program in accordance with guidelines as found in Regulations for Evaluation and Assessment of School Personnel, Bulletin 130, Louisiana Department of Education.  The observation, evaluation and assessment process shall measure the effectiveness of teachers and administrators as to whether they meet the necessary standard of performance.

The process for all observations, evaluations, teacher conferences, and related functions shall be conducted in accordance with state requirements, as well as regulations and other criteria enumerated in the district’s School Personnel Evaluation guidelines.  Evaluations shall be conducted annually.

Every effort shall be made by the school system to communicate to position holders the general goals of the system, the specific objectives of the position, the plans which have been made to support the individual as he/she performs his/her role, the standards of performance the system has established, the criteria it will employ in assessing performance, as well as components of an intensive assistance program for addressing those persons determined to be ineffective. 

Copies of the assessment and evaluation results and any documentation related thereto of any school employee retained by the School Board shall be confidential and shall not constitute a public record, and shall not be released or shown to any person except as provided by state or federal law.

Should a teacher or administrator not agree with his/her rating, he/she may initiate grievance proceedings in accordance with the procedure for resolving conflict adopted by the School Board in accordance with La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:3883, as contained in the School Board’s personnel evaluation plan.

ALL OTHER PERSONNEL

The School Board believes that regular assessment of performance, coupled with assistance from assigned supervisors, is appropriate for the efficient operation of the schools.  Therefore, all support staff members shall be evaluated on a yearly basis by the appropriate supervisor(s).  "Scheduled" evaluations shall be conducted after March 1 and shall be completed and submitted to the Director of Personnel prior to May 15 of each year.  Evaluations shall be conducted using the School Board-adopted form.  Evaluations also may be conducted at other times during the year if deemed appropriate by the supervisor(s), which shall be termed "Special."

A conference between the evaluators and the support staff employee shall follow each evaluation.  If the employee wishes to rebut the evaluation, he/she may use the space provided on the form or attach additional pages.  A signature by the employee does not indicate agreement but attests that the evaluation and a conference were conducted.  If the employee refuses to sign, the evaluator should note this on the form and ask a witness to sign.

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:3881, 17:3882, 17:3883, 17:3884, 17:3901, 17:3902, 17:3903, 17:3904

Regulations for the Evaluation and Assessment of School Personnel, Bulletin 130, Louisiana Department of Education

Board minutes, 10-3-78, 9-4-90, 8-4-98, 12-5-06, 8-7-12, 10-2-12, 9-2-14, 7-5-16

East Feliciana Parish School Board