FILE: GBI
EVALUATION
TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS
The Rapides Parish School Board believes the quality of teaching and learning is directly related to the performance of personnel who work in the school district. The School Board, therefore, shall strive to attract, and retain, the most highly qualified personnel available for any and all positions of employment in the district. It is therefore, the policy of the School Board to appraise the performance of all personnel in its employ in order to help each individual improve his/her effectiveness, and to estimate individual potential and 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 result in the assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the individual and the selection of the necessary steps which will be taken to help the individual continue to grow professionally and 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 Rapides Parish Personnel Evaluation Plan. 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, the information it will gather to make the appraisal, and the basis of the appraisal 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
All support personnel shall be formally observed and/or evaluated annually by the appropriate supervisor, in terms of their job descriptions, in order to assess performance, assure that the job requirements are being met, and provide guidance for any improvements which may be needed. Evaluations shall be based on an employee’s job classification and the School Board’s adopted standards for the work performed.
Revised: November 6, 2007
Revised: July, 2012
Revised: July, 2014
Revised: September 6, 2016
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, 3-7-06, 7-3-07, 11-6-07, 11-5-12, 11-5-14, 9-6-16
Rapides Parish School Board