RS 17:3904 Local boards; power and duties
§3904. Local boards; power and duties
A. Each local board shall:
(1) Develop and maintain a program of local evaluation for every teacher and administrator employed by the local board.
(2) Create, revise as necessary, and disseminate to each professional employee a job description which shall be the statement of performance expectation and the basis of any evaluation conducted pursuant to this Subpart. For teachers, the job description shall specifically contain all applicable components of effective teaching and any additional elements adopted by the local board.
(3) Cooperate with the board and the department in whatever manner is necessary to implement this Subpart, including providing for the training of evaluators.
(4) Assist in developing the mechanisms necessary for rapid transmission of evaluation information and reports to teachers and administrators and for maintenance of the confidentiality of such information.
(5)(a) Establish an evaluation steering committee as provided by the board.
(b) The steering committee shall develop a plan to monitor, review, and submit recommendations to the local board concerning needed changes in the school personnel evaluation plan of the local board.
B. Each local board may:
(1) Incorporate the evaluation plan required by this Subpart into its general employee policies.
(2) Expand the scope of the program in this Subpart to provide for all employees of the board.
(3) Incorporate any elements of the program in this Subpart into any performance-based contracts with its employees.
Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. June 22, 1994; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1, eff. April 14, 2000.