49-5-5402 - Evaluation procedures for assistant principals.
49-5-5402. Evaluation procedures for assistant principals.
(a) All assistant principals certified between July 1, 1984, and June 13, 1997, and all current assistant principals who choose to participate in the career principal program, shall be evaluated with the approval of the state board of education.
(b) Advancement from one career level to another shall be awarded by the state board of education after a positive evaluation. The evaluations shall be designed to measure the administrative competencies, including instructional leadership, with the approval of the state board of education.
(1) The LEA shall evaluate assistant principals applying for career level I and career level I assistant principals. The LEA shall develop the evaluation process approved by the state board of education.
(2) Evaluations for advancement to career level II or III assistant principal shall be conducted by properly trained principals, assistant principals and educators selected from school systems other than the system in which the evaluated assistant principal is employed. At least one (1) evaluator shall be from the same grade area as the assistant principal being evaluated. Upon being informed of the composition of the evaluation team, the assistant principal being evaluated shall be entitled to request that one (1) member of the team be removed and that the commission name a new member.
(c) These evaluations shall be part of an assistant principal's permanent record. Evaluations conducted pursuant to this section shall be open for inspection by the assistant principal or a designated representative.
(d) Procedural rules for the evaluation of assistant principals shall include:
(1) A pre-evaluation interview;
(2) An identification of current school demographics;
(3) Multiple observations;
(4) A post-evaluation conference in which results are discussed; and
(5) An opportunity for the assistant principal to respond, in writing, to the written evaluation, with a copy of the response to be attached to the evaluation.
[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 47; 1985, ch. 465, §§ 21-23; 1986, ch. 933, § 34; 1993, ch. 32, § 27; 1997, ch. 424, § 2.]