Board Policy GBI: Professional Personnel Evaluation

EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF PERSONNEL

MISSION: To ensure that all employees maintain proficient levels of performance that support the effective delivery of curriculum.

Professionally Certified Personnel

1. All professionally certified leadership personnel, teaching personnel, and service personnel employed by the DeKalb County Board of Education must be evaluated annually for performance appraisal and professional development purpose and be required to write a professional development plan either for enhancement or specific development.

2. The annual written evaluation must be based on performance and the job description for the position.

3. The appropriate DeKalb County Board of Education approved evaluation instruments shall be used to assess the performance of professional personnel.

4. An annual evaluation for all professionally certified employees must be completed prior to April 1 of each year.

5. Any professionally certified person receiving an overall unsatisfactory annual evaluation shall be required to develop a professional development plan for specific needs and shall participate in appropriately designed professional learning prior to the next evaluation date. All professional learning must be provided to enhance evaluatee’s skills and/or to improve the performance of the evaluatee(s). The professionally certified employee's success or failure in correcting the deficiencies or other needs will be taken into account in subsequent evaluations and/or decisions regarding continued employment.

6. All professionally certified employees are required to participate in an annual evaluation conference with their evaluator or immediate supervisor to review the results of the annual evaluation. Professionally certified employees are required to cooperate in the scheduling of this conference so all conferences may be completed in a timely fashion.

7. Professionally certified employees will be asked to sign and date their evaluations. If a professionally certified employee refuses to sign and date the evaluation, the immediate supervisor or evaluator shall date the instrument and shall record "Employee Refused to Sign" in the space provided for the employee's signature. Employees shall be given a copy of their annual evaluation.