FILE: GBH
SUPERVISION
Supervision and evaluation of Assumption Parish School Board employees has as its primary purpose the increased efficiency and effectiveness of the employee being supervised or evaluated. As nearly as possible, supervision and evaluation should be done on an impersonal basis. Personalities should not be allowed to enter into evaluation reports, nor should constructive criticism be taken as a personal affront.
The School Board believes that most employees improve their performance when they know what is expected of them. Therefore, it shall be the responsibility of supervisor, principals, directors, the Assistant Superintendent, and the Superintendent to inform the employees directly under them, through formal and informal means, what is expected from them in the way of tasks, duties, responsibilities, functions, and standards of performance which are acceptable.
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
Classroom visits are for several purposes: to keep administration informed about what is going on in the school program, to observe student conduct and student progress, to encourage the growth and exchange of new ideas in teaching techniques and use of materials, to discover ways and means of coordinating the curriculum, and to evaluate teaching effectiveness particularly as a basis for recommendations for tenure in the case of teachers in the probationary period.
Classroom visits may last the full period or be of shorter duration. In the former case, it will be followed by a conference. The shorter visit does not require a conference since its purpose is to catch a quick glimpse of the entire program, or a major part of it, or to observe a particular student or group in a classroom situation.
The teacher conference, whether following a class visit or not, should serve primarily as a means for exchanging ideas. It should result in the professional growth of both the teacher and the administrator and can only do so if the desire to find a common ground for such growth is present in both suggestions and comments relating to teaching methods and techniques. Within a broader perspective the conference should lay the foundation for curriculum planning.
Should any deviation from expected work performance develop, the principal shall be responsible for discussing it with the teacher at the earliest possible time. These discussions shall be constructive in approach, and designed to help correct weaknesses.
Adopted: October, 1976
Combined with policy GCH: January, 2007
Assumption Parish School Board