Kansas Statutes 72-2410. Evaluation policies; criteria; development; procedure; evaluation required prior to contract nonrenewal
Evaluation policies adopted under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-2409, and amendments thereto, shall meet the following guidelines or criteria:
(a) Consideration shall be given to the following employee attributes: Efficiency, personal qualities, professional deportment, ability, results and performance, including improvement in the academic performance of pupils or students insofar as the evaluated employee has authority to cause such academic improvement, in the case of teachers, the capacity to maintain control of pupils or students, and such other matters as may be deemed material.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-2410
- Board: means the board of education of a school district, the governing authority of any nonpublic school offering any of grades kindergarten through 12 in accredited schools and the board of control of an area vocational-technical school. See Kansas Statutes 72-2408
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Employees: means all licensed employees of school districts and of nonpublic schools and all instructional and administrative employees of area vocational-technical schools. See Kansas Statutes 72-2408
- State board: means , in the case of school districts and nonpublic schools, the state board of education; and in the case of area vocational-technical schools, the state board of regents. See Kansas Statutes 72-2408
(b) Community attitudes toward, support for and expectations with regard to educational programs shall be reflected.
(c) The original policy and amendments thereto shall be developed by the board in cooperation with the persons responsible for making evaluations and the persons who are to be evaluated, and, to the extent practicable, consideration shall be given to comment and suggestions from other community interests.
(d) Evaluations of the chief administrator employed by a board shall be made by the board. The board shall place primary responsibility upon members of the administrative staff in making evaluations of other employees.
(e) Persons to be evaluated shall participate in their evaluations, and shall be afforded the opportunity for self-evaluation.
(f) The contract of any person subject to evaluation shall not be nonrenewed on the basis of incompetence unless an evaluation of such person has been made prior to notice of nonrenewal of the contract and unless the evaluation is in substantial compliance with the board’s policy of personnel evaluation procedure as filed with the state board in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-2409, and amendments thereto.