Under MCL 380.1249 and MCL 380.1249b, all public school boards in Michigan, including intermediate districts and public school academies, must adopt and implement a “rigorous, transparent and fair” performance evaluation system for all teachers and school administrators that includes multiple legal requirements.
Section 1249 and 1249b, which include new requirements that are effective July 1, 2024.
Definitions
“Administrator” means an individual who holds a valid Michigan administrator’s certificate (unless exempted by MCL 380.1536), is employed (or contracted) and assigned by a school district or charter school to administer instructional programs and is regularly involved in instructional matters. This definition includes superintendents (unless otherwise noted), building-level school administrators and possibly other central-office-level administrators.
“Midyear progress report” means a supplemental tool to gauge an administrator’s improvement from the preceding evaluation and to assist an administrator to improve.
“Student learning objectives” means measurable, long-term, academic goals, informed by available data, that a teacher or teacher team sets at the beginning of the year for all students.
“Superintendent” means a local school district superintendent or an intermediate school district superintendent.
The district has selected the MASB Superintendent Evaluation Tool, produced by the Michigan Association of School Boards to meet this requirement. Further the board is trained in the use of this evaluation instrument.