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§ 11-1138.4. Principals

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: March 27, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article XI. Professional Employes (Refs & Annos)
Subarticle (C.1). Revised Rating System (Refs & Annos)
Effective: March 27, 2020
24 P.S. § 11-1138.4
§ 11-1138.4. Principals
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(a) Evaluation.--Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, the evaluation of the effectiveness of a professional employee serving as a principal in a building where annual building-level data is made available by the department shall be calculated with 70% of the overall rating reflected in the areas of planning and preparation, school environment, delivery of service and professional development utilizing a rating tool approved by the department.
(b) Student performance.--Student performance shall be measured as provided in section 1138.3(a)(2)1 for professional employees and temporary professional employees supervised by the principal and shall comprise 10% of the principal's overall rating. The 10% building-level data shall include, if available, but not be limited to:
(1) Student performance on assessments.
(2) Value-added assessment system data made available by the department under section 2212 if the building administers assessments in grades for which annual value-added system data is made available by the department.
(3) Graduation rate.
(4) Attendance rate as reported to the department under section 2512.3
(5) The total score for building-level data shall be adjusted by a challenge multiplier for each school building as follows:
(i) Calculate the regression coefficient of determination, known as r2, that estimates the proportion of the variance in school-level data that is predictable by the percentage of students that are economically disadvantaged in a school.
(ii) Multiply the regression coefficient of determination under subparagraph (i) by .1.
(iii) Multiply the product produced in subparagraph (ii) by the most currently available percentage of economically disadvantaged students in the school.
(iv) Multiply the product produced in subparagraph (iii) by 100.
(v) Add the product produced in subparagraph (iv) to the building level score.
(c) Performance goals.--Performance goals shall comprise 20% of the principal's annual evaluation. Performance goals shall be determined prior to the beginning of each school year between the principal and the principal's immediate supervisor. Performance goals may be district-specific or building-specific goals. The following shall apply:
(1) Performance goals should include specific measurable areas and the evidence to be collected during the year.
(2) After the initial meeting to determine the goals, the principal and the principal's supervisor shall meet midyear to monitor progress on established goals and to modify goals.
(3) At the conclusion of the school year, the principal and the principal's immediate supervisor shall meet to evaluate the performance goals by providing an overall rating of the attainment of the goals as follows:
(i) A score of 3, which indicates “distinguished” goal performance.
(ii) A score of 2, which indicates “proficient” goal performance.
(iii) A score of 1, which indicates “needs improvement” goal performance.
(iv) A score of 0, which indicates “failing” goal performance.
(d) Evaluation without building-level data.--Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, the evaluation of the effectiveness of a professional employee who is a principal assigned in a building or buildings where building-level data is not made available by the department shall be weighted and calculated as follows:
(1) The following areas shall comprise 80% of the overall rating and are reflected in the areas of planning and preparation, school environment, delivery of service and professional development utilizing a department-approved rating tool.
(2) Performance goals shall comprise 20% of the principal’s annual evaluation. Performance goals will be determined prior to the beginning of each school year between the principal and the principal’s immediate supervisor. Performance goals may be district-specific or building-specific goals. The following shall apply:
(i) Performance goals may include specific measurable areas and the evidence to be collected during the year.
(ii) After the initial meeting to determine the goals, the principal and the principal's supervisor shall meet midyear to monitor progress on established goals and to modify goals.
(iii) At the conclusion of the school year, the principal and the principal's immediate supervisor shall meet to evaluate the performance goals by providing an overall rating of the attainment of the goals as follows:
(A) A score of 3, which indicates “distinguished” goal performance.
(B) A score of 2, which indicates “proficient” goal performance.
(C) A score of 1, which indicates “needs improvement” goal performance.
(D) A score of 0, which indicates “failing” goal performance.
(e) Rating tool.--
(1) No later than March 31, 2021, the department shall develop, issue and transmit to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin a rating tool for professional employees and temporary professional employees serving as principals that is consistent with this section and includes the weights given to the multiple measures of student performance contained under subsection (b).
(2) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the rating tool developed under this section shall be used in the rating of each principal superseding all other rating cards and forms used previously.
(3) After March 31, 2021, any changes to the rating tool developed under this section shall be made by the State Board of Education through regulations promulgated under the Regulatory Review Act.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XI, § 1138.4, added 2020, March 27, P.L. 62, No. 13, § 3, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
24 P.S. § 11-1138.3.
2
24 P.S. § 2-221.
3
24 P.S. § 25-2512.
24 P.S. § 11-1138.4, PA ST 24 P.S. § 11-1138.4
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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