New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 10 - EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS
Subchapter 5 - COMPONENTS OF PRINCIPAL EVALUATION
Section 6A:10-5.1 - Components of principal evaluation rubrics

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 6A:10-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) Unless otherwise noted, the components of the principal evaluation rubrics shall apply to teaching staff members holding the position of principal, vice principal, or assistant principal and holding a valid and effective standard, provisional, or emergency administrative certificate.

(b) The principal evaluation rubric shall meet the standards provided in N.J.S.A. 18A:6-123, including, but not limited to:

1. Measures of student achievement pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.2; and

2. Measures of principal practice pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.3 and 5.4.

(c) To earn a summative rating, the principal, vice principal, or assistant principal shall have a student achievement score, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.2 and a principal practice score pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.3 and 5.4.

(d) Each score shall be converted to a percentage weight so all components make up 100 percent of the evaluation rubric. By August 31 prior to the school year in which the evaluation rubric applies, the Department shall provide on its website the required percentage weight of each component and the required summative rating scale. All components shall be worth the following percentage weights or fall within the following ranges:

1. If, according to N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.2(b), the principal, vice principal, or assistant principal receives a schoolwide student growth percentile score as described in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.2(c), the score shall be at least 10 percent and no greater than 40 percent of evaluation rubric rating as determined by the Department.

2. Measure of average student growth objective for all teachers, as described in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.2(d), shall be at least 10 percent and no greater than 20 percent of evaluation rubric rating as determined by the Department.

3. Measure of administrator goal, as described in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.2(e), shall be no less than 10 percent and no greater than 40 percent of evaluation rubric rating as determined by the Department.

4. Measure of principal practice, as described in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-5.3(b), shall be no less than 50 percent of evaluation rubric rating.

(e) Standardized assessments, used as a measure of student progress, shall not be the predominant factor in determining a principal's annual summative rating.

(f) The Department shall periodically collect principal evaluation rubric data that shall include, but are not limited to, component-level scores and annual summative ratings.

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