Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Each principal must be appraised
annually.
(b) The annual principal
appraisal shall include:
(1) at least one
appraiser-approved goal that shall be:
(A)
initially drafted in conjunction with the principal's end-of-year conference
from the previous year, as applicable, revised as needed based on changes to
the context of the principal's assignment at the beginning of the current
school year, and submitted to the principal's appraiser; and
(B) maintained throughout the course of the
school year by the principal to track progress in the attainment of goals and
the actions taken to achieve the goals;
(C) shared with the principal's appraiser
prior to the end-of-year conference; and
(D) used after the end-of-year conference in
the determination of ratings for the attainment of goals;
(2) a pre-evaluation conference prior to the
principal submitting his or her goals to the principal's appraiser;
(3) a mid-year conference to determine and
discuss progress toward the attainment of goals;
(4) an end-of-year conference that:
(A) reviews data collected throughout the
current school year and previous school years, if available;
(B) examines and discusses the artifacts and
evidence related to the principal's performance on the 21 indicators of Texas
Principal Evaluation and Support System rubric and the attainment of goals, as
described in §
150.1022
of this title (relating to Assessment of Principal Performance);
(C) examines and discusses evidence related
to student growth or progress measures, as described in §
150.1022(f)-(h)
of this title, when available; and
(D) identifies potential goals and
professional development activities for the principal for the next school year;
and
(5) a written
summative annual appraisal report to be provided to the principal after the
conclusion of the end-of-year conference.
(c) Each school district shall establish a
calendar for the appraisal of principals and provide that calendar to
principals prior to the pre-evaluation conference.
(d) The written summative annual appraisal
report shall be placed in the principal's personnel file by the end of the
appraisal period.
(e) Any
documentation collected after the end-of-year conference but before the end of
the contract term during one school year may be considered as part of the
appraisal of a principal. If the documentation affects the principal's
evaluation in any indicator, the attainment of goals, or a measure of student
growth or progress, another summative report shall be developed to inform the
principal of the change(s) prior to the end of the contract term.
