206-29 Wyo. Code R. §§ 29-5 - District and School Leader Evaluation System Implementation and Administration

(a) On or before February 1, 2019, the board of trustees shall notify the State Board of Education of its election to implement and administer either a state-defined district and school leader evaluation system or a locally designed district and school leader evaluation system for the evaluation of district and school leaders during the 2018-2019 school year as required by W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxx).

(i) With such notice, a board of trustees that elects to adopt a state-defined system shall provide an assurance that district and school leader evaluations will be based on standards that meet the requirements of section 3(b)(i) of this chapter.

(ii) A board of trustees that elects to adopt a locally designed system shall receive conditional approval from the State Board prior to adoption by submitting to the Department, on behalf of the State Board, the following:

(A) The board's leader professional standards and associated benchmarks, developed in accordance with section 3(b)(ii) of this Chapter, which, upon approval shall be deemed performance standards identified or established by the State Board of Education pursuant to W.S. W.S. 21-2-304(b)(xvi);

(B) A description of the extent to which those standards are the same as or similar to the standards that are part of the state-defined system; and

(C) An assurance that the board will submit additional information on its leader evaluation system for full approval, as described in paragraph (b) of this section, by June 1, 2019.

(b) On or before June 1, 2019, a board that is implementing a locally designed system that has been conditionally approved by the State Board, shall submit the following for State Board review and full approval prior to administration during the 2019-2020 school year and subsequent school years:

(i) The purpose and goals of the evaluation system;

(ii) Evidence that the district's standards reflect best practice; and

(iii) Evidence of system quality as demonstrated by adherence with the comprehensive system component requirements of section 3(c) of this chapter, which may include leader evaluation system policies adopted by the board and procedures developed for administration of the system.

The State Board of Education will approve any locally designed system that it determines to be of sufficient quality on the basis of the strength of the evidence submitted. If the State Board finds the evidence submitted to be insufficient for approval, additional information may be requested for consideration.

(c) On or before November 1, 2019, and by the same date each year thereafter, the board of trustees shall provide the Department, on behalf of the State Board, with an assurance that the board has adopted and implemented, and is continuing to administer during the current school year, a leader evaluation system that is a state-defined system or an approved locally designed system and that meets all of the requirements for such a system as prescribed by section 3 of this chapter.

(d) Following any revision of the Wyoming district and school leader standards prescribed by section 4 of this chapter, the assurance required by paragraph (c) shall include an assurance that the district has modified its system as necessary to ensure continued alignment with any of the Wyoming district and school leader standards that are included in the board's leader evaluation system.

(e) Any board of trustees that elects to adopt a locally designed system after June 1, 2019, shall submit its system for State Board review and approval prior to adoption in accordance with the requirements established by paragraphs (a)(2)(A) and (B) and paragraph (b) of this section.

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206-29 Wyo. Code R. §§ 29-5

Amended, Eff. 4/6/2020.