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APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENTS IN MID-SIZE NEBRASKA SCHOOLS
Abstract
Purpose. The primary purposes of the study were to identify the most significant duties of the chief school administrator and to ascertain how the superintendent's job performance can best be measured. A second major purpose was to develop a recommended model for assessment of the superintendent's performance. Procedure. The subjects of this study included the Superintendents and Board Chairpersons of 32 school systems in the state of Nebraska with enrollments between 600 and 1400 students. A questionnaire was sent to each participant to obtain his/her assessment of current practices and recommended procedures for evaluating the superintendent's job performance. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations. The review of the literature and findings of this study both suggest that there is a growing awareness of the need for formal evaluation of the superintendent's performance. In an age of increasing accountability the success of any school is highly dependent upon the quality of leadership provided by the school superintendent. As a result a growing number of schools are adopting statements of goals and objectives and establishing job targets for both administrators and teachers that can be used to measure individual job performance. Clearly a systematic evaluation process is needed to help boards assess the superintendent's leadership skills and evaluate the superintendent's attainment of the school's goals and objectives. While the evidence suggests that most school board members believe some form of administrator evaluation is desirable they have not been able to fully devise and implement a plan or procedure for the formal written evaluation of the superintendent's performance. At the same time, the responses and comments by both groups revealed a strong interest and mutual support for conducting a formal evaluation of the superintendent's performance. Therefore a formal plan for evaluation of the superintendent's performance should be instituted in every school system.
Subject Area
School administration
Recommended Citation
FENSTER, ROLLAND LEE, "APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENTS IN MID-SIZE NEBRASKA SCHOOLS" (1985). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8609800.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8609800