1110 - ASSESSMENT OF DISTRICT GOALS

One (1) of the major functions of the Board of Education is to work with the administration to establish the goals by which the District can accomplish its mission and to provide the resources necessary for their accomplishment. Because of the importance, the Board places on accomplishing goals, it has established the following policy for effective assessment of the District's progress toward their realization.

The expectation established by this policy is that the District’s administrative goals will reflect the Board’s commitment to providing an educational program that meets the needs of all students. The Board recognizes that the purpose of school administration shall be to help create and foster an environment in which students can learn most effectively.

All administrative duties and functions shall be evaluated in terms of the contributions that they make to better instruction and to higher student motivation and achievement. The Board shall rely on its chief administrative officer, the Superintendent, to provide at the District level the professional administrative leadership demanded by such far reaching goals.

It is the Board’s policy that the District’s administrative organization shall be designed so that all divisions and departments of the central office and all schools are part of a single system guided by Board policies which are implemented through the Superintendent.

Major goals of the administration in the District shall be:

1. To manage the district's various departments, schools, and programs effectively.
2. To provide professional advice and counsel to the Board and to any advisory groups established by Board action.
3. To implement the management function so as to assure the best and most effective learning programs for achieving such other goals as:
    
   1. Proving leadership in keeping abreast of current education development.
   2. Arranging for the staff development necessary to meet the needs of students.
   3. Coordinating efforts to improve learning and efficiently operate programs and facilities.
   4. Providing access to the decision-making process for the ideas of staff, students, parents, and others

The Board recognizes that the purpose of the school administration shall be to help create and foster an environment in which students can learn most effectively. All administration duties and functions shall be evaluated in terms of the contributions that they make to better instruction and to higher student motivation and achievement. The Board shall rely on its chief administrative officer, the Superintendent, to provide at the District level the professional administrative leadership demanded by such far-reaching goals.

In conjunction with its annual evaluation of the Superintendent, the Board shall also provide the time for both the Board and the administration to assess the progress of the District, during the previous year, toward the achievement of current goals.

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