1110 - ASSESSMENT OF ESC GOALS

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

In conjunction with its evaluation(s) of the Superintendent, the Governing Board shall also provide the time for both the Governing Board and the Superintendent/Treasurer to assess the progress of the ESC, during the previous year, toward the achievement of current goals. Both the Superintendent/Treasurer’s evaluation(s) and the progress-assessment of goals shall take place at a time of the year when the following conditions are most favorable to assure this policy operates as intended:

1. There is adequate and reliable data available on results-to-date of each ESC goal so assessment and evaluation can focus on how well the ESC is accomplishing its goals;
2. Evaluations or progress assessments of the ESC’s learning programs as well as evaluations of key administrators and other staff have been completed so such data is available for reference by the Superintendent/Treasurer and Governing Board during the assessment of ESC goals and the evaluation(s) of the Superintendent/Treasurer;
3. The Governing Board uses this assessment/evaluation time period to assess the effectiveness of the Governing Board; and
4. Summaries and synthesized data, compiled from the evaluation(s) of the Superintendent/Treasurer, the Governing Board’s self-assessment, and the evaluation data on programs and staff, are available to serve as reference information when determining the reasons for progress and/or lack of progress toward the accomplishment of ESC goals.

This annual process of assessing/evaluating the Governing Board, the Superintendent, the Treasurer, programs, and resources shall not be considered finished until:

1. ESC goals and the strategies and actions being used to accomplish them have been reviewed and reprioritized;
2. Revisions have been made in light of what all of the evaluation data for that year has indicated should be changed should be continued in order to improve the accomplishment of ESC goals; and
3. The Governing Board develops and implements a plan to improve its own performance as the body charged with the responsibility for the governing of the ESC.

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