Bill Text: CA SB1292 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School employees: principals: evaluation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 435, Statutes of 2012. [SB1292 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1292	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Lowenthal)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonilla)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Article 13 (commencing with Section 44670) to
Chapter 3 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
relating to school employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1292, as introduced, Liu. School employees: principals:
evaluation.
   (1) Existing law establishes the Administrator Training Program,
to be administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with
the approval of the State Board of Education. Existing law requires
the Superintendent to award incentive funding from funds appropriated
for that purpose, to provide instruction and training to school
administrators in various areas, including, among others, school
financial and personnel management, instructional leadership and
management strategies, and the use of state and local pupil
assessments. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that
local educational agencies give highest priority to training school
administrators assigned to, and practicing in, high-priority or
hard-to-staff schools.
   This bill would require a principal to be evaluated annually for
the first and second year as a new principal. The bill would require
the governing board of a school district to identify who will conduct
the evaluation of each school principal. The bill would require the
criteria for school principal evaluations to be based upon the
California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders and to
include evidence of, among other things, pupil academic growth,
effective and comprehensive teacher evaluations, culturally
responsive instructional strategies, the ability to analyze quality
instructional strategies and provide effective feedback, and
effective school management. To the extent that this evaluation
program would require a school district to carry out additional
duties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The bill would authorize the use of specified federal carryover
funds and certain other funds to implement this act.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) State and local educational agencies, not the federal
government, should determine the process for implementing principal
evaluations and determine what constitutes an effective principal
based on specified criteria.
   (2) School district level evaluators have the obligation to ensure
that principals are evaluated fairly, consistently, and effectively
using multiple methods consistent with the California Professional
Standards for Education Leaders.
   (3) The system of principal evaluation must consider the impact of
the diversity of schools in regard to size, demographics, and
available resources.
   (4) Principals should be provided with the resources needed to be
truly effective.
   (5) Policymakers must ensure there is a coherent and comprehensive
system to support principal development and leadership.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing boards
of school districts establish a uniform system of evaluations to
guide principal growth and to improve principal performance while
raising pupil achievement. Evaluations should reflect the complex
responsibilities of a principal's daily work as it impacts pupil
success. Evaluations should differentiate how to accelerate success,
address professional development needs, or as necessary, intervene
when there are persistent performance issues.
  SEC. 2.  Article 13 (commencing with Section 44670) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 25 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 13.  Principal Evaluation System


   44670.  (a) The governing board of a school district shall
identify who will conduct the evaluation of each school principal.
   (b) A school principal shall be evaluated annually for the first
and second year as a new principal. The governing board shall
determine the frequency of evaluations after this period.
   (c) Additional evaluations may be agreed upon between the
evaluator and the principal.
   (d) Evaluators and principals shall review school success and
progress throughout the year. This review should include goals that
are defined by the school district.
   44671.  (a) Criteria for effective school principal evaluations
shall be based upon the California Professional Standards for
Educational Leaders. These standards identify a school administrator
as being an educational leader who promotes the success of all pupils
by doing all of the following:
   (1) Facilitating the development, articulation, implementation,
and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported
by the school community.
   (2) Advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and
instructional program conducive to pupil learning and staff
professional growth.
   (3) Ensuring management of the organization, operations, and
resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.
   (4) Collaborating with families and community members, responding
to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community
resources.
   (5) Modeling a personal code of ethics and developing professional
leadership capacity.
   (6) Understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger
political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.
   (b) A quality school principal evaluation shall include, but not
be limited to, evidence of all of the following:
   (1) Academic growth of pupils based on multiple measures that may
include pupil work as well as pupil and school longitudinal data that
demonstrates pupil academic growth over time. Assessments used for
this purpose must be valid and reliable and used for the purposes
intended and for the appropriate pupil populations. Local and state
academic assessments include, but are not limited to, state
standardized assessments, formative, summative, benchmark, end of
chapter, end of course, advanced placement, international
baccalaureate, college entrance, and performance assessments. For
career and technical education, authentic performance assessment is a
strong indicator of effective teaching and learning.
   (2) Effective and comprehensive teacher evaluations, including,
but not limited to, curricular and management leadership, ongoing
professional development, teacher-principal teamwork, and
professional learning communities.
   (3) Culturally responsive instructional strategies to address and
eliminate the achievement gap.
   (4) The ability to analyze quality instructional strategies and
provide effective feedback that leads to instructional improvement.
   (5) High expectations for all pupils and leadership to ensure
active pupil engagement and learning.
   (6) Collaborative professional practices for improving
instructional strategies.
   (7) Effective school management, including personnel and resource
management, organizational leadership, sound fiscal practices, a safe
campus environment, and appropriate pupil behavior.
   (8)  Meaningful self-assessment to improve as a professional
educator. Self-assessment may include, but not be limited to, a
self-assessment on state professional standards for educational
leaders and the identification of areas of strengths and areas for
professional growth to engage in activities to foster professional
growth.
   (9) Consistent and effective relationships with pupils, parents,
teachers, staff, and other administrators.
  SEC. 3.  Federal carryover funds received pursuant to Title I and
Title II of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C.
Section 6301 et seq.) and any other available state and federal funds
may be used to implement this act.
  SEC. 4.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.