Bill Text: MN SF1022 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: School administrators professional development model establishment; school district principals annual performance-based evaluation system implementation
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - Second reading [SF1022 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1022-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to education; establishing annual evaluations for principals; convening a
1.3group of experts and stakeholders to recommend a performance-based system
1.4model for these evaluations;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.5123B.143, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.6chapter 122A.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. [122A.73] SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR DEVELOPMENT.
1.9A school board and the school administrators in a district must collaboratively
1.10establish a professional development model for school administrators that uses the
1.11district's professional development resources and plans. The model must be designed
1.12to improve teaching and learning by supporting administrators in shaping the school's
1.13professional environment and developing teacher quality, performance, and effectiveness.
1.14The model must, at a minimum:
1.15(1) support and improve administrators' instructional leadership and organizational,
1.16management, and professional development; and strengthen their capacity in instruction
1.17and supervision and in teacher evaluation and development;
1.18(2) provide professional development that emphasizes improved teaching and
1.19learning, curriculum and instruction, student learning, and a collaborative professional
1.20culture;
1.21(3) make appropriate recommendations for administrators to participate in
1.22development opportunities, including the Principals' Leadership Institute under section
1.23122A.74 and other statewide development programs that support administrators'
1.24leadership behaviors and practices, rigorous curriculum, school performance, and high
1.25quality instruction; and
2.1(4) use formative and summative assessments, on-the-job evaluations, surveys, and
2.2longitudinal data on student academic growth as evaluation components; and provide
2.3professional development opportunities targeted at identifying systemic strengths and
2.4weaknesses and administrators' strengths and weaknesses in exercising leadership in
2.5pursuit of school success.
2.6The provisions of this section are intended to provide districts with sufficient
2.7flexibility to accommodate district needs and goals for teacher evaluation and development.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2012.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.143, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.10 Subdivision 1. Contract; duties. All districts maintaining a classified secondary
2.11school must employ a superintendent who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the
2.12school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent must be
2.13vested in the board in all cases. An individual employed by a board as a superintendent
2.14shall have an initial employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years
2.15from the date of employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a
2.16period of three years. A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment
2.17contract. A board must not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing
2.18employment contract. Beginning 365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing
2.19employment contract, a board may negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment
2.20contract to take effect upon the expiration of the existing contract. A subsequent contract
2.21must be contingent upon the employee completing the terms of an existing contract. If a
2.22contract between a board and a superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in
2.23the contract, the board may not enter into another superintendent contract with that same
2.24individual that has a term that extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract.
2.25A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract for any
2.26of the grounds specified in section122A.40, subdivision 9 or 13. A superintendent shall
2.27not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing contract
2.28rights in the position of superintendent under section122A.40 . Notwithstanding the
2.29provisions of sections122A.40, subdivision 10 or 11,
123A.32 ,
123A.75 , or any other law
2.30to the contrary, no individual shall have a right to employment as a superintendent based
2.31on order of employment in any district. If two or more districts enter into an agreement for
2.32the purchase or sharing of the services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have
2.33the absolute right to select one of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent
2.34in one of the contracting districts and no individual has a right to employment as the
3.1superintendent to provide all or part of the services based on order of employment in a
3.2contracting district. The superintendent of a district shall perform the following:
3.3 (1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations
3.4about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;
3.5 (2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;
3.6 (3) annually evaluate each school principal assigned responsibility for supervising a
3.7school building within the district, consistent with section 122A.73;
3.8(4) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;
3.9(4) (5) make reports required by the commissioner; and
3.10(5) (6) perform other duties prescribed by the board.
3.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2012.
3.12 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTING A PERFORMANCE-BASED EVALUATION
3.13SYSTEM FOR PRINCIPALS.
3.14(a) To implement the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.73 and
3.15123B.143, subdivision 1, clause (3), the commissioner of education, the Minnesota
3.16Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Minnesota Association of Elementary
3.17School Principals must convene a group of recognized and qualified experts and interested
3.18stakeholders, including principals, superintendents, teachers, school board members, and
3.19parents, among other stakeholders, to develop a performance-based system model for
3.20annually evaluating school principals. In developing the system model, the group must at
3.21least consider how principals develop and maintain:
3.22(1) high standards for student performance;
3.23(2) rigorous curriculum;
3.24(3) quality instruction;
3.25(4) a culture of learning and professional behavior;
3.26(5) connections to external communities;
3.27(6) systemic performance accountability; and
3.28(7) leadership behaviors that create effective schools and improve school
3.29performance, including how to plan for, implement, support, advocate for, communicate
3.30about, and monitor continuous and improved learning.
3.31The group also may consider whether to establish a multitiered evaluation system
3.32that supports newly licensed principals in becoming highly skilled school leaders and
3.33provides opportunities for advanced learning for more experienced school leaders.
3.34(b) The commissioner, the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals,
3.35and the Minnesota Association of Elementary School Principals must submit a
4.1written report and all the group's working papers to the education committees of the
4.2legislature by February 1, 2012, discussing the group's responses to paragraph (a) and its
4.3recommendations for a performance-based system model for annually evaluating school
4.4principals. The group convened under this section expires June 1, 2012.
4.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
4.6and applies to principal evaluations beginning in the 2012-2013 school year and later.
1.3group of experts and stakeholders to recommend a performance-based system
1.4model for these evaluations;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.5123B.143, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.6chapter 122A.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. [122A.73] SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR DEVELOPMENT.
1.9A school board and the school administrators in a district must collaboratively
1.10establish a professional development model for school administrators that uses the
1.11district's professional development resources and plans. The model must be designed
1.12to improve teaching and learning by supporting administrators in shaping the school's
1.13professional environment and developing teacher quality, performance, and effectiveness.
1.14The model must, at a minimum:
1.15(1) support and improve administrators' instructional leadership and organizational,
1.16management, and professional development; and strengthen their capacity in instruction
1.17and supervision and in teacher evaluation and development;
1.18(2) provide professional development that emphasizes improved teaching and
1.19learning, curriculum and instruction, student learning, and a collaborative professional
1.20culture;
1.21(3) make appropriate recommendations for administrators to participate in
1.22development opportunities, including the Principals' Leadership Institute under section
1.23122A.74 and other statewide development programs that support administrators'
1.24leadership behaviors and practices, rigorous curriculum, school performance, and high
1.25quality instruction; and
2.1(4) use formative and summative assessments, on-the-job evaluations, surveys, and
2.2longitudinal data on student academic growth as evaluation components; and provide
2.3professional development opportunities targeted at identifying systemic strengths and
2.4weaknesses and administrators' strengths and weaknesses in exercising leadership in
2.5pursuit of school success.
2.6The provisions of this section are intended to provide districts with sufficient
2.7flexibility to accommodate district needs and goals for teacher evaluation and development.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2012.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.143, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.10 Subdivision 1. Contract; duties. All districts maintaining a classified secondary
2.11school must employ a superintendent who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the
2.12school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent must be
2.13vested in the board in all cases. An individual employed by a board as a superintendent
2.14shall have an initial employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years
2.15from the date of employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a
2.16period of three years. A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment
2.17contract. A board must not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing
2.18employment contract. Beginning 365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing
2.19employment contract, a board may negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment
2.20contract to take effect upon the expiration of the existing contract. A subsequent contract
2.21must be contingent upon the employee completing the terms of an existing contract. If a
2.22contract between a board and a superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in
2.23the contract, the board may not enter into another superintendent contract with that same
2.24individual that has a term that extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract.
2.25A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract for any
2.26of the grounds specified in section
2.27not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing contract
2.28rights in the position of superintendent under section
2.29provisions of sections
2.30to the contrary, no individual shall have a right to employment as a superintendent based
2.31on order of employment in any district. If two or more districts enter into an agreement for
2.32the purchase or sharing of the services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have
2.33the absolute right to select one of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent
2.34in one of the contracting districts and no individual has a right to employment as the
3.1superintendent to provide all or part of the services based on order of employment in a
3.2contracting district. The superintendent of a district shall perform the following:
3.3 (1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations
3.4about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;
3.5 (2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;
3.6 (3) annually evaluate each school principal assigned responsibility for supervising a
3.7school building within the district, consistent with section 122A.73;
3.8(4) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;
3.9
3.10
3.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2012.
3.12 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTING A PERFORMANCE-BASED EVALUATION
3.13SYSTEM FOR PRINCIPALS.
3.14(a) To implement the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.73 and
3.15123B.143, subdivision 1, clause (3), the commissioner of education, the Minnesota
3.16Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Minnesota Association of Elementary
3.17School Principals must convene a group of recognized and qualified experts and interested
3.18stakeholders, including principals, superintendents, teachers, school board members, and
3.19parents, among other stakeholders, to develop a performance-based system model for
3.20annually evaluating school principals. In developing the system model, the group must at
3.21least consider how principals develop and maintain:
3.22(1) high standards for student performance;
3.23(2) rigorous curriculum;
3.24(3) quality instruction;
3.25(4) a culture of learning and professional behavior;
3.26(5) connections to external communities;
3.27(6) systemic performance accountability; and
3.28(7) leadership behaviors that create effective schools and improve school
3.29performance, including how to plan for, implement, support, advocate for, communicate
3.30about, and monitor continuous and improved learning.
3.31The group also may consider whether to establish a multitiered evaluation system
3.32that supports newly licensed principals in becoming highly skilled school leaders and
3.33provides opportunities for advanced learning for more experienced school leaders.
3.34(b) The commissioner, the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals,
3.35and the Minnesota Association of Elementary School Principals must submit a
4.1written report and all the group's working papers to the education committees of the
4.2legislature by February 1, 2012, discussing the group's responses to paragraph (a) and its
4.3recommendations for a performance-based system model for annually evaluating school
4.4principals. The group convened under this section expires June 1, 2012.
4.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
4.6and applies to principal evaluations beginning in the 2012-2013 school year and later.
