N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:10-5.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 6A:10-5.2 - Student achievement components of principal evaluation rubrics

(a) Measures of student achievement shall be used to determine impact on student learning and shall include the following components:

1. The schoolwide student growth percentile of all students assigned to the principal;

2. Average student growth objective scores of every teacher, as described in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-4.2(e), assigned to the principal; and

3. Administrator goals set by principals, vice principals, and assistant principals in consultation with their supervisor pursuant to (e) below, which shall be specific and measurable, based on student growth and/or achievement data.

(b) The schoolwide student growth percentile score shall be included in the annual summative rating of principals, assistant principals, and vice principals who are assigned to a school as of October 15 and who are employed in schools where student growth percentiles are available for students in one or more grades. If a principal, assistant principal, or vice principal is employed in more than one school, the chief school administrator shall assign to the administrator, as appropriate, the schoolwide student growth percentile from one school and shall notify the administrator at the beginning of the school year of the school student growth percentile assignment.

(c) The Department shall calculate the schoolwide student growth percentile for principals, assistant principals, and vice principals.

(d) The average student growth objective scores of all teachers, as described in N.J.A.C. 6A:10-4.2(e), shall be a component of the principal's annual summative rating. The average student growth objective scores for assistant principals or vice principals shall be determined according to the following procedures:

1. The principal, in consultation with the assistant principal or vice principal, shall determine prior to the start of the school year, which teachers, if not all teachers in the school, shall be linked to the assistant principal and vice principal's average student growth objective score.

2. If the assistant principal or vice principal does not agree with the list of teachers linked to his or her name for the purposes of this measurement, the principal shall make the final determination.

(e) Administrator goals for principals, assistant principals, or vice principals shall be developed and measured according to the following procedures:

1. The designated supervisor shall determine for all principals, assistant principals, or vice principals, the number of required administrator goals which shall reflect the achievement of a significant number of students within the school. By August 31 prior to the school year in which the evaluation rubric applies, the Department shall provide on the Department's website the minimum and maximum number of required goals, which will be at least one goal and no more than four goals.

2. Principals, assistant principals, or vice principals shall develop in consultation with their designated supervisor, each administrator goal. Each vice principal and assistant principal shall set goals specific to his or her job description or adopt the same goals as his or her principal. If the principal, assistant principal, or vice principal and his or her designated supervisor do not agree upon the administrator goal, the principal, assistant principal, or vice principal's designated supervisor shall make the final determination.

3. Administrator goals and the criteria for assessing performance based on those objectives shall be determined, recorded, and retained by the principal, vice principal, or assistant principal and his or her designated supervisor by October 31 of each school year, or within 25 working days of the principal's, vice principal's, or assistant principal's start date if he or she begins work after October 1.

4. The administrator goal score shall be approved by the designated supervisor of the principal, vice principal, or assistant principal. The principal's, vice principal's, or assistant principal's administrator goal score, if available, shall be discussed at his or her annual summary conference and recorded in his or her personnel file.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:10-5.2

Amended by R.2014 d.169, effective 11/3/2014.
See: 46 N.J.R. 1377(a), 46 N.J.R. 2140(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2015 d.013, effective 1/5/2015.
See: 46 N.J.R. 1921(a), 47 N.J.R. 104(a).
In (e)1, substituted "August 31" for "April 15" and "academic year in which" for "school year"; in (e)2, substituted "administrator goal score" for "student growth objectives"; in (e)3, substituted "academic" for "school"; and added (e)5 and (f).
Amended by R.2017 d.025, effective 2/6/2017.
See: 48 N.J.R. 1727(a), 49 N.J.R. 251(a).
In (d)1, inserted the first occurrence of "school"; rewrote (e); and deleted (f).
Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020), effective 2/10/2021.
See: 53 N.J.R. 401(a). Terminated effective 8/31/2021. See 53 N.J.R. 1655(a).