SECTION 150.1023. Appraisals, Data Sources, and Conferences

(a) Each principal must be appraised annually.

(b) The annual principal appraisal shall include:

(1) at least one appraiser-approved goal that shall be:

(A) initially drafted in conjunction with the principal's end-of-year conference from the previous year, as applicable, revised as needed based on changes to the context of the principal's assignment at the beginning of the current school year, and submitted to the principal's appraiser; and

(B) maintained throughout the course of the school year by the principal to track progress in the attainment of goals and the actions taken to achieve the goals;

(C) shared with the principal's appraiser prior to the end-of-year conference; and

(D) used after the end-of-year conference in the determination of ratings for the attainment of goals;

(2) a pre-evaluation conference prior to the principal submitting his or her goals to the principal's appraiser;

(3) a mid-year conference to determine and discuss progress toward the attainment of goals;

(4) an end-of-year conference that:

(A) reviews data collected throughout the current school year and previous school years, if available;

(B) examines and discusses the artifacts and evidence related to the principal's performance on the 21 indicators of Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System rubric and the attainment of goals, as described in §150.1022 of this title (relating to Assessment of Principal Performance);

(C) examines and discusses evidence related to student growth or progress measures, as described in §150.1022(f)-(h) of this title, when available; and

(D) identifies potential goals and professional development activities for the principal for the next school year; and

(5) a written summative annual appraisal report to be provided to the principal after the conclusion of the end-of-year conference.

(c) Each school district shall establish a calendar for the appraisal of principals and provide that calendar to principals prior to the pre-evaluation conference.

(d) The written summative annual appraisal report shall be placed in the principal's personnel file by the end of the appraisal period.

(e) Any documentation collected after the end-of-year conference but before the end of the contract term during one school year may be considered as part of the appraisal of a principal. If the documentation affects the principal's evaluation in any indicator, the attainment of goals, or a measure of student growth or progress, another summative report shall be developed to inform the principal of the change(s) prior to the end of the contract term.

Source Note: The provisions of this §150.1023 adopted to be effective July 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4009