FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION June 7, 2016 Special Meeting: Pending Personnel and Legal Matters; and Presentation of the Superintendent Evaluation; to include a possible executive session to present the superintendent evaluation, including discussion on board and superintendent relations, subjects that could tend to prejudice the reputation and character of a person, provided that person may request a public discussion; and with counsel by phone to discuss matters within the attorney client privilege, including to provide direction to the attorney and administration in the handling of pending personnel and legal matters 6:00 p.m. Board Room, Administrative Center 520 Fifth Avenue 1. Call to Order 2. OU OUR MI R MISSION: Our mission is to provide an excellent, equitable education in a safe, supportive environment so all students will succeed and contribute to a diverse and changing society. 3. Roll Call Heidi Haas, President Vacant, Vice President Allyson Lambert, Treasurer Michael O’Brien, Clerk Wendy Dominique, Member Sue Hull, Member Sean Rice, Member 4. Public Comments: Comments limited to items on the agenda only 5. Pending Personnel and Legal Matters Possible executive session to discuss matters within the attorney client privilege 6. Present Superintendent Evaluation Possible executive session to present superintendent evaluation and discuss board and superintendent relations 7. Board Comments/Announcements 8. Adjournment Executive Session: The board reserves the right to enter into executive session on any agenda item as and to the extent allowed for in State law. Executive sessions will be entered into by motion for the following subjects as permitted by law: (1) matters the immediate knowledge of which would clearly have an adverse effect upon the finances of the District; (2) subjects that tend to prejudice the reputation and character of any person, provided that the person may request a public discussion; (3) matters which by law, municipal charter, or ordinance are required to be confidential; (4) matters involving consideration of government records that by law are not subject to public disclosure. Motions to go into executive session should specify the subject of the proposed executive session without defeating the purpose of addressing the subject in private. Reference: AS 44.62.310 and Board Policy 264, D.
FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION Individual Board Member Evaluation Standard 1: Leadership and District Culture This standard stresses the superintendent’s performance in leadership through empowering others, visioning, helping shape school culture and climate, and understanding multi-cultural and ethnic differences. Name: Date: 4-Outstanding 1-Unsatisfactory Individual 3-Effective 2-Needs Improvement Other Comments (Requires Written Comment) Score (add comments) Promotes academic rigor Accepts status quo for Sets minimal standards for and excellence for staff and students and staff and/or students and staff (See students, striving to close neglects steps necessary comments.) A achievement gaps and raise to improve achievement student performance (See comments.) Facilitates board vision- Neglects or oversteps Does not facilitate setting, strategic plans and superintendent's role in adequate vision, strategic goals with input from staff, facilitating board vision- planning and/or goal B parents, students & setting, strategic planning setting. community and goals Leads district operations Leadership of district Fails to provide adequate well; anticipates problems, operations is inconsistent leadership in district C provides solutions, operates operations well in crises Engages community Neglects factors that are Does not involve members from diverse important to the community members from cultural and ethnic groups in engagement of diverse diverse groups D respectful and proactive community groups ways Establishes a district culture Neglects elements that Undermines collaborative, that invites collaboration with are important in creating a productive district culture all stakeholders and is productive district culture E grounded in transparency, respect and a focus on student learning. Comments: Approved 080415
FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION Individual Board Member Evaluation Standard 2: Policy and Governance This standard emphasizes working with the school board to formulate internal and external district policy, defining mutual expectations of performance with the board and demonstrating good school governance to staff, students, and the community at large. 4-Outstanding 1-Unsatisfactory Individual 3-Effective 2-Needs Improvement Other Comments Score (Requires Written Comment) (add comments) Collaborates with the board Inconsistently operates Does not operate within through mutually-defined within mutually-defined mutually-defined expectations and expectations or with expectations or with A processes; respects the respect to the board's role respect to the board's role board's governance role Ensures district policies are Neglects to ensure district Does not investigate new kept within borough, state, policies do not violate laws and their application and federal regulations and borough, state, federal to district policy B constitutional provisions and Constitutional and standards. regulations and standards Recommends, for board Inconsistently involves the Fails to involve the board approval, district positions board in taking positions in legislative positions C on local, state and federal on local, state and federal taken by the district. legislation affecting schools legislation. Ensures board policies are Neglects implementation Undermines the implemented with fidelity of board policies or implementation of board and the board is kept keeping the board policies or fails to keep D informed of major informed of major change board informed of major administrative regulation in administrative change in administrative changes. regulation. regulation. Keeps the board informed Communications with the Does not communicate on issues, needs and board are irregular or well with the board E operations, through a inadequate regular reporting process Responds to board Neglects response to Fails to respond to board questions and concerns in a board questions or questions and concerns in timely fashion concerns a timely fashion Comments: Approved 080415
FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION Individual Board Member Evaluation Standard 3: Communications and Community Relations This standard emphasizes the skills necessary to establish effective two-way communications not only with students, staff, and parents, but the community as a whole including beneficial relationships with the media. It also stresses responding to community feedback and building community support for the district. 4-Outstanding 1-Unsatisfactory Individual 3-Effective 2-Needs Improvement Other Comments Score (Requires Written Comment) (add comments) Effectively communicates Communication with the Communicates poorly with with the public and mass public and/or media the public and/or the A media, establishing positive needs improvement to be media. relationships and effective understanding Engages parents and Neglects key elements of Does not engage parents community members in engaging parents and/or and community in district B district decision-making community members in decision-making district decision-making Facilitates the participation Tolerates policies or the Ignores parent of parents as partners in the actions of others that do participation C education of children and in not support parent school programs participation districtwide Establishes effective two- Internal communication Internal communication is way internal communication lacks consistency and /or ineffective systems to facilitate other elements necessary D collaboration and maintain for building trust and trust with all school collaboration stakeholders Presents ideas in one-on- Communication in one- Communication in one-on- one and group settings with on-one and group one and group settings confidence, conviction, and settings sometimes needs fails to exhibit confidence, E sensitivity with all cultural improvement conviction and/or groups and diverse sensitivity audiences Utilizes feedback received Pays insufficient attention Consistently Ignores from the public and school to feedback received from feedback stakeholders to improve the the public or stakeholders district Comments: Approved 080415
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