Better late than never

With the end of the first nine weeks long gone, and months after approving the Superintendent's new contract OMG They want to keep him through June 30, 2019, the school board finally got around to releasing the Superintendent Goals 2013-2014.

Mt. Lebanon School District
Superintendent Goals 2013-2014

Goal 1: The Superintendent will operate the District in a fiscally responsible manner.

Goal 2: The Superintendent will maintain or improve student achievement across the District.

Goal 3: The Superintendent will lead the District’s effort to successfully manage the High School construction/renovation project.

Goal 4: The Superintendent will lead efforts to implement the Strategic Plan across the District.

Goal 5: The Superintendent will engage and collaborate with other employees of the District as well as members of the community.

Goal 6: The Superintendent will continue to advance student learning and teacher development through effective utilization of technology.

I do find it odd that the word "ALL" is missing. School board members pledge to :

• Advocate for ALL students at all times.
• Ensure effective and efficient operations to prepare ALL students to be successful in a global society.

Shouldn't the Superintendent advocate for high standards and expectations of excellence for ALL students?

In Newton, MA, the superintendent issued a 38 page memorandum showing how "superintendents are now evaluated on four standards, 41 indicators and 21 elements. In addition to evaluating the superintendent on the basis of the standards selected from the Evaluation Matrix for Superintendents, each superintendent must have at least two additional goals: a professional practice goal, a student achievement goal, and two to four district improvement goals."

The Newton superintendent attached Evaluation Standards, Superintendent Evaluation Rubrics, as well as an informational packet for the school board and teachers on Implementing Evaluation Framework. One footnote worth mentioning is

The Attorney General has recently issued guidance in the form of frequently asked questions concerning the procedure to conduct superintendent evaluations pursuant to the revised Open Meeting Law (c. 28, s. 18 2009).

Since we, the stakeholders, are not involved in the superintendent evaluation process, perhaps the "End-of-Cycle Summative Evaluation Report: Superintendent" process could be implemented here in Mt. Lebanon. How would our superintendent rate?