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Fresno Unified board members were shown a draft of a new evaluation tool that will tie the superintendent\u2019s performance to the yearly progress of the district\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n
Changes are coming to how the Fresno Unified Board of Education will rate the performance of the superintendent in its yearly evaluations.<\/p>\n
A draft template<\/a> of the new evaluation tool was presented at Wednesday\u2019s board meeting. The new template evaluates the superintendent\u2019s performance by tracking the progress of the district\u2019s goals and guardrails<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fresno Unified\u2019s goals and guardrails are a set of district objectives aiming to improve student performance and raise employee standards through 2030. Over the next two years, governance training and support will be provided to the board by the Council of Great City Schools<\/a>, following the adoption of the objectives earlier this year.<\/p>\n Veva Islas, who serves on the board representing the McLane area, said the new evaluation tool is another step in aligning the district\u2019s operations to work towards meeting its yearly objectives.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going down a process called student-outcomes-focused governance, so everything gets aligned: the budget, the superintendent\u2019s evaluation, all of it,\u201d Islas said during the board meeting. \u201cWe\u2019re very intentional about trying to achieve the outcomes that we all agreed on.\u201d<\/p>\n The new evaluation grades the superintendent by tracking yearly targets for the goals and guardrails. For Misty Her\u2019s 2025-2026 evaluation, the superintendent can score a maximum rating of 16, with one point for every target met, half a point for almost met and no points for missing yearly targets. Depending on the final rating, the superintendent\u2019s performance can be rated as not satisfactory, partially satisfactory, satisfactory and exemplary.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hope is that this will live as part of a dashboard and an automated system where data will populate in,\u201d said FUSD Chief of Staff Ambra O\u2019Connor during the presentation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Future evaluations will have a higher maximum score once baselines for the district\u2019s \u201cLife Goals\u201d and \u201cHealth & Wellness\u201d goals and guardrails are established in the future.<\/p>\n According to Andy Levine, who serves on the board representing the Fresno High region, previous evaluations weren\u2019t focused on a set of specific objectives when analyzing a superintendent\u2019s performance. By tying the superintendent\u2019s performance to the progress of the district\u2019s goals, Levine explained that the district can remain focused on achieving its long term goals.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is making sure that we\u2019re objective to really stay laser focused,\u201d Levine told Fresnoland. \u201cWe are the ones that need to make the decision of whether to give them a positive review that has implications going forward and it should be based primarily on goals and guardrails and not a broader kind of evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n