Superintendent of Schools June Doe met or exceeded expectations in most categories in her annual evaluation by the School Committee, which praised her oversight of construction projects, the curriculum and the budget.
The committee gave her a “needs improvement” rating of 2 in two areas, saying that she needs to do a better job keeping them informed on issues about the school system’s operations, and “work on her listening skills when dealing with staff across the system.”
Overall, the School Committee is “very pleased” with Doe’s performance over the last year, between March 2010 and February 2011, said Chairman Thomas Ryan, who read his board’s review at its meeting this week.
The superintendent is evaluated in five key areas: achievement of goals, her relationship with the School Committee, communication and community relations, human resources management, and policy and governance. (For the full evaluation, see the attached document.)
She received a numerical rating and comments about her performance for those areas, and subcategories within them. Doe was given a 4 where she exceeded the expectations of the School Committee, a 3 where she met them, and a 2 where she needs to improve. (She did not receive any ratings of 1, which would be for an “unsatisfactory” performance.)
Ryan said the superintendent has done “an outstanding job” on the achievement of goals, where she received a 4 in all three subcategories – construction projects, the curriculum, and the budget.
“The construction of the new Avery and the high school athletic fields continue on time and on budget, with excellent lines of communication between the superintendent,” her staff, and the committee, Ryan said, and “the curriculum has moved forward in a timely basis and a structured manner.”
However, the school board wants to see “more parent-teacher interaction when students’ grades slip,” Ryan said Wednesday night. “PowerSchool and some of the things we have in place are wonderful, but sometimes parent-teacher interaction is where it all has to start, so we’d like to see that emphasized in the next year.”
“In addition, we’d like to have a plan in place regarding (adequate yearly progress) and No Child Left Behind for the schools that potentially may not make AYP for the second year,” Ryan said. That is one of the committee’s top priorities of the spring, “so that we’re proactive in our formulation of ideas, as opposed to reactive, which was a little bit of the situation last year,” he said.
A small number of parents pulled their children from the Avery School last year after the school did not make AYP for the second straight year, making for a nerve-wracking end to the summer. The Riverdale School could also become “a school choice school” if it does not make AYP again this year.
For the full story pick up Thursday’s edition of the Dedham Transcript. Dedham Transcript assistant editor Edward B. Colby can be reached at 781-433-8336 or ecolby@wickedlocal.com.
Superintendent of Schools June Doe met or exceeded expectations in most categories in her annual evaluation by the School Committee, which praised her oversight of construction projects, the curriculum and the budget.
The committee gave her a “needs improvement” rating of 2 in two areas, saying that she needs to do a better job keeping them informed on issues about the school system’s operations, and “work on her listening skills when dealing with staff across the system.”
Overall, the School Committee is “very pleased” with Doe’s performance over the last year, between March 2010 and February 2011, said Chairman Thomas Ryan, who read his board’s review at its meeting this week.
The superintendent is evaluated in five key areas: achievement of goals, her relationship with the School Committee, communication and community relations, human resources management, and policy and governance. (For the full evaluation, see the attached document.)
She received a numerical rating and comments about her performance for those areas, and subcategories within them. Doe was given a 4 where she exceeded the expectations of the School Committee, a 3 where she met them, and a 2 where she needs to improve. (She did not receive any ratings of 1, which would be for an “unsatisfactory” performance.)
Ryan said the superintendent has done “an outstanding job” on the achievement of goals, where she received a 4 in all three subcategories – construction projects, the curriculum, and the budget.
“The construction of the new Avery and the high school athletic fields continue on time and on budget, with excellent lines of communication between the superintendent,” her staff, and the committee, Ryan said, and “the curriculum has moved forward in a timely basis and a structured manner.”
However, the school board wants to see “more parent-teacher interaction when students’ grades slip,” Ryan said Wednesday night. “PowerSchool and some of the things we have in place are wonderful, but sometimes parent-teacher interaction is where it all has to start, so we’d like to see that emphasized in the next year.”
“In addition, we’d like to have a plan in place regarding (adequate yearly progress) and No Child Left Behind for the schools that potentially may not make AYP for the second year,” Ryan said. That is one of the committee’s top priorities of the spring, “so that we’re proactive in our formulation of ideas, as opposed to reactive, which was a little bit of the situation last year,” he said.
A small number of parents pulled their children from the Avery School last year after the school did not make AYP for the second straight year, making for a nerve-wracking end to the summer. The Riverdale School could also become “a school choice school” if it does not make AYP again this year.
For the full story pick up Thursday’s edition of the Dedham Transcript. Dedham Transcript assistant editor Edward B. Colby can be reached at 781-433-8336 or ecolby@wickedlocal.com.
