| (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.
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