BAA

DEERFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT

POLICY STATEMENT

GOAL SETTING AND EVALUATION OF BOARD

OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES

The Deerfield School Board shall annually establish goals and objectives for the Deerfield School District and shall evaluate accomplishment of such goals and objectives.

The Board believes that periodic, formal and informal evaluations of its operational procedures will improve the Board’s performance, exemplify the kind of constructive evaluations the Board encourages for all school personnel and programs, and promote a spirit of team work throughout the District. Formal evaluations also provide the Board with suggestions useful to the Board in establishing District objectives.

The Deerfield School Board shall periodically establish realistic objectives related to Board procedures and relationships and shall, from time to time, measure its performance against the stated objectives.

The following areas of Board operations and relationships are representative of those in which objectives may be set and progress appraised:

1. Board meetings

2. Policy development

3. Fiscal management

4. Board role in educational program development

5. Board member orientation

6. Board member development

7. Board officer performance

8. Board-Superintendent relationship

9. Board-Principal relationship

10. Board-staff relationships

11. Board-community relationships

12. Legislative and governmental relationships

APPROVED: September, 1984

AFFIRMED: October, 2005