These guidelines are intended to aid local school districts in Oregon in developing their own staff evaluation procedures and documents. The guide begins by citing the six administrative agencies outside the district that regulate most school district personnel matters, followed by elements of supervision and evaluation that apply to both certificated and classified employees. A list, for both teachers and administrators, of suggested standards for competent and ethical educators is accompanied by samples of the kinds of statements a district may want to develop as indicators of performance. Suggested schedules of evaluation activities include a flow chart showing the sequence of events and the alternative steps that may be taken in the certificated staff evaluation process. The guidelines conclude with a suggested checklist for reviewing the personnel evaluation process and sample forms for employee evaluations, proposed policy resolutions, job description and employee standards, teacher evaluations, personnel progress and performance evaluation, and plan of assistance.
Courts remain reluctant to interfere with the summative evaluation process of a school district.
Administrators must apply reasoned, ascertainable standards in employment decisions in order to withstand judicial scrutiny amid the array of legal constraints on the evaluation of professional employees.