BOARD-SUPERINTENDENT LINKAGE
These policies describe the delegation of authority by the Board to the Superintendent. Included are policies about the monitoring or evaluation process.
BOARD-SUPERINTENDENT LINKAGE (LEVEL 1):
All of the authority of the Board of Directors, which is delegated to its staff, is delegated through the Superintendent.
(LEVEL 2a):
The superintendent is responsible for the actions of the staff; therefore:
(LEVEL 3a):
1. The Board will never give instructions to persons who report directly or
indirectly to the Superintendent.
2. The Board will refrain from evaluating, either formally or informally, any staff other than the Superintendent.
(LEVEL 2b):
The Superintendent is authorized to use any reasonable interpretation of the Board's Ends and Superintendent Limitations policies to establish all further administrative policies, make all decisions, take all actions, establish all practices and develop all activities.
(LEVEL 2c):
The Board does, of course, retain the responsibility, option and power to modify or add to these policies. The Board will respect and support the Superintendent's reasonable interpretation of existing policies.
(LEVEL 2d):
Only decisions of the Board of Directors acting as a body are binding upon the Superintendent. Decisions or instructions of individual Board members, officers or committees are not binding on the Superintendent unless the Board has specifically authorized such exercise of authority.
(LEVEL 2e):
The Superintendent is the Board's single official link to the operations of the District. As such, his/her performance will be measured in terms of the District's accomplishment of the Board's Ends Policies within the constraints of its Superintendent Limitations Policies.
(LEVEL 2f):
Systematic and rigorous monitoring of Superintendent job performance will be based solely on organizational accomplishment of board policies on Ends and organizational operation within the boundaries established in board policies on Superintendent Limitations.
(LEVEL 3f):
1. Monitoring data is simply to determine the degree to which board policies are being met. Other types of data the board may review to develop policy or increase its knowledge regarding the District will not be considered to be monitoring data.
2. In every case, the standard for compliance shall be any reasonable Superintendent interpretation of the board policy being monitored.
3. All policies that instruct the Superintendent will be monitored at a frequency chosen by the board. The board can monitor any policy at any time, but will ordinarily depend on a routine schedule (http://www.iccsd.k12.ia.us/board/policies.html). (See Appendix 3)
Adopted -
Effective - 03/07/00
01/11/05