Section 391.579 - Evaluation tools for conducting performance evaluations; application for flexibility to use different evaluation tools1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each school district shall use the evaluation tools prescribed by the Department for conducting the performance evaluations of school-level administrators and the performance evaluations of teachers. The Department shall prescribe such evaluation tools, including, without limitation: (a) Rubrics for specifying expectations of performance which are measured during the observations of performance required by NRS 391.3125 and 391.3127, as applicable, and in the review of artifacts pursuant to subsection 2 of NAC 391.577;(b) Protocols to guide and score each observation in accordance with the observation schedule required by NRS 391.3125 and 391.3127, as applicable;(c) Protocols to guide pre- and post-observation conferences;(d) Protocols to guide pre- and post-evaluation conferences;(e) Instruments and techniques to assist the person being evaluated with self-assessment as described in subsection 3 of NAC 391.577; and(f) Protocols to guide the person being evaluated with setting goals as described in subsection 4 of NAC 391.577.2. A school district may apply to the Department for flexibility to use evaluation tools in conducting the performance evaluations of school-level administrators and the performance evaluations of teachers that are different than the evaluation tools prescribed by the Department pursuant to subsection 1. The application must be on a form prescribed by the Department and include, without limitation: (a) The evaluation tools proposed for use by the school district, which must align with the standards and indicators for each domain prescribed by NAC 391.571 and 391.574; and(b) The process that will be used to incorporate into the scoring matrix prescribed by the Department pursuant to NAC 391.580 the scores derived from the school district's measures of standards and indicators for each domain prescribed by NAC 391.571 and 391.574.3. A school district must obtain approval from the Department pursuant to subsection 2 before using any evaluation tools that are different from the evaluation tools prescribed by the Department pursuant to subsection 1.Nev. Admin. Code § 391.579
Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R007-13, eff. 10-23-2013