Great Teachers & Leaders
- Leadership Standards
- Principal Supervisor Standards
- Principal Evaluation
- Principal Preparation and Certification
Location of standards
Legislation: AS 14.20.149 Employee Evaluation Administrative Rule: 4 AAC 04.200
Alignment to national standards
There is no mention of the ISLLC Standards with regard to the Standards for Alaska's Administrators, but some of the state's professional development programs draw from the 2008 ISLLC Standards.
Year of law passage/rule change
2013
Name and overview of standards
Ten standards: Educational Leadership; Instructional Guidance and Support; Curricular Implementation; Coordination of Student Services; Staff and Professional Development; Assessment and Evaluation; Communication and Diversity; Ethics; Societal Context; and Family Engagement
Use of standards
Local school boards are required to incorporate these standards into their administrator evaluation systems.
References
[1] State of Alaska. (n.d.). 4 AAC 04.200. Professional content and performance standards. Retrieved from http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/folioproxy.asp?url=http://wwwjnu01.le...{@1}?firsthit [2] State of Alaska. (n.d.). Employee evaluation. Retrieved from http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/folioproxy.asp?url=http%3A//wwwjnu01....
Location of standards
Not publically available
Alignment to national principal supervisor standards
Not publically available
Year of law passage/rule change
N/A
Overview of standards
Not publically available
Use of standards
Not publically available
Presence of principal supervisor job description
Yes
References
N/A
Location of performance evaluation requirement
AS. 14.20.149 Employee Evaluation
Year of passage/revision
2015
Name of evaluation system
Locally determined
Description of evaluation system
A school district will adopt standards of performance for teachers and administrators based on student learning data such as NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELs), pre- and post- curriculum-based tests, and teacher-created school/district common assessments. At first, student data will count for 20% of an evaluation, but that will gradually increase to 50% by the school year 2018-2019.
Frequency of performance evaluation
Annual
Intended use of performance evaluation
Used to inform professional growth, improve effectiveness of instruction at the school, and future employment.
Rubric or evaluation instrument
Locally determined
References
[1] State of Alaska. (n.d.). 4 AAC 04.200. Professional content and performance standards. Retrieved from http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/folioproxy.asp?url=http://wwwjnu01.le...{@1}?firsthit [2] State of Alaska. (n.d.). 4 AAC 19.010. Purpose and scope of evaluations. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/folioproxy.asp?url=http%3A//wwwjnu01.... [3] AK DOE (n.d.). Evaluation handbook for professional Alaska (HB 465) educators. Retrieved from https://www.eed.state.ak.us/mandatedtraining/PDF/evaluationhandbook.pdf
Principal preparation program accreditation or approval standards
Not specified
Frequency of principal preparation program review for approval and accreditation
Not specified
Description of program approval review process
Not specified
Minimum years of educational experience or degree required by candidate for acceptance to principal preparation program
3 years
Minimum test scores for preparation program entrance
Not specified
Number of credits in coursework required for graduation
6 semester hours during 5-year period of date of application, 3 hours of approved Alaska studies, and 3 hours of approved multicultural education/cross-cultural communications
Degree level required for principal entry-level certification or licensure
Master's
Field work or internship required for degree or license
Yes
Number of hours required for internship completion
n/a
Minimum test score requirements for certification
Not specified
References
[1] Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. (n.d.). Type B Administrative Certificate. Retrieved from https://education.alaska.gov/teachercertification/typeB.html