NAC391.580. Scoring matrix for performance evaluations of school-level administrators and teachers.

     1. Based upon the recommendations of the Teachers and Leaders Council of Nevada created by NRS 391.455, the Department shall prescribe a scoring matrix to obtain a single score to assign a performance evaluation rating for each school-level administrator and teacher. In conducting performance evaluations, each school district shall use the scoring matrix prescribed by the Department.

     2. The scoring matrix prescribed pursuant to subsection 1 must include the weights which must be assigned for the standards and indicators in each of the following domains:

     (a) Instructional leadership practices of the school-level administrator at the school prescribed by NAC 391.572;

     (b) Professional responsibilities of the school-level administrator to support learning and promote the effectiveness of the school community prescribed by NAC 391.573;

     (c) Instructional practices of the teacher in the classroom prescribed by NAC 391.575; and

     (d) Professional responsibilities of the teacher to support learning and promote the effectiveness of the school community prescribed by NAC 391.576.

     3. The scoring matrix prescribed by the Department pursuant to subsection 1 must account for probationary school-level administrators and teachers in their initial year of probationary employment in which the domain of the performance of pupils is not used as part of the employee’s performance evaluation or performance evaluation rating.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R007-13, eff. 10-23-2013)