NAC391.571. Performance evaluation of school-level and probationary administrators: Required domains.

     1. The performance evaluation of each school-level administrator must include an evaluation of the school-level administrator in the following domains:

     (a) Instructional leadership practices of the administrator at the school, as prescribed by NAC 391.572, which, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, must account for 35 percent of the performance evaluation;

     (b) Professional responsibilities of the administrator to support learning and promote the effectiveness of the school community, as prescribed by NAC 391.573, which, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, must account for 15 percent of the performance evaluation; and

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the performance of pupils enrolled in the school based upon the data prescribed by the Department pursuant to NAC 391.578, which must account for 50 percent of the performance evaluation as follows:

          (1) Thirty-five percent must be derived from measures of pupil growth;

          (2) Ten percent must be derived from measures of the reduction of achievement gaps for the specific groups of pupils identified for the statewide system of accountability for public schools pursuant to NRS 385.3594; and

          (3) Five percent must be derived from measures of pupil proficiency.

     2. The performance evaluation of a probationary administrator, other than a postprobationary employee who is deemed a probationary employee pursuant to NRS 391.3129, in his or her initial year of probationary employment must be based upon the domains of instructional leadership practices of the administrator at the school as prescribed by NAC 391.572 and professional responsibilities of the administrator to support learning and promote the effectiveness of the school community as prescribed by NAC 391.573, with the percentages and weights assigned to those domains in accordance with the scoring matrix prescribed by the Department pursuant to NAC 391.580.

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