Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 5/22/2025 - 6:00 PM
Category: Personnel Votes
Type: Action
Subject: 15.5 Adoption of the Evaluation Instruments for Instructional Staff
Strategic Plans:
Priority 1.4
1.4 Attract and recruit highly effective and qualified staff who are excellent matches for the district, develop a pipeline of candidates for hard-to-fill areas, and provide support to all employees that enables and empowers them to fulfill their role in our mission.
Enclosure
File Attachment:
AdulSupportFramework.pdf
CSTandPIRTEvaluationRubric.pdf
Assistant Superintendent Framework.pdf
DirectorSupervisor-Framework.pdf
Framework for Effective Teaching.pdf
LeadershipFramework.pdf
Nurse AthTrainer Framework.pdf
School-WideServicesFramework.pdf
StudentSupportFramework.pdf
Summary: WHEREAS, N.J.A.C. 6A:10-2.1 requires district board of educations to adopt the evaluation instruments that will be used for all teaching staff members each year; and

WHEREAS, Newark Public Schools designed and developed original evaluation
instruments for all employees who fall with the definition of “teaching staff members”
WHEREAS, the evaluation instruments created by the Newark Public for evaluation of Teachers (The Framework of Effective Teaching), Principals, and Vice-Principals (The Newark Leadership Framework) have been accepted by the NJ State DOE as valid evaluation instruments; and

WHEREAS, NJDOE has allowed districts independence to develop evaluation instruments for all other teaching staff member titles;
Funding :
Recommendation to the Board: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Newark Board of Education adopts the Framework for Effective Teaching, the Leadership Evaluation Framework, the Adult Support Framework, the Student Support Framework, the Child Study Team Framework, the School-Wide Services Framework, the Nurse and Athletic Trainer Framework for the purposes of evaluating teaching staff members, the Director/Supervisor Framework and the Assistant Superintendent Framework for the 2025-2026 school year in accordance with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 6A:10-2.4
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Keith Barton - Special Assistant Instructional - HRS
Signed By:
Dr. Yolanda Mendez - Assistant Superintendent
Signed By:
Roger León - Superintendent
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Josephine Garcia Moved, Member David I. Daughety seconded to approve the Original motion 'NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Newark Board of Education adopts the Framework for Effective Teaching, the Leadership Evaluation Framework, the Adult Support Framework, the Student Support Framework, the Child Study Team Framework, the School-Wide Services Framework, the Nurse and Athletic Trainer Framework for the purposes of evaluating teaching staff members, the Director/Supervisor Framework and the Assistant Superintendent Framework for the 2025-2026 school year in accordance with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 6A:10-2.4'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 8 - 0
   
Josephine Garcia     Yes
Hasani Council     Yes
Vereliz Santana     Yes
Kanileah Anderson     Yes
Allison K. James-Frison     Yes
Helena Vinhas     Yes
David I. Daughety     Yes
Louis Maisonave, Jr.     Yes