1. How did the school board develop these goals?
We basically brainstormed what every board member thought they would want a superintendent to do, put it on the table, came to a consensus about what would be the three most important things to do, gave them to the superintendent, asked for his input and went from there. He went to develop them and develop an action plan. Then he comes back with the final draft and we approve that.
We used that process one time and used the process where he came up with the goals and gave them to us and we gave input and suggested other things. It’s a combination of either him drafting or us giving input or adding new goals, or doing a brainstorm and taking those to him. It’s a two way communication type of thing.

2. How do you measure successful completion of the goals?
 Built into the goal is the evaluation of how the goal is going to be achieved. Each goal is different regarding what it is we would be looking for. There’s a measurement built into it. In that conversation when we come up with the goal, we talk about “How do we know this goal has been achieved?” so that it’s clear to us and the superintendent (how) we’re going to measure the goal.

3. What role does the public have in holding the superintendent accountable for the goals?
Well the public comes through the board members. We’re elected by the public. We don’t go out and seek input from the public. There’s no formal process. We listen to constituents if they come talk to us at board meetings or in the community, but as far as formal process for the community, there is not one.

4. How will public access to the goals influence how they are created in the future?
Well if we received input from the public with regard to our schools, if they’re not happy in a certain direction, we will certainly consider that in the creation of goals for the superintendent.