The Board of Education will evaluate the performance of the Treasurer in order to assist both the Board and the Treasurer in the proper discharge of their responsibilities and to enable the Board to provide the District with the best possible leadership.

The objectives of the Board's evaluation shall be to promote professional excellence and improve the skills of the Treasurer, improve the quality of District educational services and to provide a basis for the review of the Treasurer's performance.

The Treasurer shall be evaluated annually by the Board of Education, which may choose to be assisted or advised in this process. The evaluation will be based on the job description for the position of Treasurer and this policy.

This policy shall be distributed to the Treasurer upon its adoption, and amendments hereto shall be distributed within ten (10) working days after their adoption.

Criteria for the evaluation of the Treasurer shall be based upon the job description and shall relate directly to each of the tasks described therein. Each criterion shall be brief and shall focus on a major function of the position, be based on observable information in addition to factors requiring subjective judgment, and be written in the same format.

Maintenance of the evaluation criteria shall be the responsibility of the Board of Education. Evaluation criteria shall be reviewed as necessary but not less than annually and upon any revision of the Treasurer's job description.

Data for the evaluation of the Treasurer may be gathered by any one or more of the following methods:

The Treasurer shall be evaluated in the performance of assigned duties at least once annually.

An annual summary conference may be conducted by a majority of the full membership of the Board and the Superintendent before the annual performance report of the Treasurer is filed. The conference shall be held in private unless the Treasurer requests that it be held in public.

An annual summary conference shall be conducted by a majority of the full membership of the Board and the Superintendent before the annual performance shall be held in private, unless the Treasurer requests that it be held in public.

The conference shall include but need not be limited to a review of the performance of the Treasurer based upon the job description and a review of the Treasurer's progress in achieving and implementing the District's goals, objectives, policies, and statutory requirements.

It shall be the purpose of the annual performance conference to provide for a total review of the Treasurer's work, to identify strategies for improvement where necessary, and to recognize achievement and good practice. Adequate time shall be allotted for the conference in order to cover the required topics of discussion and to permit a full exploration of the possible solutions to any problems identified.

R.C. 3313.22