§ 284A.6 — Administrator professional development

Iowa § 284A.6

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 284A: ADMINISTRATOR QUALITY PROGRAM

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1. Each school district shall be responsible for the provision of professional growth
programming for individuals employed in a school district administrative position by the
school district or area education agency as deemed appropriate by the board of directors
of the school district or area education agency. School districts may collaborate with
other educational stakeholders including other school districts, area education agencies,
professional organizations, higher education institutions, and private providers regarding
the provision of professional development for school district administrators. Professional
development programming for school district administrators may include support that
meets the professional development needs of individual administrators aligned to the Iowa
standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 27, and
meets individual administrator professional development plans.
2. In cooperation with the administrator’s evaluator, the administrator who has a
professional administrator license issued by the board of educational examiners pursuant to
chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, and is employed by a school district or area education
agency in a school district administrative position shall develop an individual administrator
professional development plan. The purpose of the plan is to promote individual and group
professional development. The individual plan shall be based, at a minimum, on the needs of
the administrator, the Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to section
256.7, subsection 27, and the student achievement goals of the attendance center and the
school district.
3. The administrator’s evaluator shall meet annually as provided in section 279.23A with
the administrator to review progress in meeting the goals in the administrator’s individual
plan. The purpose of the meeting shall be to review collaborative work with other staff on
student achievement goals and to modify as necessary the administrator’s individual plan
to reflect the individual administrator’s and the school district’s needs and the individual’s
progress in meeting the goals in the plan. The administrator shall present to the evaluator
evidence of progress. The administrator’s supervisor and the evaluator shall review and the
supervisor may modify the administrator’s individual plan.