I. The Superintendent or designee shall develop and present, for School Board approval, instructional employee performance criteria and/or measures. Such performance criteria and/or measures shall be consistent with statutory requirements but may include additional elements as deemed appropriate. Student performance data shall be used in the evaluation of instructional personnel.

II. Each member of the instructional staff shall receive an annual evaluation by his/her immediate administrative supervisor in accordance with the District's Teacher Evaluation System. Instructional personnel whose annual evaluation demonstrates effective or highly effective performance will be eligible for performance pay.

III. Instructional personnel shall be informed of the criteria for assessment including the use of student performance data and indicators of student learning growth.

IV. The Superintendent shall submit the instructional performance appraisal system to the Department of Education for approval.