The school board for Denver Public Schools on Thursday approved an annual evaluation for Superintendent Tom Boasberg which applauded some achievements, but criticized him for other work.
along with a raise of 2.26 percent and bonuses totaling $31,051.
Boasberg will donate the bonuses, based on performance measures, to the Denver Public Schools Foundation, as he has each year.
Data to determine if he has met other goals is not yet available and could later increase the bonus amount.
Boasberg’s current annual salary is about $230,000, up from $176,000 when he first became superintendent in 2009.
All of the increases have been cost of living increases. Boasberg previously waived a $20,000 raise.
The board’s evaluation applauded Boasberg for leading the and for the roll-out of the district’s own teacher evaluation system, known as LEAP, calling it the “most successful roll-out of a professional development system nationally.”
But the evaluation criticized the district’s communication and collaboration with the community and the roll-out of the Common Core. The evaluation states that the superintendent, “must better provide an overall vision, clear implementation plan, clear progress monitoring milestones, and an effective professional development plan around the new standards.”
During Thursday’s meeting, board member Arturo Jimenez voted against the evaluation and criticized the superintendent for not yet having instructional materials aligned to the new standards.
“Really it’s cause for concern across the district,” Jimenez said. “We really should be having questions about conditions of employment… when such an important piece of work is unfulfilled.”
Board president Happy Haynes, pointed out that new evaluation metrics will be created to align to the new standards and goals from the new master plan.
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