Based on feedback from principals and the need to align the assessment to current competencies, the committee designed a comprehensive rubric to replace the VAL-ED survey. The rubric will allow evaluators to more effectively assess the five key leadership competencies and twenty-six key elements that are already part of the HPP through selection and hiring processes, as well as the assistant principal rubric that has been used for the past two years. The rubric is modeled after the other rubrics currently being used to assess the practice of instructional personnel. It is a four-scale rubric that describes practice using a continuum of performance levels. It provides specific language and examples that will allow for consistency between raters, as well support the ongoing growth and improvement of principals.

The rubric has been vetted and approved through committee members, all principal councils, and superintendent’s cabinet. It will serve as 45% of a principal’s overall evaluation score with the other 55% coming from a Value Add Score, Human Resource Score, and School Operations Score.

The rubric truly defines the role of principal as instructional leader in Hillsborough County Public Schools.