The eBOARD Evaluation Module 

The Evaluation module of eBOARD is part of an integrated suite of web-based tools designed to support excellence in education governance.  This module allows you to enhance, align and streamline governance and leadership evaluations and assessments such as school board standards, board self assessments, superintendent evaluations and district accreditation.

The standards for best practice in board governance and organizational excellence include a cycle of continuous improvement.  Part of this improvement cycle is frequent assessments of how well the leadership team works together.  These assessments typically come in the form of Board Standards Assessments, Board/Leadership Team Self Assessments and Superintendent Evaluations. 

No two school systems are exactly alike, so the group dynamics of the leadership team will be unique for each system.  However, proper development and implementation of the evaluation process should address the expectations of performance goals and also include a way to gather feedback, discuss options and result in corresponding action plans for improvement.  eBOARD’s Evaluation Module was designed to assist systems with streamlining and enhancing the evaluation process.

 Testimonials about the Evaluation Module

"eBOARD's Evaluation Module provides a space to efficiently prepare for accreditation reviews. The resources we had ready for our visiting team were far richer than five years ago due to eBOARD. And on the practical side, no crates full of paper!"

– Dr. Thomas Van Soelen, Associate Superintendent
City Schools of Decatur

“We are thrilled to be able to use the new eBOARD Evaluation Module to assist school systems in Georgia in streamlining and aligning their assessments and evaluations such as their Board Standards, Board Self -Assessment and Superintendent Evaluation.  It's also a great tool for systems that are going through district-wide accreditation. 

Having built-in templates, along with the ability to provide supporting evidence, eBOARD's Evaluation Module streamlines and enhances the process.  It will take accountability to a whole new level!" 

– Tony Arasi, Director of Professional Development
Georgia School Boards Association

Evaluation Module Features 

• Completely web-based
• Proven easy-to-use and customizable templates
• All items in the evaluation/assessment can be linked to system goals within the Strategic Plan Module
• All items in the evaluation/assessment can be linked to system board policies within the Policy Module
• Variety of scoring/scaling such as Meets, Exceeds
• Automatic collating of responses
• 360 degree evaluation option
• Respondents given time to think and respond at home or during a time period
• Built-in support of evidence...can be attached to each criteria/item
• Built-in reports to review results

Evaluation Module Benefits

eBOARD’s Evaluation Module allows you to enhance, align and streamline governance and leadership evaluations and assessments.  It also:

• Supports continuous improvement model in sustaining excellence
• Saves money.  No need to print evaluation instruments and supporting documentation
• Alignment of items to Goals.  Keeps the evaluations focused on system’s Strategic Goals
• Easier to respond.  Since the instrument is web-based, the respondents can take the time to reflect on each area/topic and consider the responses before submitting
• Saves administrative time.  Easy to collate responses and generate reports.  No more manual tabulation of results

The Evaluation Process:

The Evaluation Module of eBOARD provides pre-defined templates for immediate use or allows you to easily customize and build your own instrument.  The process is as follows:

• Setup: Administrator sets up the basic evaluation/assessment information like the name, date range, rating scales and instructions.

• Design: Administrator designs the contents of the evaluation/assessment and provides supporting evidence necessary for evaluators to complete.

• Launch: Administrator defines who should respond to the evaluation/assessment and notifies them that the instrument is ready for them to complete.

• Respond: The respondents to the evaluation/ assessment will respond online.  They can work on the instrument at their own speed, save in progress, make comments on items and submit when ready!

• Review: The review stage allows the group to get together to discuss, review the responses and define specific action plans for improvement.

• Publish: The results of the evaluation/ assessment and the action plans can be published either publicly or to specific users with permissions to to the various reports.

• Reports: Evaluation/assessment results can be viewed and printed through a variety of reports.