What are best practices for a district to begin using the T-PESS Rubric for assistant principal appraisal?

1.     Adopt the T-PESS Assistant Principal Rubric and components as the local appraisal policy for assistant principals by sending it before the board for official adoption.

Training and implementation recommendations:

1.     Principals using the modified T-PESS rubric to appraise assistant principals are strongly encouraged to participate in the one day T-PESS training and become certified as a T-PESS appraisers.

2.     When using the modified T-PESS rubric to appraise assistant principals, the official T-PESS Evaluation System Process should be followed (i.e. Orientation, Goal Review, Beginning of Year Conference (Goal Approval), Informal Assessment, Mid-Year Conference, End of Year Conference and Goal Setting).