PROCEDURES FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

PURPOSE

The Kentucky State University Board of Regents shall review the performance of the President on an annual basis. The purpose of such a performance review is to evaluate the progress of the President; to provide the President with an opportunity for constructive input from student, faculty, staff, and other constituencies; to review the President’s professional contributions and performance as a “leader” and as an “administrator;” and to provide the President with feedback to improve his or her performance.

PROCEDURE

The Kentucky State Board of Regents shall engage the services of a consultant to coordinate the evaluation process. As part of that process, the consultant shall poll and interview students, faculty, staff, and other constituencies; the consultant shall review and analyze the poll results and the interview results; the consultant shall summarize the consultant's findings; and the consultant shall prepare a final report for the Board of Regents.

WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRES – Students, faculty, and staff

The Office of Institutional Research shall select student, faculty, and staff at random to serve as evaluators. OIR shall ensure that the evaluators reflect the demographic representation make-up of campus. Once identified, OIR shall notify the evaluators by e-mail of their selection and provide them with the written evaluation instrument. OIR shall inform evaluators that their evaluations shall be anonymous. OIR shall give evaluators two weeks at a minimum to complete and to return written questionnaires to OIR.

OIR shall make an effort to achieve the highest response level possible. OIR shall send up to two rounds of emails to evaluators within this two-week period requesting the return of the written questionnaires. OIR shall forward the written questionnaires directly to the consultant to assemble, process, and analyze.

WRITTEN EVALUATIONS- Board of Regents

The Board of Regents shall complete the Board of Regent evaluation form. Upon completion of the evaluation form, individual board members shall return the form directly to the consultant who shall assemble, process, and analyze.