Emanuel announces new CPS principal performance metrics, $20,000 award incentives
Audubon Elementary School principal John Price and other principals will need to achieve new performance metrics. (file photo)
(CHICAGO) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced new principal performance metrics and $20,000 award incentives for Chicago public and charter schools.
“We need empowered principals, quality teachers and involved parents, and all must be accountable for our students’ success,” said Mayor Emanuel.
Elementary school principals will be evaluated based on growth in reading and math, improvement in college readiness and their effectiveness in closing the achievement gap. For high schools, principals will be evaluated based on growth in ninth grade achievement with an emphasis on measuring students’ ability to meet college readiness benchmarks in reading and math, 10th and 11th grade academic growth, and improvement toward graduating students by lowering dropout rates.
“Principals set the core vision and values at work in their schools, and their leadership can transform the school community of teachers, parents and students to drive student academic success,” said Noemi Donoso, CPS Chief Education Officer.
Principals will get $20,000 by significantly boosting student academic achievement. The awards are unrelated to the district’s contract with principals and funded through third-party sponsors to support this project.
