Superintendent Performance Goals on AUSD’s Agenda Next Week

At Tuesday’s Alameda Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting, the board will consider proposed performance goals for the Superintendent for the 2013 to 2014 school year. AUSD Superintendent Kirsten Vital stands to earn a $15,000 bonus every year she meets her performance goals.

Ms. Vital’s four-year contract provides for 3 percent base salary step increases each year, and an annual $15,000 performance bonus.

The proposed goals for the 2013 to 2014 school year for Ms. Vital are as follows:

• Increase attendance by increasing percentage of students with 96% attendance by 3% as measured in June 2014.
• Increase District wide API by 9 points or more over 2013 base District-wide API (results available October 2013).
• Increase District wide 5th grade math proficient and advanced results by 2 percentage points as measured by the California Standards Test (results available October 2013).

Her goals for the current school year, 2012 to 2013, are:

• Increase attendance by increasing percentage of students with 96% attendance by 3 percentage points as measured in June 2013 based on 180 days of attendance (not including ASTI, Island, or charters and based on June 2012 180-day attendance calculations).
• Increase District-wide API by 9 points or more over the 2012 base District-wide API.
• Increase total percentage of students enrolled in at least one AP course by 2 percentage points as measured in September 2012 enrollment.

Results on the current year goals will reported in June, 2013.

The school board meets Tuesday, October 23rd at 6:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers at Alameda City Hall.