Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass today announced meetings of the Administrator Evaluation Task Force on Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, Aug. 30, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The meetings will take place at the Waukee Community School District’s Central Administration Office, 560 Southeast University Ave., Waukee.

The task force was established as part of Senate File 2284 to study evaluation practices for Iowa school administrators and to develop recommendations for a statewide system. Meetings are open to the public.

Wednesday’s agenda:

9:30 a.m. Introductions and Review the Charge to the Group

10 a.m. Review the Current Reality

10:30 a.m. Developing a Theory of Action

12:15 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Developing Quality Criteria

1:30 p.m. Resource Review

3:45 p.m. Pooling Our Learning

4:30 p.m. Synthesis of Our Learning

5:10 p.m. Review Homework

5:30 p.m. Adjourn

Thursday’s agenda:

8 a.m. Grounding Activity

8:15 a.m. Development of Short-Term and Long-Term Recommendations

Noon Lunch

12:30 p.m. Connections with Other Task Force

1:50 p.m. Next Steps

2:30 p.m. Adjourn