Legislation
Education Improvement Act of 1984
Statutory Authority: 59-24-40. Amended by 1997 Act. No. 50
The statute and regulation 43-165.1 require all principals to be evaluated annually. To guide this task, nine standards with criteria frame the evaluation process called the Expanded Program for Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Principal Performance (PADEPP).
All standards and criteria were approved by the General Assembly as presented by the State Board of Education for use in all South Carolina schools. (April 12, 2022)
To document the principal evaluation process an evaluation instrument was piloted and deemed valid and reliable for measuring the degree to which a principal’s performance meets the standards. There is increased reliability when the instrument is used by more than one administrator within the evaluation process. Principals currently receive a rating of Unsatisfactory, Improvement Needed, Proficient or Exemplary on each standard with a final rating determined by the evaluator. When more than one evaluator is part of the process, consensus is reached.
Resources
SCLead.org PADEPP User Guides
PADEPP Rubric
This is the updated Expanded Program for Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Principal Performance (PADEPP) Rubric.
PADEPP Guidelines
This is the newly revised PADEPP Guidelines document for use beginning academic year 2022–23.
PADEPP Title of Regulation (PDF, 39 KB – 5/18/22)
PADEPP Webinar Video 2022 Revisions
This video explains the 2022 PADEPP revisions.
PADEPP Webinar PowerPoint 2022 Revisions
This PowerPoint provides an overview of the PADEPP revisions effective academic year 2022–23.
End of Year Reminders for PADEPP (PDF, 1,078 KB – 5/1/19)
End of Year Reminders for PADEPP Closed-caption Video
This video provides the End of Year Reminders for PADEPP.
