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FAIRFIELD, IOWA -- In his Condition of the State address, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad announced his plan to reform Iowa's education system.

Within the governor's plan is a proposal that would improve teacher evaluations; and one local school district is already looking at changing the process.

The Fairfield Community School District is proposing a plan that would evaluate their teachers from every three years to every year.

Superintendent Art Sathoff talked with KTVO about this topic Wednesday afternoon.

The superintendent says that evaluations are only a small part in the professional development of teachers.

"Schools that are doing it right just are not checking in with teachers every three years. Teachers have professional development plans, administrators conference with them a couple times a year. We are doing walk-through observations and have conversations throughout the year. So it should not be a three year event if it is done right," said Sathoff.

Sathoff also told KTVO that schools that already do not have these types of plans, should; being that they would be helpful for both the teachers and their students.

If the Fairfield Community School District approves the change, teacher evaluations would be changed within the next few years.