Villanova’s annual Performance Appraisal and Development Plan for staff is a process for enhancing job performance and increasing communication between the supervisor and the staff member.
Performance evaluation is an opportunity to guide staff development. Done effectively, performance evaluation builds communication between supervisors and staff, and creates a link between individual and institutional goals, and serves as a guide for continuous improvement and continuous learning. Although one of the benefits is to guide salary decisions, it is by no means the only, or even the most important, benefits of this process. The following describes the specific benefits that the Performance Appraisal and Development Plan provides to staff, supervisors and to the University.
For staff, the University’s performance evaluation process offers opportunities for:
- increasing job satisfaction;
- learning recognition;
- increasing a sense of ownership and self-direction; and,
- improving job performance
For supervisors, effective performance evaluations of staff can:
- yield better teamwork and cooperation;
- set clearer expectations;
- produce better departmental performance;
- clarify roles as supervisor and mentor;
- signal that the supervisor cares and is making an investment in his/her staff; and,
- develop the supervisor as a leader.
For the University, effective performance evaluations contribute to:
- better service to students and other members of our community;
- staff alignment with strategic goals;
- enhancement of a climate that values all employees;
- an overall improvement in work performance; and,
- more consistent goal achievement.
Performance Appraisals for 2011-12 with the employee information section pre-filled, are available for supervisors on the Human Resources Sharepoint Site . Supervisors should access the forms and save on their local drive before starting the appraisal as described in these Instructions for Downloading from SharePoint.
Employees should complete their self-assessment and send to their supervisor using the Guidelines for Completing the Self Assessment, included here.
Completed, signed performance appraisals should be sent to Human Resources no later than Monday April 2nd, 2012.
If you experience problems accessing the SharePoint site or downloading the forms, contact Bev Das at x94771.
If you need assistance completing the performance appraisal, please contact Albert Baladez at x94238.
