Eligibility
To be eligible for a merit adjustment, an employee must be employed with at least six months of continuous service before the merit award date. Merit awards will be considered on an annual basis for the academic year immediately preceding the performance review process.
Performance reviews
Employee performance is formally reviewed at least once each year. The focus of the review is to discuss the employee’s strengths, areas for improvement, and achievement of annual performance goals. The annual performance review process will also result in the employee and supervisor developing goals for the following year. At the conclusion of the performance review process employees’ overall performance will be evaluated utilizing the following categories:
Exceptional
Performance noticeably and significantly exceeded expectations and made a unique contribution to the achievement of institutional or area objectives. Employee is easily recognized as a top performer and demonstrates high level capabilities and proactively takes on higher levels of responsibility (typically awarded to less than 10% of employees)
Consistently Exceeded Expectations
Performance consistently exceeded the College’s standards and expectations. Employee is widely recognized as a strong and valued contributor, and demonstrates high levels of effort, effectiveness and judgment with limited or no supervision
Consistently Met Expectations
Performance consistently met the College’s standards and expectations and is reflective of a fully qualified and experienced individual in this position. Employee is considered reliable and successful in performance of their responsibilities
Needs Improvement/Inconsistent
Performance sometimes met, but did not consistently meet, position expectations. One or more areas of concern have been identified and communicated with the employee
Unsatisfactory
Performance was below expectations in essential areas of responsibility and shows little or no improvement with supervisory feedback. Knowledge, skills, abilities and attributes have not been demonstrated at appropriate levels.