Administrative Regulation:  Purpose of Evaluation

Regulation Number:   3.22.1

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The purposes of evaluation shall be:

  • To promote excellence, to improve employee skills, and to provide a basis for personnel decisions.
  • To upgrade the effectiveness of employees by increasing accountability of each individual, and to improve the working together of all employees of the college.
  • To create the means to encourage continuous self-assessment, improvement and growth by each member of the college.
  • To promote professional excellence, provide a basis for the review of performance, and improve the skills of members of the institution.
  • To promote the effectiveness of all individuals involved in the teaching, service and administrative processes by examining individual accountability for program, performance and institutional goals.
  • To improve communication and understanding between an individual and his/her supervisor regarding the individual’s responsibilities, general work assignments, and the standards for good performance.
  • To develop or review on a yearly basis specific, realistic, and mutually agreeable goals, plans, and information that will assist the individuals in making the most effective use of their skill, effort, and time in the performance of their work.
  • To provide data useful in improving instruction and instructional support through self- improvement and college-assisted staff development.
  • To provide data useful in the identification of deficiencies and the development of activities of assistance to eliminate deficiencies.
  • To encourage quality education to ascertain and strengthen weakness in the education process and to ascertain whether the professional performance of employees is “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory” in view of the institutional goals and expectations.
  • To formally acknowledge acceptable performance and commend excellent performance.
  • To provide a fair and effective means of removing from the staff those employees who have deficiencies and who, after receiving help and assistance, either refuse or fail to improve sufficiently.

 

Original Adoption Date: 3/9/93

Revision Date(s): 11/8/05(RF), 8/13/13(RF), 6/17/21(RN)

Date reviewed, no change: