Performance Management
Virginia Tech is committed to an annual performance management process that fosters and rewards excellent employee performance. Working in partnership, employees and supervisors are able to develop a working environment that enables open two-way communication, promotes consistency in performance assessment, motivates employees to perform at their best, and is conducted with fairness and transparency.
Performance Management is a cyclical process that begins with performance planning, continues with coaching and counseling and ends with a performance evaluation.
Performance Planning
During this phase of the process, employees and supervisors work collaboratively to develop a performance plan that that aligns the efforts of supervisors and employees with departmental and campus goals.
Each October, employees are asked to develop a new performance plan that outlines goals and objective for the coming year. The plans are developed using an online tool available in Hokie SPA. New performance plans should be finalized by mid-November each year.
Learn more about performance planning.
Coaching & Counseling
Coaching and counseling is a year-round process in which supervisors are tasked with providing ongoing feedback to employees.
Learn more about coaching and counseling.
Performance Evaluations
Deadline Approaching: October 14, 2013
Performance evaluations are a necessary and beneficial process which provides an opportunity for supervisors to provide feedback to employees regarding job performance. The performance evaluation is intended to be a fair and balanced assessment of an employee's actual performance during the review period.
Each September, employees are asked to go back to their performance plan and evaluate themselves before they meet with their supervisor for an evaluation.
Learn more about performance evaluations.
Resources
Contact Us
HR Service Center
Hours: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Telephone: 540-231-9331
Fax: 540-231-3830
Email: HRServiceCenter@vt.edu
The Department of Human Resources is now located on the second floor of the North End Center. Learn more.
2013 Performance Management Evaluation Deadlines
July 24
Staff hired or rehired between October 25, 2012 and July 24, 2013 must have either a performance evaluation or a probationary review by October 14, 2013. Managers are encouraged to complete a performance evaluation in the online performance management tool in lieu of a probationary review wherever possible.
July 25
Staff hired on or after July 25 are not be required to have an evaluation for this cycle. They should have a probationary review and a performance plan completed by November 2013 when the next performance review period begins.
September 13
Employees should complete self-evaluations should by September 13, unless an alternative date has been agreed upon between the employee and supervisor.
October 14
All Performance Evaluations must be in “Employee Approved” status in the online performance management tool by October 14.