Manage Performance

Performance management is a cycle that builds on continual feedback and ongoing evaluation – both positive and developmental. The process includes setting clear expectations and performance outcome measures, observing behavior and performance, providing feedback, support, corrective action, and conducting regular performance evaluation meetings.

Documenting Performance

Staff performance evaluations are an on-going supervisory process. It is the responsibility of the immediate supervisor to monitor staff employee performance and behavior and to provide timely feedback to the employee. Supervisors should use the Special Performance Evaluation Form to document exceptional performance and/or behavior or areas for concern.

Special Performance Evaluation Form

Annual Performance Appraisal

The annual performance appraisal serves as a basis for merit pay increases (when available) and encourages employee development. At the beginning of January, an annual performance appraisal will launch for each staff employee provided the individual began employment at least 45 days prior to commencement of the appraisal period on January 1st. The annual performance appraisal is completed and stored in the University’s Talent Management system.

Learn more about appraisals

Six Month Performance Review

Supervisors should evaluate an employee’s performance after six months of the employee moving into a new position. Six-month reviews are completed in Talent Management.

Manager Help

Employee Help

Faculty Evaluation System

The Faculty Evaluation System (FES) is established to provide an equitable, orderly and comprehensive approach to the evaluation of faculty performance at Sam Houston State University (SHSU). The FES is used for purposes of:

  1. tenure and promotion in academic rank,
  2. rewarding meritorious performance through salary adjustments,
  3. contract review for probationary faculty members,
  4. review of tenured faculty, and
  5. decisions concerning future contracts for tenured and tenure-track faculty.

Faculty evaluations are performed through the Division of Academic Affairs. To learn more, read academic policies.