Performance Management
Performance management is essential to the success of employees, managers, supervisors and the University, and is a requirement for supervisors to complete an annual appraisal. Continuous performance feedback is important to a positive and effective rapport between supervisors and their employees. Annual performance appraisals should be a review of conversations that have already taken place during the appraisal period; there should be no surprises for you or the employee.
Performance Appraisals
- All Staff Access the Staff Performance Appraisal (SPA) system here: SPA Online System
- Career employees receive a written performance appraisal annually. Academic employees, employees in a Short Term Exception (STE) or limited appointment, and recalled retirees do not participate in the annual SPA process.
- Newly hired or rehired career employees receive a probationary performance appraisal within six months after their hire date. The written performance appraisal will be finalized at least 30 days before the six month probationary period ends.
- Managers and Senior Professionals (MSP) and Senior Management Group (SMG) employees do not have a probationary period.
Supervisors:
Self-paced training on using the appraisal system is available in UC Learning: https://go.ucsd.edu/2yBfgPg. The SPA system includes the current standards and rating scale as set forth in the UCSD Performance Standards and Academic Affairs Performance Standards (PDF).
Your HR Representative will notify you when performance appraisals for your direct reports are ready for you to complete, and when they should be finalized.
Central HR developed Performance Conversations to help supervisors and managers conduct thoughtful and supportive check-in and performance evaluation conversations.
Additional SPA Resources:
SPA system Quick Reference Guide for Supervisors (PDF)How To Conduct a Performance Appraisal
Ratings explanations
How to verify Assigned Training Status
Standards for Effective Supervision
Employees:
Self-paced training on using the appraisal system is available in UC Learning: https://go.ucsd.edu/2yBfgPg. Your supervisor will notify you when you may begin drafting your self appraisal, and when it is due. You may choose to draft a self appraisal outside of the SPA system, then copy and paste it to SPA when ready to finalize.
Additional SPA Resource:
How to Write a Self-Assessment/Summary of Accomplishments
FAQs for Supervisors and Employees