November 2003
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Community Literacy of Ontario
Performance Appraisals
CLO often gets asked by member programs for resources and sample
policies relating to performance appraisals of staff, boards and volunteers.
In this issue of OURVOICE, CLO will share information on this important
topic.
Performance
Appraisals for Staff
In general, the board reviews the Executive Director and the ED reviews
all other staff. Appraisals should occur annually and be conducted in
a consultative and open manner. The content of performance appraisals
varies between organizations, but often contains the following:
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A review of the extent to which all performance
objectives as stated in the employee’s job description
or contract were met. |
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A review of the employee’s areas of strength. |
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A review of the employee’s areas for growth. |
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A review of the employee’s professional development
needs. |
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An opportunity for the employee to share any special achievements. |
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A review of any needs the employee may have to support their
work (working conditions and equipment, flexible work arrangements,
etc.). |
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A rating of the employee’s performance for that year. |
Herb Perry in the Association Consultants Report offers the following
advice for board members when evaluating the Executive Director:
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Do not involve the entire board. It is too large
a group and will include directors whose contact with the Executive Director is limited. |
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Start by reviewing the organization’s mission and goals
together with the previous performance review, note particularly any agreed upon
targets for the period under review. |
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Avoid assessing personality traits. |
DOMTAR’S PAPER CHRISTMAS FOR LITERACY!
For the second year in Ontario, Domtar’s Paper Christmas
for Literacy is donating $500 worth of paper to various
not-for-profit literacy groups. Domtar has several partners
in Ontario and Quebec to help with this venture. CLO is
one of the partners in this province. CLO members were
invited to participate and 71 of our members responded.
For CLO members alone, this means that a total of
$35,500 will be donated to literacy by Domtar. On
behalf of our member agencies, CLO would like to
express our gratitude to Domtar for this wonderful
opportunity. Thank you for supporting literacy! |
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