Performance Management Evaluations

The Mid-Year Review begins with an Employee Self-Review followed by a Manager Review. After the manager completes their review, the manager and employee will meet to discuss the Mid-Year Review and set future performance goals. The process is finalized in GMS with the employee acknowledging receipt of the review. The Mid-Year Review must be completed in GMS by December 11, 2024.

1. Employee Self-Review
2. Manager Review
3. Mid-Year Review Meeting (Outside GMS)
4. Employee Acknowledgement

The short Mid-Year Review format in GMS includes five questions followed by a chance to review, update, or add new professional goals.

1. Accomplishments during this period (March ‘24 to October ‘24)
2. Areas where I am doing well 
3. Areas where I need improvement
4. What are future opportunities for professional development?
5. What do I need to achieve my goals? 

This is a change from the previous Mid-Year Review format which only included a review of goals and the assignment of an overall rating.

How To Initiate a Mid-Year Review

The Mid-Year Review can be initiated in GMS by managers or by your area-specific HR Business Partner. A job aid is available to guide managers through the process of initiating the Mid-Year Review in GMS. Initiate a Mid-Year Review in GMS (Job Aid).

Performance Management training is available seasonally for all employees in the fall and spring semesters. The most updated training opportunities and available dates are shown below.

• Driving My Performance Success at Georgetown (Zoom) 
  • This 60 minute training introduces Georgetown University employees at all levels to the annual performance lifecycle at Georgetown and how to best manage and track your performance progress, evaluate yourself, and build a performance relationship with your supervisor. Register here. 
• Managing Employee Performance at Georgetown (Zoom)
  • This 60 minute training geared towards Georgetown University Managers and Supervisors introduces the annual performance lifecycle at Georgetown, the manager role in evaluating performance, and best practices for engaging employees in continuous performance conversations. Register here. 

Resources for All Employees

• Mid-Year Review Planning Worksheet 
• Creating SMART Goals
• Annual Self-Evaluation Planning Worksheet 
• Performance Management Competencies and Ratings
• GMS Job Aid: FY24 Performance Management for Employee as Self

Resources for Managers

• Initiate a Mid-Year Review in GMS (Job Aid)
• Annual Manager Evaluation Handout (Evaluating Your Employee)
• Leading the Performance Meeting (Sample Agenda)
• Leading a Culture of Feedback (Training)
• GMS Job Aid: FY24 Performance Management – Manager

Annual Review: Regular/Term Staff and AAP employees (non-union) hired prior to February 28, who have successfully completed their applicable probationary period which can be found in your offer letter.

Mid-Year Review: Regular/Term Staff and AAP employees (non-union)  who have completed their probationary period may participate in the Mid-Year Review process in GMS.

Annual Review: Eligible employees, their direct Managers, and their Manager’s Manager. 

Mid-Year Review: Eligible employees and their direct Managers.

Union represented employees are not required to participate in this GMS process. Union represented employees should connect with their direct supervisor with  any questions.

Please reach out to your assigned HR Business Partner (HRBP) for more information regarding performance reviews for union-supported employees.

Speak with your direct supervisor to confirm your probationary status. Review the probationary period policy for more information.

The self-evaluation is a fully electronic process that will become available in your GMS (workday) inbox (date to be announced). Employees will submit a self-evaluation first, which will be routed to their Manager who will conduct a Manager Evaluation. Then, these evaluations will be routed to the Manager’s Manager for approval. For a detailed explanation of this process, please attend our Performance Management: Self-Evaluations training.

After an employee completes their self-evaluation in GMS, it will route to the manager’s GMS inbox and generate an email notification to the manager.  The manager will then complete the manager evaluation in GMS. Annual Reviews are also routed to the manager’s manager for approval.  Once the manager’s manager approves the evaluation, the manager will release the evaluation to the employee and prepare for a one-on-one performance evaluation meeting with their employee.

Please contact your HR Business Partner (HRBP) to confirm you are eligible for this year’s performance review process.

Please email help@georgetown.edu to submit a help ticket.

Please email your HR Business Partner (HRBP) for support.

Training is available (top of page) for all eligible employees to learn more about the process. Please email your HR Business Partner (HRBP) for support.

Employees and their managers can view past performance evaluations in GMS by navigating to the employee profile in GMS and click “Performance” for the menu on the left side of the page. Additionally, users can type “My Reviews” into the search bar in GMS and click on the available report which will display all available Performance Evaluations.