{"id":3503,"date":"2026-02-04T18:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2026-02-04T18:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:41:25","slug":"performance-evaluations-time-for-mid-year-check-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/2026\/02\/04\/performance-evaluations-time-for-mid-year-check-ins\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance evaluations: Time for mid-year check-ins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January marks the half way point for the Annual Summary of Accomplishments performance cycle. For researchers and university staff, we recommend at least one coaching session per year. Planning, coaching, and evaluation are all important aspects of effective supervision.\u00a0

Reminders:<\/strong>

Performance plans are fluid documents, intended to be updated throughout the year. The performance period for the\u00a0Annual Summary of Accomplishments\u00a0<\/a>is July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. Coaching should be regular and can be informal. Coaching guidance from CU Boulder HR can be found\u00a0on the CU website<\/a>. Resources include:Coaching tips<\/a>. A template for a\u00a0Stay Interview<\/a>\u00a0with questions to learn about what motivates employees and the challenges they face.A\u00a0SMART Goals worksheet<\/a>\u00a0to help define goals.

Upcoming training to support performance management<\/strong>:\u00a0

Best Practices for Supervisors<\/a>\u00a0training is on February 25, from 10 to 11:15 am, presented by CIRES HR. This is recommended for all CIRES supervisors.\u00a0

Performance Management<\/a>\u00a0training is on March 30, from 2 to 3:30 pm, presented by CU Boulder HR and CIRES HR. This is recommended for all CIRES supervisors and employees.\u00a0

Annual Summary of Accomplishments<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>training is on April 20, from 9 to 10:30 am, presented by CIRES HR.

If you have any questions or need support, please contact\u00a0cireshr@colorado.edu<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January marks the half way point for the Annual Summary of Accomplishments performance cycle. For researchers and university staff, we recommend at least one coaching session per year. Planning, coaching, and evaluation are all important aspects of effective supervision.\u00a0 Reminders: Performance plans are fluid documents, intended to be updated throughout the year. The performance period… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asa-annual-summary-of-accomplishments","category-hr"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-28 12:36:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3506,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3503\/revisions\/3506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}