Hi all. Thanks to everyone who has viewed this blog, and everyone that has commented. I would love it if more people would weigh in…
In this work, I see that currently LAUSD does not have a good classified employee evaluation process in place, let alone an employee performance management process. However, there are managers, sites, and even departments that do have good programs that they have developed on their own. If you are aware of any of these, please share that information here.
As we work to develop an employee performance management process, we find that we need to better align the functions within the personnel cycle. This will help us make the cycle consistent and transparent. We are starting with updating our job analysis process, as mentioned in my previous blog. We plan to not only look at the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed for the job, but also look at the competencies (the other or personal characteristics – the Os/Ps of KSAPs, KSAOs). We also want to ensure that we have a clear understanding of where classifications sit in the District’s organizational hierarchy, what the typical duties are, benchmarks of strong/weak performance, and a variety of other relevant information. If you are familiar with any good multi-purpose job analysis models that you have used or heard about, please share. In addition, any recommendations/ suggestions for reporting of the information captured in order to provide information to current and potential employees would be appreciated.
I have a question – please weigh in. What would you expect to be the outcome/s of a good employee performance management system?
Finally, some links to websites, reports, etc., that are relevant to various phases of this project, and that I found of interest:
§ Civil Service Reform: Preserving the Promise of Government, City and County of San Francisco (I especially like the line on page 2 that states “Our system has become, in several key aspects, a triumph of process over purpose.”)
§ Performance Management Home Page, Denver Public Schools
§ Management/Administrative Support Performance Evaluation, Albuquerque Public Schools
§ Management/Administrative Support Performance Evaluation Instructions, Albuquerque Public Schools
§ Performance Management Home Page, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
§ Strategic Plan 2014, Area Two: Performance Management, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (the CMS site has some great dashboards and metrics, if you are interested in that kind of thing)
