by: Metty - 06-10-08 21:28
I need to do appraisals with the staff in my nursery, but hate the system we currently use, so dread doing them. Does any one have any ideas of things to ask in appraisals to get the most feedback from staff, or does any one have a format they use that works well. your help would be much appreciated.
by: magzee
Hi Metty,
I would suggest you give the staff a self appraisal form a week or so before their appraisal. This gives them time to fill in what they think about their performance and any problems they are having etc and gives you a starting point for the discuaaion. It is important to remember that appraisals are a useful tool for moving froward and not for tackling any disciplinary issues. This is a seperate matter. Appraisals are for the benefit of the employer and employee and both parties can learn from them. Make your staff aware of the timescale of the appraisal e.g 1 hour it is easy to overrun.
by: perky
I am currently rehaluing our policy on this as I recently attended an ILM Management course, which gave me some good ideas. Unlike the previous person, I don;t think that you can set a time limit on these appraisals. It is important that your staff feel as though you are actually interested in what they think and feel about their role in your setting. Also we used to do yearly appraisals, but had nothing in between, so I am now in the process of working out how to have monthly meetings with each employee to discuss how they are doing more regulalry. Otherwwise you may find that by the time the year comes round again, you may have forgotton something that they did that was wonderful/rubbish 11 months ago. Giving a self appraisal form is good, I also do one for each staff member, which then goves us an opportunity to discuss our thoughts and make sure we are both 'singing from the same hymm sheet' !
hope that helps
mari
by: Metty
Thanks for that. i'd be interested to know what you both include on your appraisal form to get the best information from staff.
Good luck with your monthly meetings I'm having trouble figuring out how to do them once a year!
