I. Policy


The College recognizes that our success is measured by the long-term satisfaction and achievement of our students, and the positive partnerships we develop. Our most valuable resources to achieving our mission are our faculty, administration and support staff. Each individual employee's performance contributes to our ability to successfully achieve and excel in all aspects of our mission and values. The College's performance management system for all Non-unit employees is designed to foster communication, encourage employees to reach their fullest potential, and to recognize employees for contributing to the mission of the College.

The intent of the evaluation is to help each employee and supervisor assess in a constructive way the employee's performance over a specific period of time and in relation to agreed-upon standards and objectives in order to assure that the goals of the institution are being fulfilled.

Performance reviews shall be conducted at the end of an employee’s Introductory Period and Annually thereafter unless otherwise specified in current collective bargaining agreements. For more information on how to conduct evaluations and the standardize evaluation tools available, managers should contact Human Resources.

II. Procedures


The performance of each unit employee is evaluated at the intervals and in the manner specified in the applicable current collective bargaining agreements.

The evaluation of Non-unit College employees shall be conducted according to a format approved by the President and in accordance with College policy.

Managers and employees are strongly encouraged to discuss job performance and goals on an informal day-to-day basis. The evaluation shall be conducted for all employees at the end of their Introductory Period and annually thereafter. The evaluations shall be conducted in the following manner:

  • at the conclusion of the spring semester
  • utilizing the job description and applicable Performance Appraisal Tool
  • the manager shall schedule a performance appraisal meeting at a mutually agreeable time the employee shall come prepared with a self-evaluation completed
  • the performance evaluation shall be signed by the manager
  • the employee shall be provided with the opportunity to respond with his/her comments in writing and attached to the evaluation
  • the employee shall sign the evaluation acknowledging that he/she has been presented with the evaluation and that he/she understands the evaluation, the employee signature does not connote agreement with the content of the evaluation only that they understand the content.

Every employee is entitled to review his/her performance evaluation form before it is placed in his/her personnel file. All evaluation are maintained as a permanent document in the employee's personnel file.

Academic Supervision: Instructors are supervised by the college official listed below depending on the prefix of their course numbers:

BIO, CHE, CSA, CSI, ENV, ES, MAT, MLT, PHY & PTA instructors are supervised by the Dean of Natural Health and Sciences.

PNU & RNU instructors are supervised by the Dean of Nursing.

ACC, ACS, ART, ACC, BUS, CJS, ECO, EDU, EMG, ENG, FIN, FSC, FRN, GOV, HIS, ITA, HSV, LAW, LBR, MGT, MKT, PHL, PSY. SCI & SOC instructors are supervised by Dean of Professional Programs & Liberal Arts.

Plymouth Campus instructors are supervised by the Academic Deans overseeing the corresponding programs.

Student Evaluations:

In order to assess the academic quality of education at Quincy College and in order to provide instructors with a means of evaluating their teaching effectiveness, students are asked to evaluate their instructors in all classes towards the end of the semester. You will receive a packet of course evaluations in your mailbox along with instructions for administering the evaluations.

The completed forms are then forwarded to the Provost/Chief Academic Officer, and then to the appropriate Dean for review. Evaluations are generally redistributed to faculty during the following semester for their examination. Adjunct Instructors/Professors are also evaluated by their respective Dean on a rotating basis.

Original: June 2006; Updated September 2021