AUPOSTDOCTORAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL TOOL

(This form is designed for the mentor and postdoc to revise and edit for their use.)

Section 1: To be completed by the postdoc and given to the Mentor a few weeks before the formal performance appraisal between postdoc and mentor.

Name of Postdoc:

Mentor(s):

Sent to Mentor (date):

Degree:Appointment Date:

Full-time or part-time appointment:

Date of the last formal performance appraisal meeting with your mentor:

Date you completed the Responsible Conduct of Research (CITI RCR)

(a)Please report below the projects you have completed since the last formal performance appraisal meeting with your mentor(s):

(b)On how many occasions have you met with your mentor since the last formal performance appraisal meeting?

(c)Is this frequency sufficient in your view?

(d)Please give details of continuing education you have undertaken since the last formal performance appraisal meeting:

(e)If applicable, please add your comments about the progress you have made since this form or a comparable evaluation was last completed and how it compares with your predictions then:

Section 2: To be completed by the mentor BEFORE the formal performance appraisal meeting between postdoc and mentor

(a)Please comment on the accuracy of the postdoc’s assessment of his/her progress:

(b)Please rate the postdoc’s progress since the last performance appraisal meeting (check one):

Very Satisfactory Satisfactory Cause for concern

(c)If cause for concern, state what steps the postdoc should now take to ensure a satisfactory outcome:

(d)Please state whether you feel the postdoc has completed a satisfactory level of continuing education and whether there are any gaps still to be filled:

Section 3: To be completed at the CONCLUSION of the formal performance appraisal meeting between mentor and postdoc:

(a) Issues discussed at the formal performance appraisal meeting:

(b) What projects will the Postdoc complete before the next performance appraisal?

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(c) What continuing education will be undertaken before the next performance appraisal?

(d) List of other actions agreed to at the formal performance appraisal meeting, with an indication of who is to take them and a proposed timeline:

(e) Next performance appraisal is scheduled for (date):

Signatures of both parties that the above is an agreed record of the formal performance appraisal meeting:

Mentor:Date:

Postdoc:Date:

COMMENTS: