Education Sector Performance Management Developing positive and safe learning environments through performance management in schools and universities
Performance management in educational institutions is one of our specialities at Appraisd. We’ve implemented performance management systems for schools, universities and educational trusts that carefully balance teaching, governance and the achievement of KPIs.
A performance management system designed to be managed by HR
Appraisd is easy to set up and configure, even for small HR teams, with full support provided by your Customer Success Manager during implementation and on an on-going basis. Appraisd provides templates and guides so that HR can coach inexperienced and new managers about performance management.
Performance management that is meaningful to everyone
The focus of performance in education is undoubtedly on student outcomes, but board-level considerations also need to be taken into account in performance management. Using Appraisd, you can set KPIs that cascade from top to bottom, ensuring that all employees are aligned with the overall strategy.
Bringing out the best in the classroom and beyond
Take the stress out of annual reviews
Some performance management systems struggle to accommodate the diversity of employees within education. Because Appraisd is process-agnostic, meaning it fits around your process, we can include self-assessments, peer evaluations, and department head evaluations for each employee as well as multiple competency models such as splitting teaching and non-teaching staff.
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Set KPIs that are meaningful to everyone
Use Appraisd to connect strategic objectives with department-wide and individual objectives so that all employees stay aligned on the overall priorities. Where employees are involved in bigger projects or institution-wide initiatives, objectives can be linked across departments to keep focus in the right places.
Manage probation and tenure
Appraisd can accommodate your probation and tenure processes, including scheduling reviews at the right time and gathering feedback from relevant reviewers such as peers, students and heads of department. Information from past performance conversations can be pulled into probation or tenure reviews to provide a full picture of performance.
Recognition beyond the classroom
For employees who go above and beyond academic contributions, such as enrichment activities, sports, or other areas of school or university life, Appraisd has a recognition feature. This allows peers to offer gratitude, visibility, and recognition of an achievement to their colleagues, promoting a collaborative organisational culture.
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Gather information ahead of promotion
Because Appraisd collates information from every performance conversation including annual reviews, 360 feedback and recognition, HR is provided with a full picture of each employee’s achievements. Data from Appraisd can then be used to inform promotion conversations.
Resources for performance management
FAQs on performance management in the education sector
What is the purpose of performance management in schools?
Performance management in schools has many benefits including improving student outcomes, improving teaching quality, and setting clear accountability with teaching and non-teaching employees. Performance management also helps to align employees with board level or school wide goals, it supports professional development, and encourages a culture of continuous improvement.
What performance management objectives should be set for school staff?
Objectives vary based on whether employees are teaching staff or non-teaching staff such as support workers and administrative staff. For teachers, objectives could focus on improving teaching effectiveness, enhancing student outcomes, and fostering professional development. For non-teaching staff they could focus on administrative effectiveness, financial efficiency, or contribution to school-wide initiatives.
How do you do performance management in schools?
As in other organisations, performance management in schools involves setting clear, measurable goals for staff, conducting regular evaluations, and providing feedback to promote continuous improvement. In schools, the schedule may differ and at Appraisd we have clients who run their review calendar in line with the academic year, or by term including either annual or end-of term reviews. Appraisd has plenty of free resources for setting up performance reviews. Take a look at them here: https://www.appraisd.com/resources/tools.
About Appraisd
Appraisd is performance management software that works with your existing HR tech. We already support hundreds of employees in the education sector and we’d love to talk to you. Appraisd is process-agnostic, meaning we don’t ask our customers to fit our process, because Appraisd fits around your needs. Plus, we can support your current process even if you know it needs to be updated - and your named Customer Success Manager can help with that change.
