Continuing Professional Development

January 2025

A monthly newsletter for CUNY SPH employees with information on professional development opportunities and resources to help you advance in your professional growth.

In this month’s Professional Development newsletter, we highlight strategies for preparing for the upcoming annual performance evaluation process.

Annual Performance Evaluations

How to Prepare: Staff

All full-time, tax-levy staff in the following series should have an annual evaluation conference with their supervisor: Classified Staff, Classified Managerial, and HEOs. Research Foundation (RF) employees and faculty have a different process.

In preparation, we recommend the following resources:

CUNY Individual Development Plan template to create job goals and professional development goals for 2025
- Tips on creating an Individual Development Plan
- CUNY HR provides numerous Professional Development resources

LinkedIn Learning Courses:
- You Need a Career Development Plan (8 minutes, 2021 audio)
- How to Think Bigger About Your Career (37 minutes, 2024)
- Invest in You: Personal and Professional Development (40 minutes, 2024)

How to Prepare: Mangers

We recommend the following LinkedIn Learning courses for managers conducting performance evaluations.

Conducting Performance Reviews (28 minutes, 2022)
- How to prepare for and conduct fair, productive and meaningful performance reviews

Coach Your Team to Learn, Stretch and Grow (45 minutes, 2023)
- Learn practical leadership strategies to coach your team

Inclusive Feedback Skills for Managers (56 minutes, 2024)
- How to add inclusive principles to delivering feedback

Performance Evaluation Timeline

March 2025: In-person evaluations conducted; managers write evaluation, and send to employee within 10 business days.

April 1, 2025*: Completed evaluations (signed by staff), are submitted to Human Resources by managers.

*Per the collective bargaining agreement (Article13.13), the notice of non-reappointment shall be given to staffs on or before April 1.

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