Training Videos and On-Demand Learning
Short, captioned videos mapped to each step of the cycle. Choose your path below; supervisors and employees have different videos.
The supervisor path covers setting up documents, writing evaluations, and leading the conversation.
Prefer to read? Supervisor's step-by-step job aid
The same workflow as the videos, written out with MyNIU screenshots.
Welcome to the Evaluation Cycle
The cadence, who gets a document, and what the portal does.
Selecting and Building a Template
Keep your template, choose a standard one, or build from the library.
Writing Narratives That Hold Up
Evidence-based writing, the standards, and a worked example.
Delivering the Evaluation
The conversation, hard messages, forward goal setting, and closing.
The Probationary Track
The separate-document sequences and when to involve your HR Partner.
Evaluating Civil Service Positions
Performance factors, certified status, and rating discipline.
The employee path covers what to expect, how to write a strong self-evaluation, and how the conversation works.
Prefer to read? Employee's step-by-step job aid
The same workflow as the videos, written out with MyNIU screenshots.
Your Evaluation, Explained
What the cycle is, the three milestones, and what is expected of you.
Writing a Strong Self-Evaluation
How to assess your year honestly, with evidence, before August 31.
Understanding Your Template
The competencies and duty areas you are evaluated on, and why.
Supporting Student Success in Your Role
What the universal competency means, whatever your job.
Making the Most of the Conversation
How to prepare for and get value from the evaluation meeting.
Navigating the Portal
Finding your document, completing it, and acknowledging.