Quality Rating 5: Performance Evaluations
Next Steps
Check your staff performance evaluation schedule and performance evaluation tool as you prepare to upload them to the Maryland EXCELS System.
Step 1: Check your document
Your document should include:
- A schedule of staff performance evaluations documenting that evaluations occur at least once a year with each staff member, or as needed for professional improvement. Your schedule may be in any format, including as a policy written in a staff handbook.
- A staff performance evaluation tool used in your program with your staff members.
Step 2: Save your document
Use a file name you can find easily when you upload it to the system (example: performance-evaluations.docx).
Use any one of these formats:
- Typed electronic version of your evaluation schedule and evaluation tool (examples: Microsoft Word, PDF)
- Scanned version of your evaluation schedule and evaluation tool (examples: PDF, PNG, JPG)
- Digital image of your evaluation schedule and evaluation tool (examples: JPG, PNG, PDF)
- Identified section within your staff handbook (examples: PDF, PNG, JPG)
Step 3: Upload your document (ADM 9.5)
Log into the Maryland EXCELS System to upload your program’s performance evaluation schedule and performance evaluation tool.
