PERFORMANCE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLAN & REVIEW FOR ACADEMIC STAFF ON PROBATION This template is designed to support you through the process of planning for your initial Performance and Career Development conversation with your academic line manager as part of the probationary process. It allows for capture of the outcomes of the initial conversations and ongoing meetings. Over the three years it is expected that you will meet with your academic line manager every 6 months to review progress, with formal reviews every 12 months. To guide your planning you should refer to your position description and your letter of offer which contains individual probation requirements as well as the core generic requirements that are prerequisites for confirmation to continuing academic roles. The core confirmation prerequisites are the achievement of the relevant RPE and TPE in The UTAS Academic http://www.utas.edu.au/provost/the-utas-academic-performance-expectations-for-academic-staff), completion of ELT 501 and any individual requirements agreed and contained in your letter of offer. You will need to complete relevant sections as appropriate for your role and career stage. Staff Member Details Title Name Academic Line Manager Staff ID Faculty/School/Institute/Division Campus Fraction Level & Step Appointment type Date of plan Workload allocation (full time equivalent) (Balanced academic workload 40:40:20) Research: Teaching: Service: dates 1
Section 1 3 Year Career Plan Career aspirations where I want to be in 3 years? (Maximum 200 words) Link to UTAS/Faculty/Institute/team goals. (Maximum 100 words) How do your broad strategies and specific objectives set out below contribute to the organisational goals? Refer to the University s in Open to Talent Strategic Plan 2012-2016 http://www.utas.edu.au/open-to-talent/ 2
3 Year Probationary Performance Plan Individual probation requirements (outside of the core generic requirements) as agreed in contract of employment This may include for example completion of a PhD. Requirement Completed by Research 3 year research performance goals (maximum 100 words) What is to be achieved? Performance indicators What annual targets and measures will demonstrate achievement of the performance Strategies What development support is required to achieve the performance Year To be achieved 3
Learning and Teaching 3 year learning and teaching goals (maximum 100 words) What is to be achieved? Performance indicators What annual targets and measures will demonstrate achievement of the performance Strategies What development support is required to achieve the performance Year To be achieved Service to your discipline, community and/or industry 3 year Service goals (maximum 100 words) Goals What is to be achieved? Performance indicators What annual targets and measures will demonstrate achievement of the performance Strategies What development is required to achieve the performance Year To be achieved 4
Developing your team, faculty/institute and/or University (through the enablers of people, culture, infrastructure and resources) 3 year team, discipline, faculty/institute and/or University development goals (maximum 100 words) What is to be achieved? Performance indicators What annual targets and measures will demonstrate achievement of the performance Strategies What development support is required to achieve the performance Year To be achieved Agreement of 3 Year Plan Staff Member Date Academic Line Manager Date Dean Date Provost as Chair, Academic Probationary Committee Date 5
Section 2 1 Year Probationary Performance and Career Development Action Plan & This plan sets out on a yearly basis how the 3 year plan, is achieved. Research What objectives need to be achieved? Plan Expected Results What measures will demonstrate achievement of these Outcomes What specific outcomes did you achieve? Learning and Teaching What objectives need to be achieved? Plan Expected Results What measures will demonstrate achievement of these Outcomes What specific outcomes did you achieve? 6
Service to your discipline, community and/or industry What objectives need to be achieved? Plan Expected Results What measures will demonstrate achievement of these Outcomes What specific outcomes did you achieve? Developing your team, faculty/institute/ and/or University (through the enablers of people, culture, infrastructure and resources) What objectives need to be achieved? Plan Expected Results What measures will demonstrate achievement of these Outcomes What specific outcomes did you achieve? 7
Career Development Mentorship arrangement Has a mentorship been arranged and approved? If no, reason: Name of mentor: Career and Professional Development Plan What professional development activities are needed in the coming year to achieve the goals and Actual Outcomes Any other relevant information/comments to provide context e.g. suspension of probation due to maternity leave, long term sick leave Agreement of Annual Action Plan Staff Member Date Academic Line Manager Date Dean Date Provost as Chair of Academic Probationary Committee Date 8
any comments in addition to the outcomes Staff Member Comments Academic Line Manager Comments Dean Comments Sign off of Year 1 Staff Member Date Academic Line Manager Date Dean Date Provost as Chair, Academic Probationary Committee Date 9