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Module 1025

New Approaches to Performance Reviews that Work

Apply this towards your professional development requirements

Tuition: $225 complete

Contact us for our quantity discount policy at questions@americancenterforeducators.org

What You'll Learn

Properly done, a strong performance review is one of the best tools an administrator has for getting the best out of faculty and staff. More than just a feedback session, a well-done performance review sets goals, spotlights behavior, addresses issues and leaves the employee motivated and ready to give his/her best. So how do you turn the dreaded "yearly review" into a valuable, honest reflection and a plan that sets people up for success? This module will show you.

  • The biggest performance review mistakes — and how to prevent them
  • From preparation to follow-up: step-by-step guidance
  • How to use reviews to actually change behavior
  • Specific do's and don'ts for successful reviews

Highlights

Changing Employee Behavior: Performance Reviews That Work

  • Performance reviews that fall short: Why they fail
  • Proven checklist to ensure a successful review
  • Delivering feedback that gives staff the insight to change behavior

Stretching People: How to Get More from Your Employees

  • Constructive feedback that motivates and inspires
  • Getting buy-in to the process / establishing accountability
  • Keys to providing the right feedback to the right people

The "Do's and Don'ts" of Conducting the Performance Review

  • What to do when you and an employee don't see eye-to-eye
  • How to avoid "sugar coating" without damaging relationships
  • Motivation killers: the important words you should never say
  • The most common legal pitfalls — and how to avoid them

Your Instructor

Back by popular demand, Larry Johnson is one of our highest rated instructors. Larry is recognized as a leading expert in reducing turnover, increasing productivity and boosting morale. For twenty-three years he has been president of a successful international management development firm. In addition to prominent educational institutions, his clients include Harley-Davidson, McDonald's, Federal Express, the Royal College of Nursing, Southwest Airlines, American Express and the American Health Care Association. He teaches the nation's best to lead and manage more effectively. Larry has written more than 50 articles on the topics of leadership, people management, customer service, and changing culture. He is also the co-author of Absolute Honesty: Building A Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk and Rewards Integrity.

The Virtual Teachers Lounge™

Check in with your peers and get answers to your questions – any time, 24/7. Taking this course will give you exclusive access to the thoughts, insights and experience of other educators and K-12 experts discussing your topics and giving you solutions and ideas for whatever is on your mind. In the Teachers' lounge, you can:

  • Learn new, working strategies and solutions from other educators – live!
  • Get answers to your toughest questions from top K-12 experts
  • Discuss course topics with your peers and benefit from their experiences
  • Share your success stories and best practices to benefit other teachers and administrators
  • Get new perspectives, fresh ideas and guidance – whenever you need it.
  • You can log whenever is most convenient for you, 24/7

All you have to do is sign up for this course, and you're in!

Connect with, hear from and get help from you peers.


Materials & Assessment

Lectures Your lectures, delivered by one of the nation's leading, recognized experts on this topic, are presented in multiple parts to make listening and tracking your progress easier. You can listen to each as often as you like by playing it on your computer, downloading it to your iPod or other MP3 player, even burning it to CD. Listen wherever it is most convenient for you: at home, in your car; at the park; and whenever you like: before or after work, at night or on weekends. Many educators can complete a module in only a week.
Text Resources Virtual text resources are downloadable and expand on the material covered in your lectures. They may include articles, web links to related materials and web sites, definitions of important terms and concepts, and a bibliography. All materials can be viewed on your computer or downloaded and printed.
Assessment To receive your Certificate of Completion or Certificate of Attendance and earn Professional Development/Continuing Education units/credits/hours, you will need to complete all assessments and submit all final projects.
Virtual Teachers Lounge To gain Professional Development credits or hours for any of these three modules, you must participate in the Virtual teachers Lounge discussion for that module. If you are not seeking credits or hours, participation in the Lounge is not mandatory, but you are still welcome to connect with and share your thoughts, questions, insights and experience with your peers at any time.
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New Approaches to Performance Reviews that Work

Tuition: $225
Contact us for our quantity discount policy at questions@americancenterforeducators.org