Pamela Skillings suggests 10 points to make your performance review pay off. She says to treat that review as a marketing campaign. These suggestions appear to hold for teachers also, although some may object to the idea of using business tactics in a public school setting.
While good performance is no guarantee of keeping your job, you’re far likelier to keep those paychecks coming (and even make more money), if you can demonstrate how much the school and your students would suffer without you around. Tablet PC using teachers have an edge here.
So whether you’re looking for a salary bump, a sweet bonus, or just a little extra insurance against a pink slip in 2009; here are some helpful tips for making your performance review pay off in the cold, hard world of late-2008. Here’s a sample of her suggestions:
Understand Your Manager’s Point of View.
Do Your Homework.
Think Like A Marketer.
Use numbers.
Don’t Be Defensive.
I hope the full list of 10 suggestions helps you with your performance review. Let us know how you adjust this list.
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