Employee and supervisor responsibilities: Employees have the principal responsibility for developing their skills, knowledge, and experience. The supervisor's responsibility is to assess, inform, refer, guide, and develop. When supervisors and employees identify performance development goals during annual performance appraisals, the object is to identify opportunities that enable employees to sustain, improve, and build upon past performance and contribute to organizational effectiveness.

Supervisors and department heads are encouraged to support employees' career development within their departments and the University. At the same time, they should exercise appropriate discretion and concern for equity and the operational needs of their departments. For information about addressing job-related, career-related, and educational enrichment professional development requests, see Implementing Procedure 50 (Professional Development) (PDF).

• UCSD Staff Education and Development's mission is to support employee development. A variety of curricula address the needs of managers, supervisors and staff throughout the campus. See the alphabetical menu in Enrollment Central for a full list of courses offered.



• UCSD Extended Studies and Public Services offers courses and certificate programs for a variety of professional development topics and curricula.



• Continuing Your Education in Blink includes links to local colleges and universities.



• Career Connection offers career development programs for employees and supervisors.

• The UCSD Performance Appraisal and Development Models (available in Word or PDF) provide references, instructions, and the forms for conducting the performance appraisal process.
• The Training Justification and Anticipated Cost (TJAC) (PDF) form enables employees to take advantage of their educational benefits.

• Guide to Performance Management (PDF) provides supervisors, work leaders and managers with useful information and step-by-step guidelines to performance management, including performance appraisal and employee development.
• The self-study library includes CD-ROMs and videos.
• Web-based training at UCSD includes two formats:


• Web tutorials for UCSD-specific procedures: Go to Enrollment Central's Course Search screen and select CBT for the "Course Type" to see a current list.
• UCSD Web-Based Training: Over 2,000 computer, business, and compliance-related courses for Windows users.
• UCSD Libraries offer books, journals, slides, Library Express, and web, database and other resources.
• Learn at Lunch is a noontime program providing information on varied topics of work and personal interest.
• Management Skills Assessment Program (MSAP) is a Universitywide management development program designed to assess and improve on-the-job performance and to enhance competitiveness for management positions. Employees who are eligible may participate either as assessees or assessors.
• Middle Management Advance is an annual management development program that provides middle managers with information on university management issues and skills. Employees are identified for invitation by their vice chancellors.
• New Employee Orientation provides an overview of UCSD and the UC system via presentations from campus departments. New employees are invited to the program.
• Sharecase, offered in spring, showcases ways in which technology can help solve administrative challenges.

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