Cornerstone for Professional Administrative Staff

PA Staff Hiring/Onboarding

• Hiring

  **More information will be coming on how to submit position requests (summer of 2023). 

• Onboarding

  **More information will be coming on the onboarding experience (summer of 2023). 

PA Training

• Compliance Training

  Professional Administrative employees are required to take yearly training related to their positions. Compliance training can be found in Cornerstone's dropdown menu (top right corner) >> under Learning >> Learner Home >> Compliance Courses.

  For more information, please visit our COMPLIANCE PAGE. 

• Other Training & Development

  Cornerstone will be UNC's new hub for training & development. Through the system employees can access the Professional Development Calendar. Cornerstone will also hold UNC's catalog of online content. In addition to UNC's content, employees can also access a variety of online content with Cornerstone's LinkedIn Learning integration. 

  *Please note, you must have a first.last account to access Cornerstone's library of professional development offerings. 

  • UNC's Professional Development Calendar
  • UNC's Online Catalog
  • UNC's DEI - Unite Series
  • LinkedIn Learning Catalog

PA Performance Evaluations

• Overview

  An evaluation taskforce met throughout 2021-2022 to examine and revise Professional Administrative staff evaluations based on the latest research regarding employee feedback, retention, and motivation. The taskforce create the Employee Success Plan as a way to create a dialogue between employees and supervisors and to provide feedback to employees regarding performance.  

  What are the sections of the new plan?

  Check out our Employee Success Plan Guide

• Behaviors Associated w/Success: Rating Scale

  Professional Administrative employees will follow a similar rubric for assessment as the new State of Colorado guidelines, using a 5 - point scale. 

  • CO Rating Scale Rubric
• Performance Cycles Dates

  Performance Evaluations for Professional Administrative coincide with UNC's fiscal years.  July 1 - June 30. 

  Mid-year Review Cycle:

  • Employee Review 12/12/22 to 01/13/23
  • Supervisor Review 01/14/23 to 02/10/23

  Mid-year Reviews will close on February 10. 

  Final Review Cycle:

  • Employee/Supervisor Review 05/01/23 to 06/16/23
  • Signatures Due 06/30/23

  Final Reviews will close on June 30. 

• Planning Stage

  The planning stage will typically run the first two months of the cycle. 

  • Month 1: Employee has the opportunity to make suggestions
  • Month 2: Supervisor has an opportunity to review employee suggestions and to create/edit objectives. Then, the supervisor will submit the initial plan for the year. 
• Check-ins & Updating/Creating Objectives

  Throughout the year, employees and supervisors should be meeting and having conversations about employee performance.

  Then, employees and supervisors can document progress to the plan in Cornerstone.

  • Guide: Adding Objectives (New Employees)
  • Guide: Updating Objectives Progress
• Mid-Year Reviews

  Similar to the planning stage, the mid-year review stage will run for two months (typically during December - February to account for the holidays). 

  • Month 1: Employee has the opportunity to update progress and submit their reviews.
  • Month 2: Supervisor has an opportunity to review employee suggestions, create/edit objectives, and provide feedback. Then, the supervisor will submit the mid-year review. 

  Guide: Submitting the Mid-year Review

• Final Evaluations

  Finally, like the other stages, the final review stage will run for two months (typically May/June). 

  • May 1- June 16: Employees and Supervisors have the opportunity to update progress and submit their reviews.
  • June 16-June 30: Employee and Supervisor must sign the review by June 30. 

  Guides:

  • Updating Progress (Step 1)
  • Submitting Final Review (Step 2)

Need Training?

Quick Guides

• New Success Plan Overview
• Rating Scale Rubric
• Adding Objectives (New Employees)
• Updating Goals/Objectives
• Submitting Final Reviews
• Accessing Completed Reviews