Annual Evaluation Process

Step by Step Faculty Evaluation Process

For detailed instructions on how to complete the self-evaluation, you can view the Faculty Performance Evaluation Guide.  You can also review the Faculty Performance Evaluation Discussion Guide to view tips and best practices to ensure a productive meeting. 

  1. All full-time faculty will complete a self-evaluation and all university-employed faculty will also complete a school-specific tool for measuring education activities and submit the forms to their Chair/Unit Head.  Please see the school-specific forms below:
  2. OPTIONAL FOR EARLY CAREER FACULTY: Early career faculty may choose to have their professional contributions reviewed by the Department/Division/Program’s Performance Review Committee in a study section-like format, using well-defined anchors to measure performance. Evaluation of the early career faculty member’s performance by the Chair/Division/AD/Program Director will be informed by the work of the Performance Review Committee.
  3. The Chair or Unit Head will then meet with the faculty member to review their performance and set goals/expectations for the next year. As in previous years, review of the performance and setting goals/expectations of tenured faculty members will be conducted by the Department Chair or Academic Unit Head.

Timeline

The faculty are evaluated based on their work during the most recent calendar year (January 1 – December 31, 2025).  Deadlines for the annual evaluation process are set by the Vice President for Faculty & Academic Affairs.  Below is the timeline of events: 

University-Employed Faculty

  • Complete and Submit self – Evaluation and school-specific tool for measuring education activity to Department Chair/Division Director/Unit Head by:
    • Berkley SON: Friday, January 30, 2026
    • SOH: Friday, January 16, 2026.
    • SOM-BGE: Friday, January 16, 2026 
  • Departments/Units submit final merit scores to the Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs and GUMC Financial Affairs by Friday, February 27, 2026. By this date, the Chair evaluations, and where applicable, Performance Review Committee discussions for early career faculty must be completed.  Departments and Academic Units should maintain all documents of the annual evaluation process.

Non-University Employed Faculty

  • Complete and submit self – evaluation to Department Chair/Division Director/Designee by: Friday, April 10, 2026
  • Departments submit final chair evaluations to the Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs by Friday, May 22, 2026. By this date, the Chair evaluations, and where applicable, Performance Review Committee discussions for early career faculty must be completed.  Departments must submit all documents to OFAA and follow OFAA instructions to upload and store files.

Information Sessions and Questions

For the remaining process for non-university employed faculty, virtual information sessions will be offered in March to support faculty in completing the self-evaluation and preparing for the discussion with their Chair/designee.  Please see the dates below, and RSVP to attend.

SOM Non-University Employed Faculty

  • Thursday, March 19, 12 – 1 PM ET via Zoom (RSVP)
  • Monday, March 30, 12 – 1 PM ET via Zoom (RSVP)

You can also email ofaa@georgetown.edu with any questions.

Documents

Documents for Faculty Members

ALL faculty members

Berkley School of Nursing Faculty

School of Health Faculty

School of Medicine and Biomedical Graduate Education Faculty

University Employed
Non-University Employed

Documents for Chairs/Supervisors/Academic Unit Heads

Documents for Performance Evaluation Committee