The engagement survey team continues to make progress with the findings of our employee engagement survey. As you may recall, one of the major institutional recommendations for improvement centered on performance management. We are pleased to report that we, with the input of staff and faculty, have developed an action plan to address areas of…Continue Reading INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: ACTION PLAN
On July 30, 2018, an email was sent from David Provost and Karen Miller to all Middlebury staff providing more details on the 2019 staff incentive separation plan. If you missed it, you can find it here. – Karen Miller…Continue Reading Incentive Separation Plan
What do Envisioning Middlebury, financial sustainability, employee engagement, workforce planning and Project Ensemble, have in common? They are all focused on positioning Middlebury for the future. Our success in positioning the institution for the future will be dependent on the choices we make now – and our discipline to sustain those choices over the long-term….Continue Reading DEFINING OUR FUTURE STATE
Workforce Planning Begins Our workforce planning initiative has begun in earnest with several training sessions this month for the project teams. The project teams include individuals asked by their vice president to lead the workforce planning efforts in their departments. Nearly 70 managers and others who have been identified as having a specific insight into…Continue Reading What’s New with Workforce Planning
Beginning in fiscal year 2019 all US-based Middlebury operations will adhere to a single holiday and floating holiday schedule. In order to make departmental and personal planning easier, going forward Human Resources will publish a 2-year holiday calendar near the beginning of each academic/fiscal year. The first of these calendars is included below and will…Continue Reading Middlebury-Wide FY19 and FY20 Holiday and Floating Holiday Schedule
The Administration is pleased to announce that Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day will be recognized as an official Middlebury holiday, beginning in 2019. This means that all US-based operations will be closed (except for essential services) on MLK Day, in the same manner as operations are closed for the Thanksgiving and Year-End Holiday Breaks,…Continue Reading Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Becomes an Official Middlebury Holiday!
Early last spring, during a series of open meetings on financial sustainability, the community was introduced to the concept of a “private health exchange”, which Middlebury had planned to implement in 2019. As a reminder, under a private exchange our current one-size-fits-all medical plan will be augmented by at least two new medical plan options,…Continue Reading Employee Benefits: Private Exchange Update
About the Middlebury Travel Exchange The “Middlebury Travel Exchange” is a newly created resource to offer useful information that will help staff and faculty prepare for travel between Monterey and Middlebury. It’s especially for people who have never traveled between the College and Institute before, but may be helpful for seasoned travelers as well. It…Continue Reading Travel Resource for Middlebury Staff and Faculty
The annual performance evaluation process for staff members takes place between January 1 and March 31 of each year. The APS form for 2018 remains the same as in previous years. Below, please find a link to the form, helpful tools and guides to support the APS process, and an on-line audio training presentation that…Continue Reading Annual Performance Summary Process for Staff Members