# Presentation: 126609

## Supervisor Creates FY07

- 5 Tier Performance Plans for
- Employees via EmpowHR

**Example that follows is for a non-supervisory (PT) position.**

## Select “internet explorer”

**Select “internet explorer”**

## Enter the URL:

**Enter the URL:**
**https://icams.usda.gov/**

## Read the warning and select “I agree to the above”.

**Read the warning and select “I agree to the above”.**

## Enter your EmpowHR (ICAMS)

**Enter your EmpowHR (ICAMS)**
**User ID and Password and click on “EmpowHR Sign In”.**

## Click on “Manager Self-Service”.

**Click on “Manager Self-Service”.**

## Click on “Tasks”.

**Click on “Tasks”.**

## Select “Performance”.

**Select “Performance”.**

## Select “Performance Plan”

**Select “Performance Plan”**

## Click on “New Plan”

**Click on “New Plan”**

## Enter the date the appraisal period starts and then click the

**Enter the date the appraisal period starts and then click the**
**“****Add” button.**
**NOTE:   For employees Working prior to October 1, the date**
**should be 10/01/2006.  For employees hired after October 1, enter**
**their date of employment as the starting date.**

## 1.  Review dates for accuracy.

**1.  Review dates for accuracy.**

**Click on the search icon to**
**      ****select the rating scale or you**
**      ****Can type in “H” for 5 tier**
**      ****performance.**

## Select “H  5 Tier Performance”

**Select “H  5 Tier Performance”**

## Click on the “elements and standards” tab.

**Click on the “elements and standards” tab.**

## Click on the search icon to select the first Element.

**Click on the search icon to select the first Element.**

**DO NOT USE THE COPY BUTTON FOR FY2007 PLANS!**

## Select the first “critical” element.

**Select the first “critical” element.**

**NOTE:  Supervisors who choose not to include a separate EEO/CR element in plans for non-supervisory employees they supervise**
**must modify the element language of another element to include EEO/CR requirements.   All supervisors are required to have a separate EEO/CR element in the plan.**

## Standard element language will auto-fill for each element selected.

**Standard element language will auto-fill for each element selected.**
**If you need to add additional language, you can type it after the**
**Standard language.  An example of when you would need to add**
**Additional element language would be for situations when**
**Supervisors choose to modify another element to include EEO/CR**
**rather than having a separate EEO/CR element.  **

**Ensure that the EEO/CR element is flagged “critical”.**

## Select 3-5 measures and enter them

**Select 3-5 measures and enter them**
**beneath the element language.**

## Click on the “+” sign to insert a new element block

**Click on the “+” sign to insert a new element block**
**For the next element.  .  **

## Click on the search icon to select the second element.

**Click on the search icon to select the second element.**

## Select the second “critical” element.

**Select the second “critical” element.**

## Again, the standard element language auto-fills. 

**Again, the standard element language auto-fills. **

## Ensure the execution of duties element is flagged “critical”

**Ensure the execution of duties element is flagged “critical”**
**for a non-supervisor.**

**Select 3-5 measures and enter them beneath the element language. Don’t forget to include required measures for health/safety and ensure**
**applicable performance objective is aligned with SED Plan and Strategic Plan.**

## Click on the “+” sign to insert a new element block

**Click on the “+” sign to insert a new element block**
**For the next element.**

**NOTE:  You can click on “view all”now if you wish to see all **
**the elements and measures you have entered so far or**
**You can wait until you have entered all the elements/measures**
**And click on “view all” at the end.**

## Click on the search icon to select the third element.

**Click on the search icon to select the third element.**

## Select the third “critical” element.

**Select the third “critical” element.**

## Ensure the customer service element is flagged “critical”

**Ensure the customer service element is flagged “critical”**

**Select 3-5 measures and enter them**
**beneath the element language.**

## Click on the “+” sign to insert a new element block

**Click on the “+” sign to insert a new element block**
**For the next element.**

## Click on the search icon to select the fourth element.

**Click on the search icon to select the fourth element.**

## Select the fourth “critical” element.

**Select the fourth “critical” element.**

## Ensure the communication element is flagged “critical” for a non-supervisor.

**Ensure the communication element is flagged “critical” for a non-supervisor.**

**Select 3-5 measures and enter them**
**beneath the element language.**

## Click on the “+” sign to insert a new element block

**Click on the “+” sign to insert a new element block**
**For the next element.**

## Click on the search icon to select the fifth element.

**Click on the search icon to select the fifth element.**

## Select the applicable “non-critical” element.

**Select the applicable “non-critical” element.**

## Ensure the individual contribution  element is flagged

**Ensure the individual contribution  element is flagged**
**“****non-critical”.**

**Select 3-5 measures and enter them**
**beneath the element language.**

## Click on “view all” to see all the elements and measures entered

**Click on “view all” to see all the elements and measures entered**
**In the plan if you haven’t already done so earlier.**

## Review all the elements and measures for accuracy.

**Review all the elements and measures for accuracy.**
**NOTE:  For Non-Supervisors, you will have 4 elements  with 3-5 measures each in the plan if you did not include the EEO/CR element as a separate element, but modified  another element to include the EEO/CR element language/measures.  You will have 5 elements if you left the EEO/CR element as a separate element in the non-supervisor’s plan.  Either way is correct.  All supervisors are required to have 5 elements in their plans  including the supervisor’s EEO/CR element.  **

## 1.  After reviewing, scroll to the bottom and click on “SAVE”.

**1.  After reviewing, scroll to the bottom and click on “SAVE”.**

**2.  Click on “previous tab” to return to the**
**“****performance plan” tab.**

## Verify there is a “check mark” in the block for

**Verify there is a “check mark” in the block for**
**“****supervisor created the plan”.**

**To print, click on “create printable form”. **
**Only print when a hard copy is needed.**

## After Saving The Plan, IT Will Flow To The

- Applicable Reviewer Who
- Will Receive An Email
- Notification.