This guide is intended to help you communicate with your supervisor in a formal but meaningful way about mutual expectations that support the University. Wesleyan s overall goals. Setting goals helps to coordinate efforts, contributes to unity of purpose, encourages an atmosphere of cooperation and focuses on the future. It also makes the assessment process more objective and useful by devoting a significant part of the review to concrete, measurable results as opposed to general behavior. Goals should be stated in a manner allowing results to be measured, for example, in quantity or time or both.
Goals set are ambitious, but obtainable.
Reflect on your performance. Consider both your accomplishments and the areas you need to develop. Actively participate in the discussion with your supervisor. Understand that it's usually difficult for anyone to give performance feedback, and that it will be more difficult for your supervisor if your attitude is defensive. Try to encourage your supervisor to give you frank and thorough feedback.