Managers' training will be day. Employees will have employee performance standards based on their position descriptions, which have been discussed and agreed upon one year in advance. You will also be able to provide input on how your supervisor is doing. This is voluntary on your part. It will not be used to evaluate your supervisor, but for development purposes and improvement.
Supervisors have to do better.
There should be no surprises at evaluation time. With the new system, supervisors will be required to document more, and have more discussions with employees. UVA completed the 1st quarter of changes from the new plan. Managers want to compensate people for work that they are doing. UVA does well, and people are the reason.