Performance Excellence Program Overview
Houston Community College values our employees. We are committed to providing an environment that enables all employees to develop and realize their full potential in alignment with the HCC mission, goals, values, and action plans. We strive to provide a support climate conducive to performance excellence and to personal and organizational growth.
In accordance with this commitment, the HCC Performance Excellence Program (PEP) is designed to provide regular, consistent, fair, and honest evaluation, performance feedback, and structured professional growth opportunities. The ultimate goal of performance management is to improve the institution’s performance and enhance our ability to provide the highest quality instruction and educational service to our community.
Based upon the HCC values of freedom, accountability, community-mindedness, integrity, and excellence, PEP helps supervisors and employees define individual work goals and measures aligned with department, college and HCC-wide goals, thus strengthening mutual accountability for performance at all levels. Key components of the process include:
Focus on definable and measurable results.
Responsibility for achievement of HCC objectives is defined at all levels of the college.
Individual performance and pay adjustments are linked.
Four evaluations instruments are tailored to meet the needs of HCC employment categories: Faculty, Secretary/Clerical, Professional/Technical, and Administrative/Executive. Department Chair Criteria have been added to the faculty evaluation process.
