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Air Force assessing performance feedback program
Posted 2/3/2012 Updated 2/3/2012
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by Eric M. Grill
Air Force Personnel, Service and Manpower Public Affairs
2/3/2012 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force officials are field testing a new performance feedback worksheet to assess how supervisors interact and provide feedback to their Airmen.
The Airman Comprehensive Assessment worksheet is designed to increase supervisor awareness of activities affecting their Airmen and better facilitate interaction between Airmen and their supervisors.
The performance feedback program was designed as a formal communication between the supervisor and Airman to establish expectations regarding duty performance, said Will Brown, the Air Force Evaluations and Recognition Programs Branch chief at the Air Force Personnel Center.
The current Air Force performance feedback worksheet is supervisor driven and doesn't allow Airmen to formally assess themselves during the feedback session, he explained.
"As the Air Force continues enhancing our Airmen's capabilities, additional areas are needed in the performance feedback process to encompass the aspects of an Airman's life," Brown said. "By instituting a subordinate's self-assessment in the feedback process, we believe the ACA worksheet will create a conduit for broader, more open communication between Airmen and their supervisors."
The first phase of field testing began Feb. 3 at 18 active-duty Air Force bases worldwide and one Air Reserve base. Airmen at selected bases are using the ACA worksheet during the February through June 2012 test window when their normal initial or mid-term feedback is performed.
The ACA worksheet has legacy blocks for physical fitness, training and teamwork, but also takes into account the critical role Airmen have in supporting the mission as well as focusing on individuals' deployment readiness and the Airman's personal and professional goals.
Similar to the current feedback worksheet, there is a block for supervisors to communicate expectations, strengths and weaknesses, and make improvement recommendations, officials said. Airmen at the test bases will receive an electronic notification with additional information on where to retrieve the test forms and instructions.
As part of the ACA test, supervisors and Airmen will receive a survey within 30 days of their feedback session to determine if the ACA worksheet should be implemented Air Force-wide and any improvement recommendations to the process.
Bases participating in the test are:
-- Altus Air Force Base, Okla;
-- Barksdale AFB, La.;
-- Buckley AFB, Colo.;
-- Cannon AFB, N.M.;
-- Eielson AFB, Alaska;
-- Dover AFB, Dela.;
-- Eglin AFB, Fla;
-- Hanscom AFB, Mass.;
-- Joint Base Langley- Eustis, Va.;
-- Malmstrom AFB, Mont.;
-- McConnell AFB, Kan.;
-- Misawa Air Base, Japan;
-- Offutt AFB, Neb.;
-- Patrick AFB, Fla.;
-- Robins AFB, Ga;
-- Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom;
-- Spangdahlem AB, Germany;
-- Vance AFB, Okla.; and
-- Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass.
For information about Air Force Personnel programs, visit the Air Force Personnel Services website at https://gum-crm.csd.disa.mil.
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