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Annual Review Signature Page

The student will collect the signatures from each member of their committee on the Annual Review Signature Page. The student is responsible for printing

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the signature page and taking it to their committee members for signatures. Digital signatures are acceptable. 

By signing the Annual Review Signature Page, each committee member agrees that they have read the Annual Review Update Form and the Executive Summary and that they have met with the student either in a group or individually. If the student's work needed improvement, a signature indicates that the student's proposed action plan is sufficient to remedy any deficiencies discussed in the student's review. 

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Deadline

Student

Advisor

Committee

Summer before annual review

Communicate information about the Annual Review to committee

Create Executive Summary and complete Annual Review Update Form




Approve the Executive Summary and Annual Review Form


6 weeks before given deadline

Send Executive Summary and Annual Review Form to Committee via DocuSign



4 weeks before given deadline


Submit feedback of student’s work to advisor via electronic form sent by Graduate Coordinator

Submit feedback of student’s work to advisor via electronic form sent by Graduate Coordinator


Discuss feedback

Discuss feedback


If feedback is “needs improvement,” deficiencies are found, create Improvement Action Plan




If feedback is “needs improvement,” deficiencies are found, approve Improvement Action Plan


2 weeks before given deadline

Schedule meeting(s) with Committee



Completed by given deadline

Meet to discuss student’s progress. Individual meetings should last approximately 15 minutes. Committee member signs the Annual Review Signature Page. If initial feedback was that the student needs improvement, a group meeting lasting no more than 45 minutes should be held. In the group meeting the student deficiencies are found, the student presents their Improvement Action Plan with concrete metrics and clear timeline for 10-15 minutes in either individual or group meetings. The committee then provides feedback on the Improvement Action Plan. After all comments, the committee signs twice on the Committee signs Annual Review Signature Page, once to confirm meeting with the student and again to approve the Improvement Action Plan. Committee members should rank the student’s work as “exceeds expectations,” “meets expectations,” or “needs improvement,” based on the original review of the Executive Summary and Annual Review Form. That is, the committee should rank the student’s work consistently with the feedback originally submitted to the advisor.agreeing that they have read the Annual Review Update Form and the Executive Summary and that they have met with the student either in a group or individually. If the student's work needed improvement, a signature indicates that the student's proposed action plan is sufficient to remedy any deficiencies discussed in the student's review. 


Send a single summary email of all meeting discussion discussions to committee. If meetings were individual, email should contain a summary of all meetingsentire committee. If student created Improvement Action Plan, email should summarize discussion and any additions to Plan.



Submit all paperwork (listed below) to Graduate Program Coordinator



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