Staff Evaluations: Meaningful and Joyful Experiences

Over the past few years, I have worked on making staff evaluations meaningful, but have fought against the tediousness of them. By incorporating competencies and moving towards a format that can be reused year after year, staff know what to expect and can use the evaluations for goal setting and self evaluation. By creating an atmosphere of joy, staff evaluation sessions have a stronger, more positive impact on staff, supervisors, and the library as a whole.
CAROLINE VANDRIEL has been the Library Director in Sylvan Lake for over five years. Born and raised in Ontario, she travelled the world teaching before getting her MLIS at Western University and moving to Alberta. She has two cats and a dog and enjoys gardening and looking at old houses.