State of Colorado guidelines, rules, and procedures require that supervisory accountability be a part of each agency or higher education institution's performance pay program. The State guidelines stress that every supervisor of classified staff is to be held accountable for complying with the performance pay system.
- A supervisor is an individual who has been designated to carry out the performance planning, coaching, and for evaluating one or more classified staff employees.
- A supervisor may be in any personnel category at the university: faculty, officers, exempt personnel, classified staff, or personnel of University Physicians, Inc. of University of Colorado Hospital, or even personnel of outside entities affiliated with the University of Colorado.
- All supervisors of classified staff at the University of Colorado must perform the performance management supervisory responsibilities of performance planning, coaching, and evaluating staff members' performance.