University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Media: 495 - Internship Course

Supervisor Mid-Evaluation
[To be completed by the site supervisor (must be a professional employee)]
Please rate the student who completed an internship in your area based on their skills and performance
thus far. A meeting with the student for a mid-internship evaluation prior to the returning of this
evaluation to the course instructor is recommended. Include any comments that will assist the course
instructor in assi gning a s ati sfactory/unsatisfactory compl etion.

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Rating Scale:
1 : completely failed to meet expectations; 2: minimally adequate but less than expected
3 : met expectations in a satisfactory manner; 4 : exceeded expectations; 5 : exceptional performance

Responsibility & Reliability: Demonstrates a consistent level of seldiscipline, organization, and

dependability.
1

-Early to work and other

appointments
-Completes assignments
before deadlines
-'Work is consistently of
superior quality

-Punctual
-Able to locate work related
materials
-Meets deadlines
-Completed work may need
revisions

-Consistently late
-Misses meetings or
appointments
-Misplaces/loses work
material
-Does not complete
tasks on time
Comments:

Oral Presentation: Effectively communicates verbally in

a concise, articulate and professional

manner
1

-Difficult to understand

-Speaks clearly, concisely

-Well articulated

-Poor grammar
-Uses inappropriate or
unprofessional language
-Frequent use of "filler"
words (uh, um, like)

and professionally

-Shows appropriate emotion

and expression
-Uses gestures appropriately
to convey information

-Uses appropriate grammar

-Easy to understand

Comments

Wriffen Communication: Effectively communicates in writing in a concise

and professional

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-Tailors written language and
style to different audiences
-Well articulated
-Always uses proper grammar
and sentence struoture

-Writes in concise and

professional language
-Writing is easy to
understand
-Usually uses proper
grammar and sentence
structure

-Written work is
difficult to understand
-Poor grammar and
sentence structure
-Uses inappropriate or
unprofessional language
Comments

Initiative/Self-starter: Seeks new tasks to work on without direction of others

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to do
-Does not seek new
tasks when all others are
completed
-Requires frequent
reminders to complete

tasks without being told

-Fills downtime with work-

-Does not require

supervision to complete

related activities
-Displays enthusiasm

tasks

-Completes daily activities

without assistance

tasks

Comments:

-Begins new projects or

-Seeks new tasks when all

others are complete

-Needs to be told what

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Interpersonal: Appropriately interacts with others.

2

-Rude
-Treats others poorly
-Does not listen to
others
-Does not allow others
to speak or frequently
intemrpts them

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-Treats others with respect

-Polite, even when opinions

-Goes out of way to value

differ

-Expresses sincere interest in

-Maintains composure
during disagreements
-Actively listens to others
when they speak

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Teamwork: Works well with others in order to complete projects and meet objectives
2

-Causes disruption in

-Works well with others

-Cooperates
-Accepts assigned tasks
-Contributes to team
decisions and discussions
-lVilling to compromise

group work

-Disturbs cohesiveness
ofgroups
-Does not actively
participate in team
activities

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-Facilitates group
effectiveness
-Voluntarily takes leadership
role
-Volunteers for tasks when no
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Problem Solving: Identifies problems and generates/evaluates solutions to problems

1

-Does not learn from

previous mistakes
-Frequently
overwhelmed by
problems
-Suggests inappropriate
or impractical solutions
Comments:

3
-Accurately identifies nature
of problem
-Develops viable solutions
to problem
-Gathers input from others
when evaluating solutions

-Generates novel solutions to

problems
-Evaluates alternative
solutions, including

practicality
-Executes solutions
-Anticipates future problems

Planning & Organization: Organizes and prioritizes tasks and materials in order to manage projects,
complete tasks and locate information easily.

-Does not prioritize

-Orderly

tasks

-Sets goals and deadlines

-Divides large tasks and

-Procrastinates
-Cannot locate
information or materials

-Unorganized
Comments:

projects into manageable

components
-Prioritizes tasks

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-Adapts schedule to
unanticipated events or
changes

-Distributes tasks effectively

-Arranges material
systematically

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Unsatisfactory

Recommended Completion (at this point):

Site Supervisor's Signature

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Student Intern's

Return completed evaluation form to:

Intemship Course Instructor

Media Career Services
College of Media
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
l8 Gregory Hall,MC-477
810 S. Wright Street
Urbana,IL 61801

Or
Media-careerservices@illinois. edu

Date

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