To accomplish these purposes, the evaluation systems focus on performance. This reflects the fact that how well you do your job, and the qualities you bring to the job, are of paramount importance to the Air Force. Performance is most important for successful mission accomplishment. It is also important for development of skills and leadership abilities and in determining who will be selected for advancement through assignments, promotions, and so on.

Air Force evaluation systems emphasize the importance of performance in several ways, using periodic performance feedback, as the basis for formal evaluation reports, and, for officers, through performance-based promotion recommendations.

5 Steps to Improving Your OPR "SCORE"

Although the Air Force Performance Evaluation system is designed to observe and report your performance, there are 5 steps you can take that are virtually guaranteed to improve your evaluations.

Step 1. Start out by reading AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2406. Understanding how the process works is key to making it work for you. Pay particular attention to appropriate evaluation form for your rank.

Step 2. Communicate. Talk with your evaluator (supervisor) about your performance report. You should go over the form line by line to determine their expectations. Ask your evaluator for their advice on how to improve your OPR and get the highest score possible.

No matter your rank, you are subject to being evaluated by your chain of command.

Step 3. Be Opportunistic. Take every opportunity you can to demonstrate the level of performance that your evaluator suggested. Be sure to take the initiative and show that you're committed to performing at the highest level.

Step 4. Record your personal performance. Keep a performance diary, noting the times and situations when you demonstrated the skills, initiative, leadership, and performance your evaluator suggested.

Step 5. Evaluate yourself. Complete your own evaluation report including documentation and information. After all it is your career, and you are the only one who knows exactly what you have accomplished during the evaluation period. Submit your OPR and documentation to your evaluator.

Your evaluator has a rough job, he or she has to monitor you and your coworkers performance throughout the entire evaluation period. It is nearly impossible for an evaluator to remember every detail about your performance. In fact evaluators tend to remember negative situations more often than the positive ones. By following these 5 steps you will make your evaluators job easier, and when you make their job easier it can't help but to increase your OPR SCORE.

Performance Report Forms

Use the following AF Forms to report your performance: