Abstract: In the near future, human-oriented performance appraisal system for teachers in colleges and universities will be built. The system applies the philosophy of humanist management into practice, and is consistent with human nature and the law of education development. It is characterized by spontaneity, spiritual value, dialogic value and results with easy acceptance. The following are some approaches for such a performance appraisal system to make the guideline clear and form the culture of human-oriented performance to involve the third party in the assessment and use multiple appraisal methods; to encourage the appraisal objects to participate in the process of assessment so as to change the passive self-observation into the active one; and to open the feedback and explanation of the results. At the same time, relevant systems, such as external supervisory mechanism, mechanism of appealing and motivation mechanism, should be established as the guarantee of the system.

Key words: teachers in colleges and universities, performance assessment, humanism, management mechanism