(a) Each professional employee in the Professional Services Negotiating Unit shall have his or her performance evaluated by the employee's immediate supervisor formally, in writing, once each year during the term of appointment and as changing conditions warrant, except where the employee is serving a final year in the university following notice of nonrenewal. Such evaluation shall be based on a performance program determined by the immediate supervisor after consultation with the employee, a copy of which shall be given to the employee.

(b) Performance shall be characterized, in summary, as either satisfactory or unsatisfactory. A professional employee whose performance is characterized as unsatisfactory, in a written report resulting from a formal evaluation, may seek review of such report by the appropriate professional staff committee established for such purpose.