The article is devoted to an urgent problem of quality of education, in particular, of an efficiency evaluation of activities of pedagogical employees of the higher school. Tools of the organization and evaluating pedagogical activities on the example of the Penza state technological university are considered. The main methods to a research of this problem are the analysis and generalization of the standard legal documentation on competency evaluation and results of work of pedagogical workers, and also the comparative analysis of results of monitoring of pedagogical workers. In article specifics of organizational work of higher education institution on an efficiency evaluation of activities of pedagogical workers are provided. Experience of development of the standard legal documentation, implementation of monitoring of efficiency of activities of pedagogical workers, actions of the automated information system of university is shown. The portfolio as an element of motivation and a form of documentary confirmation of achievements of pedagogical workers in the course of their professional formation is considered. The analysis of results of monitoring of activities of pedagogical workers revealed positive dynamics of accomplishment of productive performance indicators of each teacher and strategic objectives of higher education institution. Materials of article are of practical value in a management system the educational organizations.