Northern Arizona University
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.50 / 2.00 |
Dayna
McKay Data Analyst Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution make available professional development and training opportunities in sustainability to all non-academic staff at least once per year?:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (the rate of staff participation in sustainability professional development and training)?:
Estimated percentage of regular, non-academic staff that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training:
A brief description of any internal sustainability professional development and training opportunities that the institution makes available to non-academic staff:
We take pride in offering a wide variety of sustainability courses on Udemy, making them accessible to all employees. As part of our commitment to professional growth, we recently held our yearly Employee Development Days from May 15 to May 25, 2023. The sessions ran from Monday to Thursday over the course of 8 days, and we hosted an impressive total of 68 unique sessions, amounting to over 120 sessions in total. With a dedication to fostering continuous learning, we saw a total of 2,442 attendees, with 665 unique individuals taking part in these enriching opportunities. In just the span of 8 days, we collectively attended an impressive 2,442 seats/hours of development activities. Courses sustainability concepts are listed below.
A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
Any employee can submit a proposal to the Green Fund to attend sustainability conferences. In the past 3 years, the Green Fund has funded professionals to attend several conferences and invited speakers on campus for a more enriching sustainability experience for faculty.
Estimated percentage of regular non-academic staff for which sustainability is included in performance reviews:
A brief description of how sustainability is included in staff performance reviews :
Stewardship is one of 5 university strategic goals, and within that sustainability is a tremendous theme. From getting a new position through HR and in our daily operational decision-making, sustainability is a common theme. Employees are rewarded for their sustainability efforts via the Annual Sustainability Leadership Awards in the Staff or Faculty categories.
Employee Development Day course titles with an associated sustainable development goal:
1. Get Involved: The importance of involvement in the college experience (SDG 4: Quality Education)
2. The Happiness Advantage (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
3. Chair yoga (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
4. Data is beautiful! Up your spreadsheet and data visualization game using Power BI (SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)
5. Mental Health in the Social World: How to Survive and Thrive Enjoy your OOO time (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
6. Trauma-Informed Leadership (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
7. Wellness Wheel Workshop (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
8. How you can become more Culturally Aware and Not Just Competent (SDG 10: Reduced Inequality)
9. Understanding Introverts: Basic Dispositional Diversity (SDG 10: Reduced Inequality)
10. Supporting Our LGBTQIA+ Students (SDG 10: Reduced Inequality)
11. Welcome To the Barbershop: Supporting Underrepresented Male Students at Northern Arizona University (SDG 10: Reduced Inequality)
12. Conflict Reframed (SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions)
13. Federal Work Study Supervising Training and Review (SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth)
14. Job Functions Standards: Setting Clear Expectations for Success (SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth)
15. What is Indigenization and how can it be used to achieve Elevating Excellence priorities? (SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 10: Reduced Inequality, SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions)
16. Guided Meditation (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
17. Scent-sational wellness break! (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
18. Don't lose your marbles (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
19. Navigating Child Care While Employed: accessing and affording quality early learning programs (SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 5: Gender Equality)
20. An Introduction to the Campus Inclusion Team (SDG 10: Reduced Inequality)
21. Self-compassion exercise (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
22. Finding reliable health information online (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
23. Before the Dilemma: Identifying, Defining, and Testing our Values (SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions)
24. Exploring and using the Live Well NAU site/self-assessment and framework (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
25. Ax-cess university marketing support (SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth)
26. Zumba teaser (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
27. Do we have any data on __________ ? (SDG 4: Quality Education)
28. Network of Care - Motivational Interviewing and Key Concepts to Supporting Student Wellness (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being)
Website URL where information about staff professional development and training in sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
EDD contact: Lee.Griffin@nau.edu
Energy Mentors contact: danielle.linthicum@nau.edu
EDD contact: Lee.Griffin@nau.edu
Energy Mentors contact: danielle.linthicum@nau.edu
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