Staff Colleagues: Seeking Input for Professional Development Day Proposal

Staff Council’s Professional Development Committee is proposing to create an annual Staff In-Service (or Professional Development) Day as part of the Professional Formation for Staff goal in the Reignited Strategic Directions. This day will provide dedicated time and space for staff to engage with personal and/or divisional skill-building and growth opportunities. But before the committee begins writing the official proposal, they want to hear from you!

The committee has collected their ideas on a Padlet, linked here, and they are curious which items most resonate with our staff colleagues across campus.

Explore the SU Staff Professional Development Day brainstorm Padlet here; “heart” the posts that speak to you and add your own comments and ideas for the committee to consider. 

Why is the committee doing this?

In the most recent Staff Voices survey, more than 80 percent of staff respondents rated professional development as “moderate” to “high” priority, yet more than a third indicated that they didn’t participate in any development work over the last year. Top reasons included their being unaware of any opportunities available to them and/or not having work time or bandwidth to engage in existing opportunities. In response, Staff Council’s Professional Development committee has used this year to explore various ideas to improve access to professional development for deserving staff colleagues.

Please take a few minutes between now and Friday, May 31, to browse the Padlet of ideas for this new annual event. Click the heart button or leave a comment on any posts that speak to you. You can also click the “plus” button underneath any of the column headings to add a new idea for the committee to consider. 

Thank you in advance for your engagement and support for this idea.