Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.04
Liaison Natalie Hayes
Submission Date Oct. 19, 2023

STARS v2.2

Bentley University
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 2.00 Natalie Hayes
Associate Director of Sustainability
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution make available professional development and training opportunities in sustainability to all non-academic staff at least once per year?:
Yes

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (the rate of staff participation in sustainability professional development and training)?:
Yes

Estimated percentage of regular, non-academic staff that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training:
1-24%

If sustainability professional development and training opportunities for staff are made available or supported, provide at least one of the following:

A brief description of any internal sustainability professional development and training opportunities that the institution makes available to non-academic staff:
Human Resources organizes an annual Community Learning Conference in July. As part of this Human Resources brought programs to campus that were dedicated to professional and academic development of faculty and staff. Each year the Office of Sustainability organizes a session specifically on campus sustainability. In addition, there are many sessions on social justice topics during the conference.

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
Sustainability Change Leadership Development Program: Sophie and Natalie participated in the CLDP program in 2022. This was a 6-month, virtual, hands-on, cohort-based collaborative program that trains professionals in a diverse set of frameworks, tools, and models for leading organizational change that can be applied throughout the sustainability work that we do.

Sustainability Leaders Impact Accelerator: Amanda King partipated in thie program in 2022. This Impact Accelerator explored emerging topics in change leadership, built skills to advance sustainability buy-in across the institution.

Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of regular non-academic staff for which sustainability is included in performance reviews:
0

A brief description of how sustainability is included in staff performance reviews :
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Website URL where information about staff professional development and training in sustainability is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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