Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.09
Liaison Matthew Liesch
Submission Date Oct. 15, 2020

STARS v2.2

Central Michigan University
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.75 / 2.00 Albert Zainea
Director
Academic and Program
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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:
50-74%

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:
Central Michigan offers internal custodial training throughout the year to all custodial staff on green cleaning products, techniques and priorities.

Additionally, Saphire Cureg offers trainings on cultural sensitivity, multicultural dynamics and other social equity-related training to all faculty, staff and students, with a reported attendance of most staff registering for said training, each year.

The HR department promotes several trainings in areas of leadership and diversity that is required for staff. Twice per year, the academic and professional programs staff are taken to a remote campus location and provide specific training in areas of leadership, emotional and cultural intelligence. All of the trainings are tracked and reviewed as part of the performance review which is conducted at least four times per year for each employee.

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
Central Michigan offers custodial training from contracted vendors throughout the year to all custodial staff on green cleaning products, techniques and priorities. In addition, opportunities which promote sustainability are encouraged. Otherwise, sustainability training is conducted on an individual, and department by department basis, often varying slightly based on an employees unit.

Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of regular non-academic staff for which sustainability is included in performance reviews:
75% or more

A brief description of how sustainability is included in staff performance reviews :
All staff are assessed annually based on sustainability oriented categories defined by the Department of Institutional Diversity. These are outlined in the attached file entitled "Performance Review Template."

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:
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