| Overall Rating | Platinum |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 86.18 |
| Liaison | Chris Adam |
| Submission Date | Dec. 30, 2024 |
Dawson College
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Chris
Adam Coordinator Sustainability Office |
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:
If sustainability professional development and training opportunities for staff are made available or supported, provide at least one of the following:
- Sustainable Happiness Certificate - made available to all non-faculty staff
- Sustainable Happiness (SH) Facilitator Training (6 month program to non-faculty thatb have completed SH Certificate))
- Training on the prevention of sexual violence - Dawson Sexual Harassment policy (all)
- Support staff (DSSU) union professional days - gardening workshops, Living Campus Tour
- Group Leadership and effective interpersonal work (support staff) - Professional development workshop 2024
- Presentation to all managers - AASHE indicators and tracking methods for each sector - Jan. 2023
- Professional staff workshop - Sustainability Office - Living Campus 2024
- Monarch Nursery Project - Aug. 15-Sept 9 - 50 employees
- INaturalists Training session (1000 species) April, 2023
A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
Sustainable Happiness Certificates and the Facilitator Training program are supported by an external expert and financially supported by the Sustainability Office and Human Resources. This program continues in 2024. Prevention of Sexual violence workshops are taken by all managers and with paid external professionals and supported financially by the human resourses dept. (since 2020-21).
External workshop leaders brought in during the union professional development days are paid for through membership dues.
Workshops given by the Sustainability Office staff (Living Campus Tour Training, Sustainable Happiness workshops) are supported by the budget of the Sustainability Office.
material needed for sustainability-related workshops are supported by the Office of Sustainability.
Optional Fields
A brief description of how sustainability is included in staff performance reviews :
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:
Sustainable Happiness for Support Staff:
https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/dnews/sustainable-happiness-registration-now-open-for-support-staff-professionals/
CEGEP Vert Report 2023 (report link above)
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.