Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.77
Liaison Paul Edlund
Submission Date May 31, 2023

STARS v2.2

Montana State University
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 2.00 Kristin Blackler
Director
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:
Kristin Blackler Sustainability Director presents a two hour Professional Development and training class and Duke Elliott, Resource Conservation Specialist offers a two hour energy efficiency class. Both are open to faculty and staff. These offerings are from the MSU Human Resources office.
Leadership MSU is an intensive professional development program. Leadership MSU cohorts apply and are selected via a highly competitive process to participate in the year-long program. The Office of Sustainability is a featured speaker and facilitator each year.

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
Montana State University provides access to and support for a variety of training opportunities as they are presented such as the USGBC LEED v4 Green Associate Training and certification exam hosted by MSU's Engineering and Facilities team.

Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of regular non-academic staff for which sustainability is included in performance reviews:
1-24%

A brief description of how sustainability is included in staff performance reviews :
Staff positions exist throughout campus with sustainability as key parts of the job description. Each year these staff are evaluated for their progress toward reaching individual sustainability goals as well as progress towards the sustainability framework goals.

Website URL where information about staff professional development and training in sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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