Universidad San Francisco de Quito
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Maria Jose
Ayala Innovation and Sustainability Officer Innovation and 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:
A brief description of any internal sustainability professional development and training opportunities that the institution makes available to non-academic staff:
During the professional development day, mandatory for all those who work at USFQ, we include sustainability related trainings. In 2021 the speakers where:
- José Torres: The role of technology in higher education
- Leticia Britos Cavagnaro: Stanford's vision of the future and it's D School
- Bryan Alexander: The future of higher education
- Juan Diego Humpierres: Attitude towards change and innovation
A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
Every professor has a proposed budget to do trainings based on their professional needs. We have had professors and staff take sustainability trainings such as certificates in innovation (2020), Impact-Focused Education Unconference at Lehigh University (2019), attend conferences such as the WA-IDB Innovation Conference on the Sustainable Use of Water: Cities, Industry and Agriculture (2019) amongst others.
Estimated percentage of regular non-academic staff for which sustainability is included in performance reviews:
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:
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