Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.90
Liaison Hannes Gerhardt
Submission Date March 30, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of West Georgia
EN-9: Staff Professional Development

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 2.00 Hannes Gerhardt
Sustainability Director
Department of Geosciences
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Does the institution make available professional development and training opportunities in sustainability to all staff at least once per year?:
Yes

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (the rate of employee participation in sustainability professional development and training)?:
No

Estimated percentage of regular staff (full-time and part-time) that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training that is either provided or supported by the institution (0, 1-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75% or more):
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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 staff:
Most divisions at UWG require 20 hours of professional development of their staff. UWG subscribes to a resource service that offers many different professional development opportunities that count towards those 20 hours. A good number of these are focused on sustainability, ranging from courses, such as one on Environmental Management Systems, to videos, such as Skills Needed to Solve Sustainability Problems and Trends in Sustainability Efforts. On the development home page, each month has a different theme in terms of development suggestions. Sustainability is occasionally the featured theme.

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution(e.g. through payment, reimbursement, or subsidy):
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Estimated percentage of regular staff (full-time and part-time) for which sustainability is included in performance reviews (0, 1-24%, 25-49%, 50-74%, 75% or more) :
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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