Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.47
Liaison Ken Foster
Submission Date March 4, 2021

STARS v2.2

Vassar College
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 2.00 Cora Kenfield
Director of Sustainability
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:
The Sustainability Coordinator has been recruited by offices to provide relevant trainings and facilitate discussions with their staff. Facility Operations, Admissions, and Alumnae/i Affairs have all had the Sustainability Coordinator in to speak about the college's efforts for professional development.

When guest speakers are brought to campus for sustainability efforts, an effort is made to arrange for group meetings or meals before or after their campus lecture so that employees may learn first hand from experts in the field about topics connected with their day to day work.

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
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Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of regular non-academic staff for which sustainability is included in performance reviews:
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A brief description of how sustainability is included in staff performance reviews :
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Website URL where information about staff professional development and training in sustainability is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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