Welcome to the blog section of the Professional Development website! We are happy you’re here! This section of the website will be used to post updates on initiatives and events offered through the professional development program for student life staff. We will post photos, data and highlights here.
Summary of 2023-2024
To begin the blog, we are providing a summary of events and programs that have been offered during the 2023-2024 academic year! First, we were happy to offer three series (Fall, Fall/Spring, and Spring) of This is Student Life and assist in onboarding 54 total new staff to student life. While this program is not required, we do highly encourage new staff to participate. Be on the lookout for the next version which will be offered in the fall of 2024.
This year, we provided 24 total breakout sessions during six divisional meetings. These are dedicated to topics and presenters that will advance the knowledge and skills of our professional and administrative staff. The presentations typically follow six themes which include leadership and growth, staff health and wellbeing, and supporting students among others. In total, we increased our staff attendance during these breakout sessions by 42% over last year’s attendance, so way to go Student Life!
Finally, we were able to offer a Support Staff Learning series during the fall of 2023. The Learning Series program was designed to meet the needs of our staff as identified by our staff and divisional leaders in real time. For this year, we identified the need to challenge and support our support staff’s development and opportunity to network through this program. We are looking forward to the upcoming Learning Series topics or populations of focus as they develop this summer!
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