Full-Time Employee Professional Development
Professional Development Course Descriptions & Annual Expectations
Professional Development Course Descriptions
Intercultural Competence
Cooperative Learning
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Professional Development Expectations (Requires Novell login)
All Full-time and Limited Full-time Employees are expected to complete a minimum of 26 hours of professional
development each academic year. These
expectations include the following:
FERPA
|
1
hour
|
Keeping
Safe in a Campus Emergency
|
1
hour
|
Intercultural
Competence
|
3
hours
|
Richland
College Convocation
|
3
hours
|
Staff
Development Day/Conference Day
|
6
hours
|
Continuous
Improvement*
|
6
hours
|
Job-Specific
Elective Credits**
|
6 hours
26
Total Hours
|
(*Emphasis is on supervisor approved, continuous improvement professional development
focused on the department’s annual continuous improvement strategies: assessment of student
learning outcomes, assessment of service excellence, process mapping and improvement, or
program review.)
(**Emphasis is on supervisor approved, job-specific training. Some training sessions will be
college-wide requirements. The college-wide required session topics will be determined during
ThunderTeam’s annual strategic planning retreat.)