Alignment of Employee Skills
Expand and support professional development opportunities to enhance employee knowledge
and skills with respect to the strategic directions and goals.
Supporting Paragraph:
The enrichment of skills extends to all employees and includes the ability to pursue
appropriate forms of relevant professional development. This goal places emphasis
on inclusion for all employees, while promoting the acquisition of the knowledge and
skills needed to support the College’s strategic plan. There should be consideration
for allocating sufficient financial resources in order to afford a variety of learning
opportunities to engage in relevant professional development, and it should be recognized
that Harper College is indeed fortunate to include unique employees with unique needs.
Goal Targets 2016–19
- Identify barriers to employee participation in professional development.
>>Target Achieved
- Implement a process for scaling up employee skills in relation to other teams' initiatives by fall 2017.
>>Target Achieved
- Increase the percent of employees who are satisfied with support, recognition, and
value of professional development at Harper College by 5% from fall 2016 to fall 2019 (as measured by Personal Assessment
of the College Environment (PACE) survey items).
>>In Progress
- Design an online dashboard to communicate professional development opportunities.
>>Target Achieved
- Develop materials and resources to train employees on the Flight of the Hawks for greater awareness of roles in supporting students.
>>Target Achieved
Overall Accomplishments:
- Established Soar Together onboarding experience that helps new employees learn about the mission of the College,
the culture of providing support for student success throughout the College, and ways
they enhance the student experience through their individual roles.
- Conducted a survey to identify barriers to professional development. The survey indicated
that employees were satisfied with the offerings for professional development at Harper
College, but identified lack of time to participate as a barrier. In response, professional
development on Sustaining the Professional Self for Deep Work workshop was implemented and will continue to be offered.
- Created a rubric for scaling up Professional Development that is available on the
employee portal and may be used to help identify and coordinate professional development
needs at the College for the next strategic plan.
- Created a professional development dashboard to identify professional development
opportunities by topic and by employee group.
Annual Outcomes Reports:
