Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 79.37
Liaison Jillian Leach
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

California State University, Chico
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.50 / 2.00 Jennifer Rotnem
Director of Energy and Sustainability
FMS
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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:
25-49%

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:
In 2019, Chico State partnered with the Chancellor's Office to migrate to a new enterprise training system: CSU Learn. (https://www.csuchico.edu/training/) CSU Learn is available to all 23 campuses across the CSU system. The training platform allows campuses to assign risk-mitigating content, create instructor-led training ("ILT") offerings viewed across the CSU, and track all training completions in one spot. The benefit to employees is the ability to consume content (eLearning, videos, eBooks) for personal and professional growth. In 2021, our campus implemented a pilot program to extend training access via CSU Learn to all enrolled CSU, Chico students.

CSU Learn offers dozens courses on the topic of sustainability and related topics, including:
--Sustainability 101
--Facilitating Sustainable Change
--Building a Strategic Commitment to Sustainability
--Climate Change and Water Collaboration

Training FMS Design and Construction Team in LEED certification in 2019. Training also available to campus community through Regional and Continuing Education (https://rce.csuchico.edu/leed-green-associate).

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
Facilities Management and Services (FMS) Design and Construction Team trained for LEED certification in 2019. Training also available to campus community through Regional and Continuing Education (https://rce.csuchico.edu/leed-green-associate).

In the last two years, FMS has trained to better support wildlife, including a Certified Butterfly Garden by the National Butterfly Association, an official Monarch Waystation via Monarch Watch, and Certified Wildlife Habitat through the National Wildlife Federation, and Bee Campus USA by the Xerces Society.

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:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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