Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 48.20
Liaison Lauren Poole
Submission Date Dec. 10, 2021

STARS v2.2

Colorado School of Mines
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 2.00 Lauren Poole
Sustainability Coordinator
EHS
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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:
We do some internal education through our PowerED program for faculty and staff as well as make educational presentations on sustainability topics during Sustainability Committee meetings. In addition, our Earth Day Fair has some educational demonstrations of green chemistry, water shortages, etc. for students, faculty, and staff.

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
The Sustainability Office pays to have some faculty and staff attend conferences where they can get additional sustainability professional development and training. Examples include sending two faculty members to an annual US Green Building Council conference in Denver and annual attendance of staff to the AASHE annual conference. Another example is paying for purchasing department staff to attend a Sustainable Purchasing Conference in California to learn more about sustainable products and purchasing policies. Facilities Management staff attend APPA conferences where they get training and professional development opportunities in sustainability. The Sustainability Office also paid for several faculty members to attend the International Institute of Sustainable Labs conference I2SL.

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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