Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 59.76
Liaison Lindsey MacDonald
Submission Date June 6, 2023

STARS v2.2

Western Washington University
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00 Ashley Olson
Data Ambassador
Sustainability Engagement Institute
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution make available professional development and training opportunities in sustainability to all non-academic staff at least once per year?:
No

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (the rate of staff participation in sustainability professional development and training)?:
No

Estimated percentage of regular, non-academic staff that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training:
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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:
HR does not offer these types of trainings. This is left up to the department. The Sustainability Engagement Institute is co-hosting monthly education sessions on the UN SDGs that are open to faculty, staff, students, and community members, but they are not explicitly a training. In winter, 2023, there was a staff lunch and learn session focused on sustainability in which 100 employees attended.

A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :
N/A via HR.

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 :
At this time sustainability is not included on the criteria for performance evaluations.

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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