8P8 Professional Development

Professional development of STI’s administrators, faculty and staff is an integral part of STI’s success. Therefore, STI has developed various methods to help nurture all STI employees to meet the ever-changing needs of the institute and its stakeholders:

STI holds monthly meetings for all employees to ensure that all staff and faculty are apprised of current developments and directional changes of the institution. These meetings also include mini in-service opportunities for training. An additional meeting for faculty is held each month with the Academic Administrative Team.
Departments and program teams meet throughout the year, generally two or more times a month, to discuss the direction and needs of the area. These meetings may include training opportunities that are specific to that area.
Each budget area also has the opportunity to include funding within their budget to allow staff and faculty to attend workshops and conferences.
Two positions have been dedicated to provide instructional and technology support for faculty.
New STI full time faculty participate in a year-long mentoring program designed to help them transition to their roles as instructors.
Training is provided to faculty and staff whenever new changes are introduced into the existing culture. This may include training in areas such as new software, budget process, campus alert system, phone system, and printer/copier use.

See also Category Four: Valuing People 4P 8 and 4P 9 .