Professional Development and Training
The Professional Development and Training Committee provides professional development opportunities for entry level, mid level and upper level professionals in the association on topics of business/financial administration, residence life, food service, facilities management, and central administration.
Purpose:
The purpose of the Professional Development and Training committee is to design, implement and review a comprehensive professional development curriculum through annual conference programs and other sponsored venues.
Responsibilities:
- To maintain the Professional Development Curriculum which reflects association mission, values, and goals.
- To provide training opportunities for all level professionals in the major functional areas of college and university housing: residence life, business/financial management, facility management, food management, and central administration. Educate and offer resources in areas of recruitment and retention of the housing profession.
- To foster personal and professional development to professionals of all levels.
- Solicit and sponsor one featured speaker
- Solicit and sponsor one keynote speaker.
- Host annual Case Study competition for entry level professionals.
- Solicit, provide, and sponsor three program tracks for entry, mid and upper level professionals at the annual conference.
- Solicit and provide four webinars throughout the year
- Communicate information to the membership through regular submissions to the magazine, website, et al
Goals:
- Strive to sponsor programs in a wide variety of topics to cover curriculum and all levels (entry, mid, upper).
- Encourage all levels of presenters in the recruitment of programs.
- Focus on recruitment of Mid and Upper level presenters.
- Shoulder tap a diverse range of people to present programs and work collaboratively with the Programming Committee.
- Solicit a diverse keynote and consultant in areas of gender, race, sexual orientation, etc.
- Contract a featured speaker (by March 15th)
- Contract a keynote (by March 15th) who is an engaging speaker to speak within the designated 25–30 minute timeframe
- Solicit, record advertise and present four webinars throughout the year
- Establish AV and special needs from keynote and featured speaker by June 1st
- Sponsor and provide a book review and article for each magazine.
- Expand case study presentations from 5 to 6 minutes (20% increase).
- Increase involvement in case study, establishing a wait list to increase the honor of being involved in case study.
- Encourage entry level individuals from our institutions to participate in case study.
- Implement four webinars and be fiscally responsible in its planning.
- Establish a template for future webinars.
- Work to be inclusive in all aspects of our committee work (case study, programming, featured speaker, keynote, communication and webinar).
- Bridge the gap between upper and entry level through programs and newsletter submissions.
2012 PD&T Committee Members:
Chair- Jennifer Tigges, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Mandie Craven, Dakota State University
Justin Frederick, Webster University
Torin Akey, Minnesota State University- Mankato
Tanya Hartwig, Augsburg College
Devin McCall, Pittsburgh State University
Todd Tucker, Northern State University
Nicole Wilburn, University of Nebraska- Lincoln
John Gardner, Truman State University
Abbey Riley, Northwest Missouri State University
Juan Wilson, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Maryke Taute, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse
Nate Peterson, University of St. Thomas
Libby Spotts, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Becky Lee, Fort Hays State University
Amanda Filtz, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse
Chris Miller, University of Nebraska- Kearney
Michael Rokicki, Southeast Missouri State University
Suggested Reading:
Professional_Reading_Suggestions.pdf