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

Past Webinars:

Professional Development Plans: Why, What, and How
Presented by: Mickey Fitch
2/23/12
Sponsored by Maxient

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS0WEFhVFEM

"I could see a lot of this in my head before it happened" vs. "I wasn't sure what to do"
Presented by John Buck 
4/5/12
Sponsored by Maxient

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc47ntYKd9A