Staff Professional Development

The leadership track is designed to help individuals develop and refine their leadership skills. The core courses for this track are below. Additional courses will become available as the program matures.

• Essential Leadership Skills (https://bhsonline.personaladvantage.com/portal/content/10122436;subject=10004420)

Become a more versatile and skilled leader by connecting with the fundamentals of powerful leadership. Assess your current strengths and challenges with the goal of enhancing your current skillset.

Chose one:

• General Ethics in the workplace

(https://hood-md.safecolleges.com/courses/details/COURSE-ETHICS_WORKPLACE?splash=0%27) 

This course provides staff members with an overview of ethical standards at work. Common themes include describing ethical behavior with monetary practices, explaining ethical behavior with colleagues, and identifying several guidelines for appropriate ethical behavior.

OR

• Business Ethics

(https://bhsonline.personaladvantage.com/portal/content/10113052;subject=10111741)

A company's ethics will have an influence on all levels of business. It will influence all who interact with the company including customers, employees, suppliers, competitors, etc. All of these groups will have an effect on the way a company's ethics are developed. It is a two way street, the influence goes both ways, which makes understanding ethics a very important part of doing business today. Ethics is very important, as news can now spread faster and farther than ever before.

The compliance track is designed to ensure that employees have the knowledge and skills needed to perform their roles in a manner consistent with both general good practices and with the specific regulatory requirements for their role.

For all staff employees:

• Annual Title IX Training (available on SafeColleges)
• Cybersecurity Training (available on SafeColleges)

For job specific roles, training might include:

• FERPA training – all staff members in the Enrollment Management division (available in SafeColleges)
• HIPAA training –staff members who have access to employee or student private medical data (available in SafeColleges)
• NCAA training– staff members who work with student athletes

Please work with your supervisor to ensure that you have access to the appropriate training for your role and the completion is tracked.

Communication is the basis for how we do our job, and how well we collaborate with each other.  It is also the foundation of how we present ourselves professionally, both internally within the Hood community, and externally to constituents outside of Hood.  These workshops will help hone your ability to communicate clearly and effectively, while building upon your presentation skills to create more focused and audience-friendly presentations.

“Work smarter, not harder” has become a widely used phrase.  Employees are encouraged to use the tools available to them to become more efficient and more productive.  These tools are only useful when employee know where to find them and how to use them.

• Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of Microsoft 365 productivity and teamwork capabilities (Microsoft Learning Module) 
• How to create SMART goals
• Time Management
• Dan Pink – When (potential book group)

True Colors – contact the Career Center

21 Day Racial Equity Challenge

As staff understand the workings of their own department, all divisions work together to keep the college running efficiently. In efforts to have an impact based on the core values with which we stand, there should be an education on how the college is operating for everyone to work together as one. These workshops will help to understand the structure of the college and build skills to work seamlessly together.