Professional Development
For each formal professional development area, please rate your frequency of participation.
- Participation in professional development is relatively low in some areas. The professional development opportunities are in order of least to most used, defined by the “do not use” column.
- Conference attendance/certification (46%), division/college/department (33%), and other university trainings (32%) specific to their role were rated the highest. These professional development areas are also the most frequently used, as noted below.
- Barriers to professional development vary, after the top factor of inadequate time to participate.
- There were 1,019 unique respondents who may have chosen more than one answer; note percentages will total greater than 100%.
Please rate the value of the program to you.
What barriers, if any, impede or limit your participation in professional development opportunities?
50.25% Inadequate time to participate.
29.54% Can’t find relevant opportunities for my role.
21.79% Lack of departmental funding for participation costs.
19.04% Not aware of professional development needed for my role.
Note: 22.67% of respondents identified no major barriers to participation.
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