Staff Development

Development Day Summary

Below is a summary of our values discussion at development day. Please read through the summary and provide any feedback or suggestions you may using the form at the bottom of the page. Once you have gone through the summary and added your comments to the discussion, please fill out the moving forward survey using the button blow.

Part 1: What are CASAT’s values?

Quality: Achieve high standards when completing tasks, implement quality improvement systems to enhance outcomes, and share lessons learned to encourage success.

Keywords: professionalism, best practice/evidence-based, customer-oriented, accountability, evaluation (tools to measure quality), innovation, follow-through, inspiration, leadership

Teamwork: Work collaboratively and respectfully in teams and partnerships to advance our goals.

Keywords: clear roles and responsibilities, cooperation, diversity, support, integration, intentionality

Knowledge: Share information necessary for people to collaborate, coordinate, and engage in learning.

Keywords: transparency, honesty, open communication, accountability, teaching, education, training

Wellness: Demonstrate and promote whole health and well-being at the individual and community level.

Keywords: work/life balance, flexibility, safety, positivity, self-care, community wellness

NOTE: We removed two values originally proposed, Empowerment and Leadership, based on feedback from the small group discussions. We also changed the value originally presented as Communication to Knowledge. these values are still reflected in the feedback related to what CASAT is currently doing and what work can CASAT do to enhance, sustain, and affirm the values.

Part 2: What is CASAT currently doing to affirm each of these values?  

Empowerment

• Promotes grant-in-aid to increase education and knowledge
• Recognizes, compliments, and acknowledges staff via email
• Provides opportunities for all staff to attend conferences
• Flexible and accommodating with staff schedules and efforts to further education
• Resources at UNR – libraries, printing, computer labs, memberships for e-learning
• Directors and supervisors support new ideas and creativity, and new technologies

Leadership

• Finds creative ways to show appreciation
• Advocates for staff and acts as a liaison
• 100% effort, dedication, commitment from director and other top level staff
• the process of deciding what college to move to modeled empowerment
• Leadership fosters a sense of autonomy- not micromanaging

Quality

• CASAT has a culture of high standards for everyone
• Staff are given ownership of their projects
• Supervisors encourage staff and this leads to higher quality work
• Grants management – CASAT follow protocols and guidelines from funders
• Good employee orientation process and retention rate

Teamwork

• CASAT has a culture of helping others when needed
• An accommodating environment where staff can lean on one another
• CASAT has a strong history of working in teams
• Making new students feel welcome and valued
• Share information and expertise for grant-writing

Communication

• CaStaff Website
• CASAT Development Day promotes communication
• Supervisor check-in
• Nancy’s updates are helpful (e.g., the process of deciding what college join)
• Use of technology to work remotely with staff and partners

Wellness

• Generous leave plan and flexibility with scheduling helps with work/life balance
• Staff enjoy the campus
• Staff take walking breaks around the quad; CASAT’s yoga Wednesdays
• CASAT Care Committee
• Family is a priority a CASAT

Part 3: What can CASAT do to enhance, affirm, and sustain the values?  

Empowerment

• Offer more staff development opportunities
• Organize Think Tank sessions
• Develop staff recognition practices
• Organize Lunch & Learns
• Have more all staff meetings
• Build upon the CaStaff website

Leadership

• Mandatory management training
• Increase collaboration
• Provide mentoring opportunities
• CHS Transition
• Involve different people in committees
• Utilize goal development on a team level
• Clarify chain of command
• Update organizational chart

Quality

• Provide more time to meet deliverables (i.e. avoid last-minute projects and deadlines by planning ahead)
• Create guidelines
• More materials
• Provide project management software
• Identify and utilize individual skills
• Provide more training opportunities

Teamwork

• Increase social opportunities

Communication

• Increase knowledge of other projects
• Create contact method
• Consider communication methods

Wellness

• Self-care training opportunities
• Bring back yoga
• Create rec team
• Offer walks