The mission of the Student Affairs Staff Development Committee is to inspire, and educate all student affairs employees through annual division-wide events.

Assessment

This will be accomplished by the following:
      ♦  Assess the professional and development needs/wants of Student Affairs staff.
      ♦  Explore and make use of the current and future trends/issues in the Student Affairs field to guide our programming.
      ♦  Evaluate the effectiveness of the Committee's programs to assist the service to students.

Collaboration

This will be accomplished by the following:
      ♦  The chair will coordinate an annual planning and coordination meeting with the other Student Affairs division committee
           chairs, the Paulsen Lecture organizer, and the Saddlemire Lecture organizer.
      ♦  The Chair serves as a liaison to other division committees to optimize potential and other resources.
      ♦  Partner with the Student Affairs assessment committee to evaluate staff learning outcomes from attendance of events.

Implementation

This will be accomplished by the following:
      ♦   Provide several significant and relevant division-wide programs.
      ♦   Through the communication and support of events by program and department leadership.
      ♦   Develop programs to enhance services to students and others.