Our Mission

In support of the institutional mission to enable students to reach their full potential, it is the mission of the Employee Development Center to enable institutional employees to reach their full potential by addressing the common development and holistic needs of all employees and the particular professional development needs of faculty, support staff and administrators.  Our mission is backed by the commitment to do the following:

• Serve as a clearinghouse for the exchange of information about all types of opportunities for professional & holistic development by:
  • Maintaining a resource data base of events, activities, seminars, workshops, courses & funding sources from within the ACCD system and beyond.
  • distributing  the resource information via memos, flyers, email and college and district web sites.
  • referring employees  requests for personal and professional development to the appropriate providers.
  • Provide direct funding assistance from SAC and ACCD Employee Development accounts for job related education and training.
  • Collaborate with ACCD Departments in providing programming for ACCD Employee Development Day Conferences & Convocations.
  • Administer ACCD block grants for departmental development events.
  • Maintain sensitivity  to the employees particular development and holistic needs through a representative advisory committee, employee surveys and program evaluations.