Hazard Community & Technical College encourages professional and organizational development for all employees.  Professional development activities are provided at the College. Employees are also encouraged to seek out their own professional development opportunities.

A Professional Development Committee comprised of faculty, staff, and adminstrators working together to deliver professional development offerings locally. Committee members for the 2008-09 academic year are as follows:

 

Elbert Hagans, Chair
Tony Back, Co Chair
Amanda Spencer Barnes	Scott Gross
Sherry Bettinazzi	Bart Massey
Deb Campbell	Shelia Spencer
Tom Caudill	Linda Williams
Esther French
Jerry Micheal Combs (ex-officio)	Vickie Combs (ex-officio)

 

HCTC has designated the following dates as professional development days for employees.  General themes for each date have been identified as follows:

 

August 5, 2008                        Fall Start Up  - "Getting to Know the New Us" (all college attendance required)

September 10, 2008               Technology Updates

October 24, 2008                    Strategic Planning - The New Way (all college attendance required)

November 21, 2008                Multiple presentations by 2008 New Horizon's and NISOD Attendees

January 31, 2009                    Spring Start Up  (all college attendance required)

February 27, 2009                  Health and Safety Awareness

April 17, 2009                           HCTC Spring Teaching & Learning Conference

Activities/workshops for these dates will be scheduled by the Professional Development Committee members listed above. If you would like to make a presentation related to the general theme of the day, contact one of the PD Committee members.

 

The Human Resources Office has created a Professional Development Library containing books, videos, tape series, and CD's related to various topics.  Items may be checked out of the PD Library for personal professional development.  Below is a list of available items:

Cassettes	Living in Excellence - Achieving the Success You Thought You'd Never Find       Artist: Pat Wilson
	Lead The Field         Artist: Earl Nightingale
	The Power Of Effective Listening      Artist: Jim Cairo
	Powerful Communication Skills For Women    Artist: Kay Keller
Compact Disc Sets	Dealing with Different, Diverse (and Difficult) People (Seven Disc Set) Artist: Barbara Braunstein
	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Six Disc Set) Artist: Stephen R. Covey
Books	The Leadership Challenge  Author: James M. Kouzes
	The War For Talent     Author: Ed Michaels
	Being OK Just Isn't Enough   Author: Doris Wild Helmering
	Fish! (2 Book Set)    Author: Stephen C. Lundin
	Supervisor's Survival Kit (5 Book Set) Productivity Power- Jim Temme   Organized For Success!- Nanci McGraw Stress Control- Steve Bell Defeating Procrastination- Marlene Caroselli Coping with Supervisory Nightmares- Ed. Michaels
	Life Skills Kit (5 Book Set) Organized for Success! - Nanci McGraw Productivity Power- Jim Temme Stress Control- Steve Bell Discovering Your Purpose- Ivy Haley Going for the Gold- Lesley D. Bissett, CFP
	Financial and Accounting Skills Kit (5 Book Set) Basics of Budgeting- Terry Dickery Understanding Financial Statements- James O. Gill Financial Analysis- James O. Gill Organizing Your Work Space- Odett Polla The Accounting Cycle- Jay L. Jacquet
	Being Prepared Kit (5 Book Set) The Supervisor's Guide- Jerry Brown Hiring and Firing- Marlene Caroselli How to Deal With Difficult People- Paul Friedman Saying “No” to Negativity- Zoie Kaye Assert Yourself! - Lisa Contini
	Attitude Adjustment Kit (5 Book Set) Assert Yourself! - Lisa Contini Exploring Personality Styles- Michael Dobson Learning to Laugh at Work- Robert McGraw Putting Anger to Work For You! - Ruth & Joel Schroeder Saying “No” to Negativity- Zoie Kaye

In addition, the KCTCS provides professional development opportunities.  For further information on System PD offerings, click on the link below.

KCTCS Professional and Organizational Development