Training and Development
Training Opportunities
Training Funds
- Classified Staff Training Fund
- Exempt Staff Training Fund
- Faculty Professional Development Fund
- Tuition Waiver
Tutorials & Required Training
- Ethics
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
- IT Security Awareness Training
Get Inclusive Training
How to Complete the Training:
To log in to Get Inclusive and view the courses, sign in at https://getinclusive.highline.edu. Once you log in, you will see the courses listed below. For technical support, please contact support@getinclusive.com.
The following are trainings required by state and federal law for all employees.
- Groundswell 2.0 & Meridians (Harassment & Title IX): approx. 60 minutes to complete
- Hazing and Bullying Prevention: approx. 15-20 minutes to complete
- Child Abuse Prevention: approx. 30-45 minutes to complete
There are three additional trainings that are not required by law but strongly encouraged:
- DEI Microaggressions: approx. 30-45 minutes to complete
- DEI for the Workplace: approx. 30-45 minutes to complete
- Accommodating Abilities: approx. 30-45 minutes to complete
The training modules are self-paced; you are not required to finish a training in one sitting.
Training Resources
Training and Development Overview
Highline creates a more inclusive working and learning environment by centering the educational advancement of our students, staff, and faculty. The college provides institutionalized opportunities for professional development.
Through various modes, quality instruction and training is available throughout the campus to address a multitude of needs and desires. A high level of support exists from management, peers, faculty and administration.
Vision
We help Highline College manage change and ensure continuous quality improvement through designing, developing, presenting and evaluating orientation, learning, mentoring, and training programs and processes for all staff.
Mission
The Human Resource team is committed to the mission of the College as an innovator in education and supports its employees to achieve these initiatives. We help Highline College manage change and ensure continuous quality improvement through designing, developing, presenting and evaluating orientation, learning, mentoring, and training programs and processes for all employees.
Guiding Principles
Guiding Principles provide the context in which we accomplish our work.
- Our actions support Highline College strategic plan and mission fulfillment.
- We provide services to employees that enhance their capacity to serve the needs of our students. We take direction from Highline College Executive Staff which is responsible for establishing strategic direction for the college.
- We create professional development opportunities with college and community partners to enhance the effectiveness of practices, programs, and services on a continuous basis.
Strategic Goals of Training and Development
- Ensure all Highline College faculty and staff engage in ongoing efforts to help improve equitable student progress towards educational objectives.
- Develop a more flexible and capable training and development function that is responsive to Highline College leadership and strategic goals.
- Build a consistent and competency-based system for managing employee performance.
- Develop an agile workforce that is capable of responding to change.
- Develop and implement a measurement system to monitor the effectiveness of the training and development program along with providing guidance for continuous improvement.
There are a number of programs available to specific employee groups that provide the means for training and development. Check them out above.
Responsible person for training and development policies and plans:
Executive Director of Human Resources
MS 99-200, P.O. Box 98000 Des Moines, WA 98198-9800
(206) 592-3320