This year, our Executive Leadership team introduced two Unitec-wide Development Priorities to align with our strategic direction and reinforce our commitment to the communities we serve. They are:
- Demonstrating an on-going commitment to engaging in Treaty-based partnership (one of our Leadership Competencies)
- Supporting the success of priority groups (Māori, Pacific, International and under 25s)
All staff should have noted in their ADEPs how they will build their capability in these areas throughout the year – there are plenty of opportunities available to help you along the way.
Glenn Mckay explains below why the two priorities were chosen and the importance of Unitec as a whole improving our capability in these areas:
The 70:20:10 approach to Professional Development
Now that you know the ‘why’ behind our two development priorities, here’s the ‘how’.
Development opportunities are not just formal workshops. There are ways to increase your capability in your everyday role and through learning from your colleagues. You can learn more about the 70:20:10 model and how you can build learning into your every day mahi on the Nest.
Our Learning and Development team has worked with a range of staff with specialist knowledge of our priority groups, to gather some initial suggestions for development in these focus areas.
These lists are a a starting point, to give you some ideas to get you thinking about what you can do build your capability to better engage in Treaty-based partnership and to support our priority group students.
- Development suggestions: Demonstrating on-going commitment to engaging in Treaty-based partnership
- Development suggestions: Supporting the success of priority groups
The lists are not exhaustive and the Learning & Development team welcomes more suggestions, so if you have any ideas to contribute or know or anyone doing great development stuff in these areas, please get in touch.