PDR

Professional Development Recognition Program

The Professional Development Recognition (PDR) program is designed to recognize and reward staffs who have demonstrated a commitment to professional training and development, exceptional work skills, and meritorious performance for a period of five years in their current position. To receive this recognition, which includes a 2.5% salary increase, employees must be recommended by their respective Department Heads. The date of the monetary reward will be effective with the first full pay period after January 1 each year.

Eligibility Criteria:

Full-time staff, including regular, contract and grant employees.

Part-time staff, including regular, contract and grant employees, who average 20 hours per week.

All classifications, 10-26, which include service, maintenance, skilled crafts, technical, office/clerical, and professional.

Eligible staff must have served in the same position for a period of five years without a promotion, a reclassification of the position, or a break in service.

After the first year of the program, employees become eligible at the completion of 5, 10, 15…years of employment in the same position.

During the five-year period, no disciplinary issues may have been brought against the employee.

Annual performance reviews must be on file for the five-year period.

Procedure:

Recommendation for the PDR is designed to be a selective, not automatic process; failure to receive a recommendation for the program cannot be grieved by the employee.

Each Department Head will receive a list of staff who are eligible for consideration for the Professional Development Recognition.
The Department Head, in collaboration with the employee’s supervisor, will submit a narrative with supporting documentation that provides compelling evidence that the eligible employee meets the standards of the PDR.
Employees who do not receive the Department Head’s recommendation must wait for the next five-year interval of employment in the same position.
Each January, the University will hold a special event to recognize the recipients of the award.

Supporting Documentation:

The following is a list of suggested, not inclusive or required, documentation; additional performance criteria, specific to particular position, may be included. Documentation, appropriate for the eligible staff position, is required.

Exceptional job skills
Exceptional customer service
Teamwork
Initiate
Commitment to learning new skills; attendance at training programs
Membership in professional organizations
Taking classes that enhance job performance
Organizational citizenship-efforts that go above and beyond job requirements for the good of the University
University service – participation in University programs, committees, organizations, special events.