At Howard Community College we value our employees and we believe that it is the right and responsibility of all employees to take an active role in their professional development in order to continue to achieve institutional excellence.

New Employees: On or before your first day, you should complete the following:
(No login required)

• Access and Responsibility (HCC Express Synonym: 1460)
  Your HCC user accounts will be established upon completion of Access and Responsibility training.
• HCC Emergency Operations Plan (repeated annually, HCC Express Synonym: 4981)
• Safety Regulations: General Safety (HCC Express Synonym: 2633)
• Sexual Harassment Avoidance (HCC Express Synonym: 1969)

All Employees: Required training is differentiated by employee group:

• Full-time Faculty and Staff
• Part-Time Adjunct Faculty 
• Hourly/Temporary Employees 
• Continuing Education Faculty
• Work Study

Job Specific/Optional Training:  Some training is specific to certain positions and required for both new and current employees in those positions. 

Colleague Training:
Working with Colleague (NAE): Required training for employees with Colleague access.
Implementing the 2010 Race/Ethnicity Standards:  Required training for employees who enter data into Colleague.  This training covers the changes in race and ethnicity collection and reporting requirements.

Finance Training Modules:
ACBL (General Ledger Account Balance Inquiry)
GLBS (General Ledger Budget Status Report)

Additional training: Opportunities for Professional Development and Wellness programming, can be found on the Professional Development Calendar.

Management and improvement of professional development is guided by the Professional Development Team.