Professional Development
The Community Chest, in collaboration with the Rutgers University School of Social Work's Continuing Education Program, offers Professional Development training classes for the supervisory and management staff of local nonprofit agencies.
The courses offered are selected by a group of Executive Directors based on their observations of the performance and development needs of their supervisory and management staff. Rutgers University helps to secure the teaching staff from their own faculty. Faculty are highly experienced teachers in various aspects of nonprofit management.
The courses offered are selected by a group of Executive Directors based on their observations of the performance and development needs of their supervisory and management staff. Rutgers University helps to secure the teaching staff from their own faculty. Faculty are highly experienced teachers in various aspects of nonprofit management.
In recent years, in response to the agencies’ requests for guidance during/after the COVID time, we crafted two series to address the concerns of agency leaders.
The first was a 2-session series for agency staff on the Fundamentals of Race and Racism. Participants were asked to join the event with a curious mind and open heart as, together, they examined the dehumanizing ways racism has affected us all.
The second was a multi-part virtual series discussing Strategies for Leading in a Time of Crisis and Uncertainty.
(details on this Professional Development Series can be read in the 2020-22 Multi-year Report, pages 15-16)
The Community Chest will be announcing more Professional Development opportunities in the future.