Kay began talking about the CEU’s and the report we have to make to ODL. Some of our funding is tied into this report so it is critical that we start recording every staff member who has training. State aid regulation says anyone who works 20 hours or more must have at least 1 CEU a year. Since we only use the last 2 weeks of the fiscal year to determine who has worked more than 20 hours, we need to record training for all staff. In-house training does qualify, such as Staff Development Day, but not just safety training. All full-time staff and any half-time or part-time staff who went to FOCUS are covered. We need to look at those who did not attend. A CEU is not based on hours and training can include how to work at the circulation desk, reserves, shelving books, etc, anything that is professional or job-related. We need to document who, what, and when the training was received. PLA will develop a quarterly report for each library tells who has been to what training. This will affect our future funding so we need to cover all staff.
