About the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)

Our Mission

To empower faculty, administrators, and staff at community and technical colleges to grow professionally, strive for excellence, make an impact, and gain recognition. 

Our Vision

To be the premier professional development resource for achieving excellence in community and technical colleges. 

Our Values

  • Celebrate: NISOD recognizes and acknowledges individual and college-wide successes in enhancing student success.
  • Collaborate: NISOD works closely with other organizations to provide resources and activities that enhance student success.
  • Discover: NISOD finds and initiates best and promising practices that enhance student success.
  • Engage: NISOD participates in, and provides opportunities for its members to participate in, a variety of activities that enhance student success.
  • Inspire: NISOD encourages its members to participate in a variety of activities that enhance student success.
  • Inform: NISOD shares a variety of resources that community and technical educators can use to enhance student success.

Our Commitment to Teaching Excellence and Student Success

NISOD’s activities and programs are based on the premise that teaching excellence is a result of concerned and focused leadership, increased awareness and use of adult learning principles, exemplary teaching practices and technologies, and a profound commitment to student success. Member colleges who make this commitment to teaching excellence aim to:

  • Enrich the learning experience for all students;
  • Enhance the standards of excellence throughout the academic community; and
  • Recognize, celebrate, and reward outstanding educators and their accomplishments.

Join Our Community of Educators

NISOD members include community and technical colleges and other two-year institutions from across the United States and Canada and from around the world. We’re proud to work with our members to improve teaching, learning, and leadership, with the ultimate goal being to increase student success.