About Us

The New York State Training and Development Council (NYSTDC) is a community of practice hosted and sponsored by the Governor's Office of Employee Relations (GOER).

The NYSTDC provides a forum for state training professionals to share resources, collaborate on similar projects, and learn from best practices. The NYSTDC offers educational programs designed to equip these professionals with the tools needed to be highly skilled trainers so that they, in turn, can deliver quality training and development programs to the state's workforce.

The NYSTDC evolved from the New York State Training Council, originally created in 1970. In 2008, the New York State Training Council was reorganized as the NYSTDC. Participation in the NYSTDC is open to state agency trainers.

Structure of the NYSTDC:

• A NYSTDC member must be an employee of a New York State agency and hold a position responsible for training and development of the state's workforce. A New York State agency is defined as an executive-branch agency, department, board, commission, public authority, or public benefit corporation.

• Bylaws and guidelines outline the operations of NYSTDC as a community of practice sponsored by GOER.

• The NYSTDC's Executive Committee meets quarterly with the Director of GOER.

• General membership meetings are held bimonthly, and annual elections of officers are held in September.

• GOER's Workforce and Organizational Development Unit (WODU) has designated a program manager to provide technical and logistical assistance to the NYSTDC.