Registration Open for Free Employee Workshops and Classes

Registration is now open for UMass Amherst employees interested in free classes and workshops to improve workplace effectiveness and career growth.

Go to www.umass.edu/wld  and www.umass.edu/lmwep to view the complete schedule of fall classes and workshops offered through Workplace Learning & Development (WLD) and Labor/Management Workplace Education (LMWE).

Offerings include:

• Anti-Workplace Bullying
• Computer courses, including MS Office, Google Apps, InDesign and more 
• Conversational workplace Spanish and varying levels of workplace English
• Employee ADA Accommodations
• Hands-only CPR
• Inclusion Practices: Creating an Inclusive Workplace
• Interrupting Racism
• Managing difficult conversations
• Running effective meetings
• Spread civility at work
• Supervising student workers
• Supervisory Leadership Development Program

Workplace Learning & Development also now offers Self-Guided Learning Modules (www.umass.edu/wld/about-self-guided-learning) to broaden knowledge and skills through articles, videos, podcasts, worksheets and university resources. The modules cover topics including conflict resolution, effective listening, email effectiveness, fostering inclusion and respect, stress and time management.

For more information about offerings or registration, call LMWE at 545-6263 and WLD at 545-1787.