Spring 2022 Educational Opportunities for Campus Employees

Earlier this week, Joseph Connolly, director of the Partnership for Worker Education, and Susan Weldon, acting director of Workplace Learning and Development, emailed employees announcing a series of learning opportunities available during the spring 2022 semester.

That email is as follows:

Dear Colleagues,

We want to inform you of the many spring 2022 learning opportunities available to all employees. These in-person courses, virtual workshops, events and self-guided options are ways to build community with others on campus, grow your job skills, and support workplace wellbeing.  Employees can earn certificates recognizing individual efforts in Professional Development and Building Diversity and Inclusion.

Sample offerings include:

Computer & Tech Webinars/Courses

• UMass tailored courses/webinars: OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Intermediate Excel, Design with Canva, PowerPoint, Google Workspace, Web Editing with Drupal, and more...
• Various systems for Working at UMass

Diversity & Inclusion Courses, Workshops & Events

• Workplace English to enhance success in the workplace
• Building Bridges courses, film events, and employee showcases
• Emotional Intelligence and Inclusion to understand how managing your emotions helps foster an inclusive work environment
• How to Get Unstuck to Respond to Micro-Aggressions to learn strategies for responding to micro-aggressions 

Writing and Communication Courses

• Voices of UMass: A Memoir Writing Workshop for UMass Workers and Students

Wellbeing Workshops & Resources 

• Coping with Stress to Stay Well at Work to learn strategies that will foster resilience and productivity

Career Advancement Offerings

• Career Ladder courses
• Career and Education Advising

Supervisory Skills

• Leadership Academy - Foundations of Supervision and Essentials of Management programs, and New Supervisor Orientation, Managing Up, Supervising Student Workers, and Performance Management Resources

Online Learning

• Self-guided opportunities, and access to LinkedIn Learning

These are only a small sample of the great catalog of offerings available for Spring 2022 to support on-going skill development and help connect with others in the campus community.  We encourage you to take advantage of these resources, which are not only designed to support everyone’s work and career development, but also to promote a positive and inclusive work environment for all.  

For additional information, please visit the websites for The Partnership for Worker Education (PWE) and Workplace Learning & Development (WLD).

Warm regards,

Joseph Connolly, Director, PWE

Susan Weldon, Acting Director, WLD