Category: Career Development

University Staff Professional Development Committee and Academic Staff Professional Development Programming Committee invite all university employees to join them on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 in the Kress Events Center’s special Events Room from 2-4 p.m. for “Adventures in Team Building” presented by UW System colleague, Ed Richmond. Ed serves as Campus Activities & Recreation Coordinator at UW-Stevens Points. This session will create a positive and fun learning environment through team building exercises. Participants can expect to delve into issues facing higher education and receive takeaways on how to help your specific department communicate more effectively and do more, with less. Because of the team building focus, working teams are encouraged to attend together! Individuals will also gain useful takeaways and have opportunities to meet colleagues from across the university!

Registration is appreciated by March 15, 2016: http://uwgreenbay.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cvBNrVVhktAlPtr

Questions may be directed to the chairs of USPC and ASPDPC, Teri Ternes (ternest@uwgb.edu) or Jena Richter (richterj@uwgb.edu)

At the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, we are committed to providing an excellent educational and workplace experience, characterized by innovation, transformation, and place.  UW-Green Bay recognizes the impact that all supervisors have on the quality of work, level of productivity, and work attitude of the employees they direct.  Supervisors contribute greatly towards the growth, loyalty, motivation, retention, team spirit, and development of employees who report to them.

Ongoing training of all UW-Green Bay supervisors is important.  The University offers a program, Supervising for Success: Effective Management for the UW-Green Bay Workforce (formerly called Supervisor Bootcamp) which assists both new and experienced leaders in developing skills that will help them maximize individual and team performance.

The next offering of this full, two-day session will be Wednesday, April 20, 2016 – Thursday, April 21, 2016 in the Alumni A/B Rooms.  Topics that are included in this program include:

• Legal issues for supervisors
• Risk management and workers compensation
• Personnel guidelines and titling
• Governance structures
• Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace
• Position descriptions
• Recruitment and staffing
• Orientation and onboarding
• Performance review, evaluation and employee development
• Employee relations (conflict and discipline)
• Communication, coaching, mentoring and motivation

If you are a current supervisor, and have not attended this program within the past two years, please plan to attend.   If you are unable to attend these dates, this program will offered biannually.

Please click here to register.

If you have attended the program in the past or are looking for additional supervisor training and leadership opportunities, UW-Green Bay also sponsors employees for the Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program as part of a collaboration with the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center, and one employee per year for Leadership Green Bay through the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. Please review these opportunities and if applicable, submit an interest form to your supervisor.

Register for ‘Success through Humor’

Academic Staff Professional Development Programming Committee and University Staff Professional Development Committee invite the UW-Green Bay campus community to register today for “Success through Humor,” a free professional development opportunity. The program is from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 in Phoenix C. Comedian, speaker, trainer, Liysa Callsen will engage attendees with concepts applied from “improv” to:

• Understand how to actively listen
• Improve communication by “being in the moment”
• Understanding the difference between “yes” and “yes, but”

Registration is appreciated. Liysa will have copies of her book Tell ‘em available for purchase at the price of $10. Questions may be directed to Jena Richter, richterj@uwgb.edu

Register Today

Date:        Thursday, January 14, 2016

Time:        2 – 3:30 p.m.

Location:  Phoenix Room C

Have you ever been seriously concerned for a student, co-worker, maybe even a friend or family member and been unclear on a course of action? Have you thought of your personal safety and those around you in times of workplace disruption?

Mental health issues, stressful life circumstances, or odd behaviors do exist in our own lives and as part of the campus community regardless of our best efforts to prevent or control them. Dealing with Disruption will help you recognize when to be concerned, what to do, or not do, and who you can call for help.

This professional development opportunity will encourage discussion between you and your officemates on plans of action for personal safety. Please join members from the Counseling and Health Center, Public Safety and the Dean of Students office for this presentation so that you can assist yourself, students and your co-workers. The entire campus community is invited. Registration is appreciated.

This event is hosted by UW-Green Bay’s Academic Staff Professional Development Programming Committee and University Staff Professional Development Committee.

Academic Staff are invited to join the Academic Staff Professional Development Programming Committee on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from 12 – 1 p.m. in University Union Room 103 for

Focusing on Strengths (Not Weaknesses!) to Optimize Results

Presented by: Lisa Tetzloff, Director of Student Life

 

All registered participants will receive a FREE code to take the half-hour StrengthsFinder assessment. StrengthsFinder is a widely used online tool for identifying and maximizing our biggest strengths. Organizers request that participants take this assessment prior to Tuesday, November 8 at noon (so Lisa may review the groups results) and bring the list of their indicated Top 5 strengths. At the session, attendees will learn what their strengths mean and how to use them to their and any group’s advantage. Light refreshments will be provided. Feel free to bring your lunch.

To register, click here. Registration will be limited to the first sixty registered participants. A Code to take StrengthsFinder assessment will be distributed to registered participants Tuesday, December 1, 2015 via email.

Questions may be sent to richterj@uwgb.edu

Professor Alison Staudinger will be sharing what she learned at DHSI regarding audio recording as scholarship and pedagogy, and discuss its influence on her First Year Seminar course. Faculty or staff interested in using recordings in the classroom can get some practical tips and view sample assignments. Alison will be sharing frustrations and successes, as well as her ideas for how individuals and departments can use audio to make their work more public.

The Tech Squaretable is an “open forum” where faculty, staff, and students explore fresh new teaching tools, technologies, and techniques centered around a monthly topic. Refreshments and snacks are provided.

You are invited to attend the 2015 Fall All-Employee Training Series, which will take place on September 22nd and 23rd!  Come to learn about programs on campus you may not be aware of, discover helpful tips and resources available to you, and become knowledgeable about important campus policies and best practices. You are welcome to attend one, some, or all of the sessions.

Please register by Monday, September 21st, and indicate which session(s) you will be attending. These sessions will take place in the Alumni A/B and 1965 rooms of the University Union.  There is no cost to your department for you to attend.

**Please note – the “Benefits Changes and Updates for 2016” sessions have been cancelled due to a lack of current information from UW-System.  These sessions will be rescheduled and information about those sessions will be distributed campus-wide.

For more information about the following sessions, please see the 2015 Fall All-Employee Training Series Flyer.

 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 – ALUMNI A/B ROOMS:

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.                University Personnel System (UPS) Operational Policies

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.      Changes to Travel Reimbursement Policies

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.                  Purchasing and Contracts 101: Obligations and Language Used

3:30 – 4:15 p.m.                  Extramural Grant Procedures – Pre- through Post-Award

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 – 1965 ROOM:

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.                Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.                  Campus Connection Program

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.                  WISDM

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.                  Changes to Travel Reimbursement Policies

 

Click here to register for participation in any of the above sessions.  We hope to see you there!

Human Resources is pleased to announce the continuation of a certification opportunity targeted to UW-Green Bay supervisors.  The Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program is a collaboration between the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center and Human Resources.  The program is designed to help supervisors build leadership skills, invest in their employees, and advance their department.  Each semester, five supervisors will be selected to begin this program.  Approximately $300 – $400 in expenses for course materials will be charged to the department. If funding is a barrier to participation, supervisors are encouraged to discuss alternative funding options with Division Heads/Area Leaders. Please review the program flyer for more information.

Please complete and submit the Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program Interest Form to your supervisor to express interest in participation. Supervisors should review and complete their portion of the form, and forward to the Area Leader no later than August 21st. Forms will be forwarded to the Position Review Committee for consideration and decisions made on attendees will be communicated to employees and supervisors by early September.

If you applied for the program last year and were wait-listed, there is no need to resubmit an interest form.  Your form will be continue to be included in consideration going forward. If you are no longer interested in participating, please notify HR by e-mailing hr@uwgb.edu. 

If you have questions about the Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program, please feel free to contact Human Resources at hr@uwgb.edu or (920) 465-2390.

Congratulations to the 2015 graduates of the Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program!  The following supervisors have completed the certificate program:

• Amanda Hruska
• Bridget Derge
• Sarah Hladilek
• Matthiew Lieberenz
• Michael Van Lanen
• Mike Schmitt
• Katrina Hrivnak
• Jennifer Jones
• Sue Steeno

The Supervisory Leadership Certificate Program targeted to UW-Green Bay supervisors is a collaboration between the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center and Human Resources.  Participants complete core and elective courses which build leadership skills, invest in their employees, advance their departments, and move their careers forward.  If you have questions about the program, please feel free to contact Human Resources at hr@uwgb.edu or (920) 465-2390.