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Staff Learning and Development Calendar

Schedule of Events for February 2009

From UHR: Office of Employee Training and Development website:
Staff Relations has begun to train the campus on the provisions of the new Exempt and Nonexempt collective bargaining agreements (MOUs) with AFSCME which will run through June 30, 2010. For those who never attended MOU training, or wish to have a "refresher" on all aspects of the entire Exempt and Nonexempt MOUs (including changes), Staff Relations will offer full training; this training will take approximately 3.5 hours as it will cover both MOUs in their entirety.

To register:

1. Go to the Training at Maryland web site http://www.training.umd.edu
2. Click on "UM Classroom Training."
3. Log in with your Directory ID and password. * Note:* If this is your first time on the site, you will need to complete the registration form. The MOU training is no charge, so you do not need to worry about the FRS information at the bottom of the registration form. Press SUBMIT.
4. Click on "Course Catalog" at the top of the site (on the red menu bar).On the right side, under "Training Categories", you will find and select "Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)."
5. Press "Register for this section" on your selected class.

From UHR: Office of Employee Training and Development website:
Staff Relations has begun to train the campus on the provisions of the new Exempt and Nonexempt collective bargaining agreements (MOUs) with AFSCME which will run through June 30, 2010. This session is designed to highlight the changes found in the new Exempt and Nonexempt MOUs. These sessions will last approximately 90 minutes. Most managers, supervisors and confidential employees in their positions in 2004 probably attended the earlier training and can enroll in a "changes only" class.
Prerequisites: Attendance of MOU training in 2004 (or in the quarterly sessions offered after initial training was complete).

1. Go to the Training at Maryland web site http://www.training.umd.edu
2. Click on "UM Classroom Training."
3. Log in with your Directory ID and password. * Note:* If this is your first time on the site, you will need to complete the registration form. The MOU training is no charge, so you do not need to worry about the FRS information at the bottom of the registration form. Press SUBMIT.
4. Click on "Course Catalog" at the top of the site (on the red menu bar).On the right side, under "Training Categories", you will find and select "Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)."
5. Press "Register for this section" on your selected class.

This session is an opportunity for pre-permanent status colleagues to share their interests, needs, and frustrations regarding preparing for promotion review. We will discuss:

• The role and value mentoring offers, including topics you and your mentor might want to address,
• What do you do if you aren’t receiving sufficient or helpful mentoring,
• The advantages of a mentoring “team,” and
• As a group, what you would like to communicate to those who are/will be mentors.

To register, please use the online registration form or email lib-learning@umd.edu with "mentee discussion" and the time of the desired session in the subject line of your email.

Speaking of Books: Dr. Robin Sawyer, Sexpertise: Real Answers to Real Questions About Sex

Dr. Sawyer will discuss his recent book Sexpertise: Real Answers to Real Questions About Sex (Simon & Schuster, 2008) http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=614233.

In “Sexpertise” Robin Sawyer, who teaches human sexuality at the University of Maryland, takes the most frequently asked questions about sex from his enormously popular course and provides scientifically accurate yet honest, entertaining, and most of all, useful answers. Please join us and hear for yourself.

High quality mentoring has been shown to be a key component of junior faculty success. In this session, we’ll discuss what constitutes such mentoring here at the University Libraries. This will include:

• Your interests, questions, and frustrations regarding the role of mentoring,
• Pre-permanent status faculty’s thoughts about mentoring,
• Topics you and your mentee might discuss,
• How to handle problems that may arise, and
• Any issues that need to be resolved in order to facilitate the success of this mentoring program.

To register, please use the online registration form or email lib-learning@umd.edu with "mentor discussion" and the time of the desired session in the subject line of your email.

Clearing the Fog on PRDs

Designed for supervisors responsible for evaluating staff, this workshop is intended to serve as a review/refresher of the Performance Review & Development (PRD) process.

To register, please use the online registration form or email lib-learning@umd.edu with "Clearing the Fog" and the date of the desired session in the subject line of your email.

Sexual Harassment Prevention Program

This workshop is for Library staff who have not participated in the Sexual Harassment Prevention Program training on the UMD campus. This training is required for all staff, including student workers and Graduate Assistants. Updates or refresher classes for staff will be planned at least bi-annually or more frequently as dictated by changed law or policy. Please contact Dawn Borgardt (x4-2677, dsb@umd.edu) if you have any questions about your eligibility for this training.

In this session, you will learn how to recognize and resolve sexual harassment, learn ways a victim of sexual harassment can document incidents of harassment, learn EEOC's definition of quid pro quo and hostile environment harassment, learn about employer liability in harassment cases, and learn about resolution procedures available at UM and the University's sexual harassment prevention policy.

To register, please use the online registration form or email lib-learning@umd.edu with "SHPP" and the date of the desired session in the subject line of your email.

Registration for this program is generally limited to 20 staff members.

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