Upcoming Classes
This page displays current Learning & Development class and workshop offerings designed to serve the needs of UC Santa Cruz employees. We also collaborate with the campus community to advertise and support professional development and training opportunities offered by other Departments.
The upcoming classes listed below provide only abbreviated descriptions, and are arranged in chronological order. Please note that some classes may have multiple sessions, as noted in the class description. Be sure to register for each class in the series!
HOW TO REGISTER
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Budget and Financial Management #1: The University Budget
This is the first class in the UCSC Budget and Financial Management Course Series A High-level Explanation of the University Budget. The class will review university funding streams and explain how funds are distributed and utilized on our campus. It is strongly recommended though not required that employees attend these classes in sequence.
Courageous Communication
How can you reframe high stakes communication from competition to collaboration? What is the path forward to creating shared pools of meaning, and common goals? This class will address these questions, and provide tools to help you create better interactions, including identifying crucial conversations, how to change “Battle Messages” to “Learning Conversations,” the role of the Heart, Brain and Gut in listening, and finding shared meaning.
Budget and Financial Management #2 Managing the Campus Budget
This is the second class in the UCSC Budget and Financial Management Course Series A general explanation of how budget is managed centrally and across campus. We’ll discuss the campus chart of accounts, elements of the FOAPAL, the financial calendar, campus financial systems, and what comprises the operating budget. It is strongly recommended though not required that employees attend these classes in sequence.
Best Practices for Remote and Hybrid Team Members: Negotiating Your Best Work Life
Over the past two years many of us, or our team members have adapted to working from home, others have stayed on campus. Now we face another changing set of work rules, as many of us return to work in new ways. This course examines the outcomes of our efforts, the challenges of continuing to work in uncertain and changing environments, and how to support your team as your work life continues to evolve. Discussion topics include how organizations have adapted to the new workforce, and how working in a shifting workforce can generate benefits for us, and our organization.
Budget and Financial Management #3 Managing Your Campus Budget
This is the third class in the UCSC Budget and Financial Management Course Series. This class covers best practices for managing a budget on campus. Topics covered include appropriate fund use, the process for establishing fees and recharge rates, the short-term interest pool (STIP), central benefits pools, composite benefit rates, budgeting for cost increases, and available resources for budget managers. The differences in managing core-funded budgets versus recharge/auxiliary budgets will be explained throughout. It is strongly recommended though not required that employees attend these classes in sequence.
Budget and Financial Management #4 Demystifying Financial Transactions
This is the fourth class in the UCSC Budget and Financial Management Course Series. This class dives into the minutia of the Financial Transactions Report. (a.k.a. “the general ledger”). Participants will get a better understanding of the timeliness of budgetary and financial transactions, how to read the financial transactions report, where to get help if something is unclear, and commonly misunderstood transactions. It is strongly recommended though not required that employees attend these classes in sequence.
Transforming Your Transactions: The Customer Service Lattice
In higher education, our outcomes are often the result of people across departments coming together in mutual support. This training examines the customer service function in the university environment and practices the communication skills that will help us to navigate it successfully. What is a service attitude and why is it important? This training helps us come to a full understanding of service, the window it forms to our organizations and customer service metrics.
Intro to Google Mail, Calendar, Forms and Hangouts
This workshop is designed to help newer Google users get introduced to and practice with “Google Workspace” applications. In this workshop we will navigate the interface, learn how to organize mail, set ‘out of office’ messages, schedule meetings, create forms and much more. This is an introductory workshop that will include instruction and practice as well as question and answer sections which can be helpful for new employees and the more experienced.
Navigating Emotions in the Workplace, Understanding Emotional Intelligence
In today’s fast-paced work environments, achieving success requires more than technical expertise—it demands emotional intelligence, the capacity to perceive, comprehend, and manage emotions effectively. Strengthening emotional intelligence not only minimizes burnout and conflict, but can also empower individuals to address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues and leadership challenges constructively. Through interactive exercises and discussions, participants will enhance the ability to raise self-awareness, communicate mindfully, navigate conflict and build authentic connections with colleagues, while promoting a culture of inclusivity, respect and collaboration.
Intro to Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides
This workshop is designed to help new Google users come up to speed on the featured “Google Workspace” applications. Topics covered in this course include how to log into a Google account, navigate its interface, and use its component apps to complete common productivity tasks.
Specific applications we will cover in Part 2 are Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides.
Professional Writing
What is professional writing and should our language be affected when writing for the workplace? This workshop will focus on how to write clearly, concisely, correctly, and courteously. We will discuss differences when writing in our personal and professional lives, with particular attention to audience and context. The workshop aims to establish best practices for email writing, provide the opportunity for hands-on editing and explore questions on etiquette, approach, and effective communication.
Fall 2023 Updates!
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Climate Science & Policy |
4/24 |
1-3:00 |
Zoom |
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Green Offices |
5/1 |
1-3:00 |
Zoom |
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Community Engagement* (prior volunteer work required) |
5/15 |
1-2:15 |
In-person |
*Electives
Visit the Sustainability Certificate Program page to learn more about the program, then enroll at the UC Learning Center (no prerequisite or application required).
