Human Resources is pleased to offer their outstanding series of professional development workshops in supervisory training. The program is open to any ISU employee who supervises at least one full-time staff member or student employee. To be certified, participants must attend all 13 of the required classes, and pass a written assessment over the material presented in the required courses. Participants have two years to complete the program.
The program will begin Wednesday, September 10, 2008 and continue every Wednesday from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. through the first week of December.
A tentative schedule and the courses that will be offered:
September 10 Essential Skills of Leadership
September 17 Developing Performance Goals and Standards
September 24 Sexual Harassment & Diversity in the Workplace
October 1
Interviewing/Selection Techniques/EOE and the Applicant
Tracking System
October 8 Selecting and Supervising Manpower Employees
October 15 Public Safety - Violence in the Workplace
October 22 Stress Management
October 29 Essential Skills of Communicating
November 5 Effective Discipline
November 12 FMLA/Worker’s Compensation/Environmental Safety
November 19 Discipline and Grievance/HR Policies
November 26 Customer Service (Sycamore Service)
December 3 Supporting Change
To enroll or for further information, please call Lana Tolbert or Scott Walden in Human Resources at x4375. Participation is on a first-come basis to the first 17 callers who supervise regular full-time employees and the first 8 who supervise student workers. All who register must do so with the intent of obtaining certification.