Organizational Development and Training (ODT)

If you are a supervisor of student employees and want to explore challenges and best practices in supervising students, join into this new blog.  Through this blog you will have a forum to ask questions and work with subject matter experts to explore those topics, and learn from one another about best practices for the challenges you face in supervising student employees.  This moderated blog will focus on topics of interest to you.  To start with we’ll be posting questions related to topics such as 1) the role of the supervisor in motivating students, 2) hiring and social media, 3) communicating expectations for customer service, and 4) professionalism in the workplace.  At least every two weeks a new question will be posed, but don’t just respond to the questions, start your own discussion.  This is informal and can be “just-in-time” help. 

To access the Student Supervision Blog go to: http://studentsupervisionforum.uoregon.edu/

If you have been thinking about returning to or starting your college education after an extended break this will help you get started. Find out what you need to know to orientate yourself. Learn what to consider as you prepare to pursue a course of study, select courses for a major, or plan a work schedule. Find out what resources are available to you.

Will be presented by Theodora Ko Thompson, Admissions Specialist, Office of Admissions.

What constitutes a contract? What is the purpose of a contract? Why is the exercise of due diligence necessary in the contracting process? What are the ongoing responsibilities for administering the contract? What do you need to be aware of in regards to ethics, rules and conflicts of interests? How an effective Statement of Work is written.

This information session will provide information to help navigate and understand from start to finish the contracting process for your unit.  Through this information session you will: understand the issues related to contracting, understand the roles and responsibilities and checks and balances related to contracting, and have your questions about contracting answered.

Holding conversations that need to be held when they are most useful is a skill we can learn and Crucial Conversations – Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High, provides proven techniques to build those skills.  Over the course of four – 3.5 hour sessions you will learn how to hold conversations around emotional and/or risky topics to surface the best ideas and to make high quality, mutually beneficial decisions when dealing with others.  It has been said that,

“We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.”  -Anonymous

Through coaching in the tested techniques of Crucial Conversations, unsolvable problems can become rich conversations resulting in mutually beneficial outcomes.

This four-part series.  Each session builds on previous material so attendance is mandatory for all sessions.

Session 1: Getting Unstuck and checking my motive
Session 2: Getting clear on what needs to be said
Session 3: Looking for patterns and making it safe to participate
Session 4: Moving to action

Watch the Crucial Conversations Explained in 2 minutes video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHRF8q3ltRw

You can view video's of this session here: Drupal Training 1. This training was offered 5/25/2012.
Available chapters:

• Chapter 01 - Drupal: Welcome, Intro (presenter Zack Barnett)
• Chapter 02 - Drupal: Content Management Basics
• Chapter 03 - Drupal: Web Communications at the UO, continued
• Chapter 04 - Drupal: Site Planning Through a Wireframe
• Chapter 05 - Drupal: Usability in a website
• Chapter 06 - Drupal: Web Accessibility
• Chapter 07 - Drupal: Posting Photos to the Web
• Chapter 08 - Drupal: Patching and Security
• Chapter 09 - Drupal 7: Intro (presenter Sher Fenn)
• Chapter 10 - Drupal 7: Outline
• Chapter 11 - Drupal 7: Content Management System Basics
• Chapter 12 - Drupal 7: Getting Started: Environment, My Account, Avatars & Signatures
• Chapter 13 - Drupal 7: Creating Content Overview
• Chapter 14 - Drupal 7: Finding Content
• Chapter 15 - Drupal 7: Revision Tracking
• Chapter 16 - Drupal 7: WYSIWYG
• Chapter 17 - Drupal 7: URL
• Chapter 18 - Drupal 7: Basic Menus
• Chapter 19 - Drupal 7: Summary and Conclusion

Navigating different behaviors in the workplace…  hummm!:)  

Different behaviors are often seen as difficult even though most difficult behavior is accidental, unconscious, stemming from how we communicate and where we focus our attention. Left unchecked, though, different behavior has the potential to breed misunderstandings, false assumptions, and unnecessary frustration. So, what can we do when it affects us? 

Join others for this workshop to identify and diagnose the four basic behavioral styles people use in the workplace and how to manage emotions so that you can outsmart unnecessary frustrations.  

Join professionals from the Bureau of Labor and Industries for this two-day basic training about employee supervision.  This two-day workshop provides an overview of employment laws that supervisors must understand including wage and hour law, civil rights protections, leave laws, legal hiring, documentation, discipline, termination, and managing employee performance.

Please note that registration needs to be made directly through BOLI. 

Employers with 25 or more employees in Oregon are required to comply with the provisions of the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA).  If your company has 50 or employees in the United States, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) also applies.  There are significant differences between OFLA and FMLA, and Oregon employers must understand these differences in order to effectively and lawfully administer their leave program.

This session covers complex leave laws including the Oregon Family Leave Act, federal Family and Medical Leave Act, Oregon Military Family Leave Act, Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking are all covered in depth, including the impact of injured worker and disability laws.  In addition, complex leaving tracking scenarios will be covered. 

Are you new to the University?  Are you wondering what it is that you’ve joined?  This half-day workshop is designed for new administrative and classified employees; however, new or current faculty and other employees are also welcome to attend. It is designed to acquaint participants with the organization, structure and philosophy of the University of Oregon. 

If you are unable to register in Making Tracks, please contact: Organization Training and Development at 6-2955.

The purpose of this training is to improve the level of protection provided to employees who use respirators to protect themselves from respiratory hazards.  Respirators will be used in situations where engineering and administrative controls cannot be feasibly implemented and in some cases where an employee chooses to use a respirator even when one is not required.  Additionally, this training will ensure that the University is in compliance with Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OR-OSHA) rule 1910.139 for employee respiratory protection.

The length of the class is 90 minutes.  This includes a 20 minute video, medical questionnaire, quiz and fit test.

The UO 2013-2014 Supervision Course is open only to those administrators and faculty who supervise classified staff, OA’s, or faculty. The first half of the course is scheduled for Fall term 2013, with the second half of the course offered Winter term, 2014.

Please Note: University supervisors who register for the 44-hour UO Supervision Course are making a commitment to attend all eight sessions of the course. We do realize that schedule conflicts happen, and if participants need to miss a session, other than the first session, they can make that session up the next time we offer the course.

Participants are required to attend the first session of the course, which will be held this year on Wednesday, October 16, from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm. If you have questions about the Supervision Course, please contact Cris Cullinan, Associate Director, Organizational Development and Training, crisc@uoregon.edu, 346-2961.
During fall term, the topics of the first four sessions of the Supervision Course will include an introduction to supervision and supervisory styles; knowledge and skills for creating and maintaining a non-discriminatory as well as a welcoming environment; and, basic communication skills.

This workshop, sponsored by the Bureau of Labor and Industries,  provides an overview of federal and state civil rights laws.  Topics covered include overview of federal and Oregon civil rights protected classes, hows the courts and BOLI define unlawful harassment, employer liability and communicating the company harassment policy.

The seminar is targeted toward human resources personnel, business owners, managers, and front line supervisors with responsibility to understand and recognize workplace harassment.

Please note that registration needs to be made directly through BOLI.

This is a required course for anyone driving ANY van (owned, rented, or borrowed) for University sanctioned travel.  Van training certification is a one-time training valid indefinitely.