Training

Thursday, February 11, 2010
10:30 AM

Engineering 025

This course is designed for new users to PeopleSoft. This course is a prerequisite to attending the PeopleSoft Fundamentals course. This 2-hour beginner's course initiates new users with a basic introduction and overview of the PeopleSoft system as implemented by UMBC.

After completing this course, the participant should be able to:

Thursday, February 11, 2010
9:00 AM

Engineering 025

This 1.5-hour session will cover the look-up and selection ofCombination codes and the chart field values associated with them, aswell as the DBE relationship.

Prerequisite: PeopleSoft Fundamentals

Thursday, February 11, 2010
12:00 PM

Commons 331

All UMBC faculty encounter students with special needs, from peer tutoring to disability accommodation. Meet the experts in this session and learn how to refer and support students for success.

Enjoy a luncheon with colleagues from 12 - 12:30, and then meet the experts in this one-hour session (12:30 - 1:30) and learn how to refer and support students for success.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
1:00 PM

Engineering 023

Thursday, February 18, 2010
8:30 AM

UC310

In today’s challenging times, it’s more important than ever to focus our time and effort.

This 8:30 am – 4:00 p.m. workshop is intended to help those in leadership roles create a work environment that supports and encourages employees to perform at their best. In this highly interactive workshop you will learn specific techniques you can put to use immediately.

Supervisors will learn:

• how performance management can motivate and de-motivate employees and affect their productivity;
• ways to create a work environment that supports high performance;
• what it means to be an effective coach and the related skills;
• the Coaching for Performance Triangle, which includes setting clear goals and expectations, clarifying expectations, and providing feedback related to performance; and,
• strategies for professional development.

Thursday, February 18, 2010
10:00 AM

Engineering 025

This 2.5 hour beginner's course highlights the basic navigation principles necessary to run reports in the PeopleSoft Finance, HR and Retriever databases. By the end of the course, you will know how to navigate through the databases to run a report, use a Run Control ID, enter the parameters to run a report, and print a report form PeopleSoft. This course is hands-on and requires a login and password for each database. If you do not have access to Finance, HR or Retriever, please complete and submit a Security Access form (located on the Peoplesoft website) for the database(s) to which you need access no later than one week prior to class.

Prerequisite: Introduction to PeopleSoft

Thursday, February 18, 2010
1:00 PM

Engineering 025

This 2.5 hour hands-on course teaches students the basic process for using PeopleSoft to reconcile non-project State Accounts. By the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Discuss the process for using PeopleSoft to reconcile non-project State Accounts
• Define the reports that are available in PeopleSoft to assist with reconciliation
• Discuss why data that appears on some reports is different than on other reports
• Identify which report to use in each part of the reconciliation process
• Run the reports that assist with reconciliation
• Read the reports that assist with reconciliation
• Know the next steps to take if errors are found in the reports

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
10:00 AM

ADMIN 929

This one-hour session is required training by Purchasing Card Program policy for new cardholders and their p-card supervisors. Training will cover the Policies and Procedures in the UMBC Purchasing Card Program User’s Guide.

Cardholders must attend this training before they are able to
receive and use their purchasing card. Supervisors must attend this training before they are allowed to review and approve the cardholder’s transaction log.

Please print and bring to the session the UMBC Purchasing Card Program User’s Guide which is on the Department of Procurement’s website under Departmental Information.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
1:00 PM

Engineering 025

In this two-hour workshop, you will learn how to use
PeopleSoft on-line allocation/reallocation system.  All cardholders or their designee are required to use this system to allocate/reallocate p-card charges each month.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2:30 PM

UC 312

Employees caring for aging parents often find it difficult to balance work, family life and the responsibilities of caregiving. This 1.5 hour workshop will offer new perspectives on aging in our society and answer your questions about eldercare, including:

• Family Dynamics – The burden of care, decision-making and conflict resolution.
• Difficult Choices – Taking the keys away; institutionalized care; end-of-life decisions.
• The Future of Aging – Is there a better way? Alternative views on aging and the impact of the baby boom generation.

Thursday, February 25, 2010
9:00 AM

Engineering 025

Designed for PeopleSoft users reponsible for completing Retro and/or DBE forms, this three-hour scenerio-based class presents the process and steps necessary to successfully complete both forms. By the end of this session, you will be able to identify and use the necessary PeopleSoft inquiries to successfully complete both the Retro and DBE forms. A familiarity with PeopleSoft navigation and reports is recommended to attend this class.

Prerequisites:

Thursday, February 25, 2010
1:00 PM

Engineering 025

This two-hour course is designed for UMBC staff responsible for generating State Funding reports and interpreting the data on the reports. This course is a prerequisite to the Reconciling Non-project State Accounts course beginning in July 2006. This course will cover the following objectives:

• Discuss basic accounting terminology
• Identify and discuss State Funding specific Chartfields
• Discuss the rules for using State funding chartfields
• Identify the four basic types of State Budget reports, understand the type of information each report provides for decision making
• Know how to get help

Friday, February 26, 2010
9:00 AM

UC310

Begin to discover the talents and strengths that motivate you most. Through a peer-assisted process, you will tap into your "good experiences" to see your patterns of strengths, begin to develop your professional brand, explore where you can maximize your strengths within your career, have a stronger sense of control over your happiness at work and become energized.

Anne Scholl-Fiedler, Director of the Career Services Center will facilitate this half-day 9:00 am – 12:30 pm workshop. Approximately one hour of pre-work will be sent to participants a week before the program

Space is limited – Please register by February 18th

Thursday, March 11, 2010
9:00 AM

Engineering 025

This 1.5-hour session will cover the look-up and selection of Combination codes and the chart field values associated with them, as well as the DBE relationship. Prerequisite: PeopleSoft Fundamentals

Thursday, March 11, 2010
10:30 AM

Engineering 025

This course is designed for new users to PeopleSoft. This course is a prerequisite to attending the PeopleSoft Fundamentals course. This 2-hour beginner's course initiates new users with a basic introduction and overview of the PeopleSoft system as implemented by UMBC.

After completing this course, the participant should be able to:

Thursday, March 11, 2010
8:30 AM

UC 312

In these challenging times many of us are experiencing greater workload demands and it’s increasingly more difficult to continue doing our work in the same way. We all need to look at our work with a fresh perspective and creatively find ways to do things more efficiently. Our leaders are the key players who can make this happen.

In this 4-hour workshop people in leadership roles will learn:

Thursday, March 25, 2010
9:00 AM

Engineering 025

Designed for PeopleSoft users reponsible for completing Retro and/or DBE forms, this three-hour scenerio-based class presents the process and steps necessary to successfully complete both forms. By the end of this session, you will be able to identify and use the necessary PeopleSoft inquiries to successfully complete both the Retro and DBE forms. A familiarity with PeopleSoft navigation and reports is recommended to attend this class.

Prerequisites:

Thursday, March 25, 2010
1:00 PM

Engineering 025

This two-hour course is designed for UMBC staff responsible for generating State Funding reports and interpreting the data on the reports. This course is a prerequisite to the Reconciling Non-project State Accounts course beginning in July 2006. This course will cover the following objectives:

• Discuss basic accounting terminology
• Identify and discuss State Funding specific Chartfields
• Discuss the rules for using State funding chartfields
• Identify the four basic types of State Budget reports, understand the type of information each report provides for decision making
• Know how to get help

Monday, March 29, 2010
1:00 PM

UC 310

Learning to effectively communicate is an art and one that requires ongoing practice to master. In this interactive workshop with Lisa M. Gray, Assistant Director for Religious and Cultural Diversity, you will learn effective communication strategies and tools that will help you co-create satisfying and effective professional and personal partnerships.This workshop provides an opportunity to practice and receive feedback on this much talked about and elusive skill.

This 3-hour investment will give you the skills to create thriving personal and professional relationships that stand the test of time. Using a combination of lecture, group exercises, and dialogue, participants will learn:

Friday, April 09, 2010
9:00 AM

Commons 331

This program is required training for all supervisors of Regular and Contingent II Staff.

In this 3.5 hour overview of the Performance Management Process (PMP) you will learn about the benefits of performance management, the importance of ongoing communication, the PMP cycle, how to use the PMP form and strategies for professional development. .

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
9:00 AM

Commons 331

In this 3-hour overview of the Performance Management Process (PMP) with Employment/Labor Relations Specialist Shobhna Arora, you will have an opportunity to learn about performance management and its components, the importance of setting goals and on-going communication, how to solicit and receive feedback, the benefits of completing a self-assessment, and strategies for enhancing professional development.

This session is also covers tips and assistance in preparing for the end-of-cycle performance evaluation.

Thursday, April 15, 2010
1:00 PM

UC 312

Want to make your next public presentation more effective? Need to get your point across more persuasively? Wish you had some specific techniques to squash performance anxiety?

Voice & speech coaches work with actors and public speakers to address many of the same questions. Now you can learn some of the voice and theatre techniques they use. In this interactive 2-hour workshop participants will learn how to channel “nerves” into positive energy, move from self-consciousness (how am I doing?) to other-consciousness (how can I help?), increase vocal strength and flexibility, and practice concepts in daily activities and interactions.

Thursday, April 22, 2010
9:00 AM

UC 312

In this comprehensive introduction to stress management Josh Rothschild, Director of Stress Management Consultants, will teach the 12 basic steps for attaining greater peace and vitality. This 3-hour program is interactive and will provide specific tools you can use to make positive changes to reduce the stress and anxiety in your life. The workshop ends with a guided process for deep relaxation.

Participants will learn what stress is and how stress works, the three key areas of stress management, the twelve steps for greater peace and vitality, the one thing you can do immediately to reduce stress and anxiety, and how to achieve deep relaxation.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
10:00 AM

Engineering 025

Are you interested in enhancing your job skills? Are there insufficient time and resources for the training you desire? If the answer is "Yes",we have a solution for you! SkillSoft e-Learning is an on-line training and development tool which allows faculty and staff an opportunity to enhance their professional and personal skills. With over 2,200 program titles to choose from, SkillSoft provides a wide variety of on-line courses that will assist in:

• building the competencies needed for top performance in your current position
• developing your potential as you prepare for advanced assignments and promotions; and
• learning skills that will help you develop your personal interests.