New PD workshops this August
HR is hosting two professional envelopment workshops this August:
Discovering Personal Effectiveness: Aug. 8 (9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.)
Self-awareness is at the heart of professional growth and development. By understanding ourselves, we are able to better connect with others, create meaningful relationships at work, improve our personal leadership and be more effective in our communications.
- Cost: $375
- Register online
Practical Project Management: Aug. 21-22 (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Many people are finding projects an increasing part of their workload, yet still have their ‘day job’ responsibilities. Getting your project off to the best possible start is essential for success and tackling today’s project focused environment requires a straightforward, down to earth approach. This two-day workshop provides practical, effective tools and proven processes that ensure your projects get off to a clear and solid start, ensuring they stay on track, and your deliverables are achieved on time and on budget.
- Cost: $550
- Register online
If you are interested in these workshops, you may be able to use your professional development funding. Please visit the page for your employee group to learn more.
Rehearsing Conflict workshop performance: June 20
You are invited to attend Conflict Theatre‘s performance on Thursday, June 20, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., at the Dorothy Somerset Studios.
The plays are created and performed by UBC faculty and staff participating in the Rehearsing Conflict workshop series (June 13-20). Members of the UBC community have come together to share and act out stories of conflict in order to find solutions, challenge assumptions, and build understanding.
Our free workshop performance will involve reflection on the difficult conversations we can face in the workplace, and there will be space for interactive community dialogue. As a forum theatre performance, there will be an invitation to audience members to take part in the action if they choose, but all participation is voluntary. Together, we will consider how we can move through blockages to authentic and productive communication during workplace conflict.
Please RSVP at http://bit.ly/JUNE20PERFORMANCE and email any questions to conflict.theatre@ubc.ca.
UBC Community Leadership Program applications due June 14
The UBC Community Leadership Program (CLP) is an innovative leadership development opportunity designed for emerging staff, faculty, and graduate student leaders to enhance their leadership, lead and develop a team, develop practical project management skills, and learn how to build community.
Applications for the 2019/20 Community Leadership Program are due Friday, June 14, 2019. Information for supervisors is available online at http://clp.ubc.ca/application-process/.
If you have questions about the program, please email Stephanie Thorpe, Leadership Programs Lead.
PD workshop: Coaching for Personal and Professional Development: June 6
Join us for an hour-long session on June 6 to learn about Coaching@UBC’s free professional coaching services for staff and faculty.
In this information session, you will learn:
- What is Coaching?
- How does Coaching work?
- Why choose Coaching for personal or professional development?
- How do I access Coaching at UBC?
Course information
Coaching For Personal and Professional Development
June 6, 2019, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610 [map]
Register online
Leadership program application deadlines coming soon
Two of our leadership programs are accepting applications for their upcoming cohorts:
Community Leadership Program
The UBC Community Leadership Program (CLP) is an innovative leadership development opportunity designed for emerging staff, faculty, and graduate student leaders to enhance their leadership, lead and develop a team, develop practical project management skills, and learn how to build community. Applications for this year’s program are due June 14.
Learn more at http://clp.ubc.ca/.
Rehearsing Conflict series
The Rehearsing Conflict workshop series, June 13-20, 2019, is a free professional development opportunity for faculty and staff who want to explore and practice new strategies for difficult conversations, strengthen emotional intelligence, and increase resilience when conflict occurs in the workplace. Applications are due May 29 at http://bit.ly/RehearsingConflict2019.
Learn more at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/learning-engagement/leading-learning/conflict-theatre/.
PD workshop: Presentations That Work: Optimize Your Influence with Colleagues & Decision-Makers: June 26
We are hosting Presentations That Work: Optimize Your Influence with Colleagues & Decision-Makers, a one-day workshop designed for new presenters who want to feel more comfortable in front of others, and for experienced speakers who want to expand their effectiveness and develop an extra edge.
Course information
Date: June 26, 2019, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610 [map]
Cost: $350
Register online
If you are interested in this course, you may be able to use your professional development funding. Please visit the page for your employee group to learn more.
Rehearsing Conflict workshop series: June 13-20
The Rehearsing Conflict workshop series, June 13-20, 2019, is a free professional development opportunity for faculty and staff who want to explore and practice new strategies for difficult conversations, strengthen emotional intelligence, and increase resilience when conflict occurs in the workplace.
Using the situation and tools of theatre, participants will play out real stories of conflict from our community and apply new strategies to change outcomes. All UBC employees are welcome to apply.
Apply before May 29 at http://bit.ly/RehearsingConflict2019
Please contact conflict.theatre@ubc.ca for any questions or visit the Conflict Theatre@UBC website.
Community Leadership Program information sessions: May 6 & 27
The UBC Community Leadership Program (CLP) is a great opportunity for emerging leaders at UBC, and one that you may want to recommend to employees in your department as a professional development program.
Participants enhance their leadership, lead and develop a team, develop practical project management skills, and learn how to build community. To learn more about the program, please attend an information session.
UBC Community Leadership Program Information Sessions
Both sessions will be held in Room 610, TEF III, 6190 Agronomy Road.
If you can’t attend one of the information sessions and have questions about the program, please email Stephanie Thorpe, Workplace Learning Facilitator.
Applications for the 2019/20 Community Leadership Program are due Friday, June 14, 2019.
UBC membership with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
UBC is offering a one-year institutional membership with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), an independent organization dedicated to supporting academics throughout their careers.
The NCFDD provides professional development, training and mentoring opportunities to faculty, grads, postdocs, and administrators.
Members can access to more than 100 hours of online resource materials, including webinars, podcasts, exercises, worksheets and coaching, to assist them in reaching their academic career goals. Through online access to core curriculum, guest expert webinars and weekly Monday Motivator emails, anyone with a ubc.ca email address can access information and tips on:
- Time management
- Developing and adhering to a daily writing routine
- Increasing research and writing productivity
- Setting and reaching weekly, monthly, annual and long-term career goals
- Maintaining a healthy work-life balance
For more information, please visit https://academic.ubc.ca/support-resources/professional-development/mentoring#NCFDD
New funding year for staff professional development funds
Professional development funds for staff in the following employee groups became available April 1 for the 2019/20 funding year. This year’s funding maximums are:
- BCGEU Okanagan: $1,200 Regular; $600 Auxiliary
- CUPE 116: $1,000
- CUPE 2950: $1,400
- Executive Administrative: $1,500
- Management & Professional (AAPS): $550
- Non-Union Technicians & Research Assistants: $800
- Service Unit Directors and Excluded M&P: $1,500
Funding is pro rated in some cases depending on the details of the staff member’s appointment (for example, if they are working part-time). Staff members can confirm their personal eligibility and available funding amount through the Faculty & Staff Self-Service portal, under the “Staff PD” tab.
Questions
Contact the PD Fund team at pd.funds@ubc.ca if you have any questions about these updates. For questions specific to the BCGEU Okanagan PD Fund, please contact Lisa Frost at lisa.frost@ubc.ca.
Upcoming professional development workshops from HR
HR is hosting three professional development workshops this spring:
Thriving in Change: April 24 (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
This workshop is for UBC staff and faculty who want to learn more about the natural cycles and impact of change in order to remain resilient and engaged through the transition.
- Cost: $200
- Register online
Practical Project Management: May 29-30 (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
This workshop is for anyone who is involved in projects, as either a team member or project manager, and wants to learn the core basics and proven tools to help achieve more consistent project outcomes.
- Cost: $550
- Register online
The Foundations of Workplace Coaching Skills: June 6 (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
This workshop is for those who wish to gain a better understanding of how to use coaching in the workplace.
- Cost: $350
- Register online
If you are interested in these workshops, you may be able to use your professional development funding. Please visit the page for your employee group to learn more.
Community Leadership Program 2019/20 information sessions: May 6 & 27
CLP 2017 Reading Week Kick-Off (Photo credit: Justin Lee)
Do you know someone in your team who might be interested in an experiential leadership opportunity?
The UBC Community Leadership Program (CLP) is an innovative leadership development opportunity designed for emerging staff, faculty, and graduate student leaders to enhance their leadership, lead and develop a team, develop practical project management skills, and learn how to build community.
Join us at one of our information sessions to learn more:
UBC Community Leadership Program Information Sessions
Both sessions will be held in Room 610, TEF III, 6190 Agronomy Road.
If you can’t attend one of the information sessions and have questions about the program, please email Stephanie Thorpe, Workplace Learning Facilitator.
Reminder: Managing@UBC 2019/20 applications due April 2
Managing@UBC is a year-long leadership development program focused on supporting individuals to learn the knowledge and skills needed to thrive as new managers to UBC. The program is for M&P employees who have staff directly reporting to them, and who are within their first three years at UBC in a management position.
Managing@UBC offers:
- a cohort-based model for individuals to have the benefit of meeting and learning from other managers from across the campus.
- support to enhance one’s leadership development, including coaching, leadership assessments and program advisors.
- a self-directed learning model that allows participants to determine their own learning path and the ability to choose which learning will be most impactful to their own leadership development.
Managing@UBC runs June through May. Applications for this year’s program are due April 2.
Why leadership development is important to UBC?
A fundamental principle of our leadership programs at UBC, is that every individual has the capability and numerous opportunities over the span of a lifetime to lead, and when we are able to recognize and act upon the opportunities as they emerge we exercise leadership for those with whom we are interacting. What we believe about leadership has a profound influence on what we do as leaders and how we enact leadership.
For more information
Visit the program overview page at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/managing-at-ubc/overview/, or contact us at leadership@hr.ubc.ca.
Managing@UBC accepting applications for the 2019-2020 cohort
Managing@UBC is a year-long leadership development program focused on supporting individuals to learn the knowledge and skills needed to thrive as new managers to UBC.
The program is for M&P employees who have staff directly reporting to them, and who are within their first three years at UBC in a management position.
Managing@UBC offers:
- a cohort-based model for individuals to have the benefit of meeting and learning from other managers from across the campus.
- support to enhance one’s leadership development, including coaching, leadership assessments and program advisors.
- a self-directed learning model that allows participants to determine their own learning path and the ability to choose which learning will be most impactful to their own leadership development.
Managing@UBC runs June through May. Applications for this year’s program are due by April 2.
Want to learn more?
You are invited to attend our upcoming M@UBC informational session:
Feb. 26, 2019, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Room 610, TEF III (6190 Agronomy Road) [map]
Register online
Why leadership development is important to UBC?
A fundamental principle of our leadership programs at UBC, is that every individual has the capability and numerous opportunities over the span of a lifetime to lead, and when we are able to recognize and act upon the opportunities as they emerge we exercise leadership for those with whom we are interacting. What we believe about leadership has a profound influence on what we do as leaders and how we enact leadership.
For more information
Visit the program overview page at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/managing-at-ubc/overview/, or contact us at leadership@hr.ubc.ca.
Reminder to use staff professional development funds for 2018-19
As we approach the end of the fiscal year, we ask that you encourage staff in your departments to use their professional development funds.
Staff are welcome to make claims on a first-come, first-served basis until the budgeted funding pool is exhausted or by the end of the fiscal year, whichever comes sooner. Prior to submitting a claim, staff are encouraged to check their respective HR PD Fund webpage (links below) for updates on their overall fund balance.
Notes about funds (Fiscal 2018-19)
The TRA PD Fund is closed and no longer accepting PD expense claims for the current funding year. We anticipate that the BCGEU Okanagan PD Fund and the M&P PD Fund will be exhausted before the end of the current fiscal year. It is expected that the other staff PD funds will be able to accommodate funding requests until the March 31 year-end.
The amount available for individuals to claim depends on the employee group, as each group has its own individual maximum claim amount and funding pool subject to an annual budget allocation and program guidelines. Staff PD funds are available for those in the following employee groups:
- CUPE 116
- CUPE 2950
- Executive Administrative
- Management & Professional (AAPS)
- Non-Union Technicians & Research Assistants
- Service Unit Directors/Excluded M&P
- BCGEU Okanagan
If an employee group’s funding pool balance reaches zero prior to March 31, no further PD claims will be accepted for reimbursement in the current funding year.
These are annual funding pools designed to support UBC employees with staff appointments to pursue professional development opportunities that will enhance their skills, knowledge and ongoing career growth at UBC.
Questions? Please contact pd.funds@ubc.ca.
PD workshop: In-Powering: Making Sense of Your Talents and Strengths: March 15
HR is hosting In-Powering: Making Sense of Your Talents and Strengths, a one-day workshop focusing on helping participants to gain a better understanding of their strengths, and how to translate those strengths to your professional life.
Course information
Date: March 15, 2019, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610 [map]
Cost: $375
Register online
If you are interested in this course, you may be able to use your professional development funding. Please visit the page for your employee group to learn more.
Last call for 2019 Coaching@UBC internship program applications
Coaching@UBC is accepting applications for the 2019 intake for the Coaching Internship Program. Successful applicants will receive funding towards the completion of an ICF Accredited Coach Training Program. Please visit the Coaching Internship Program for full details and application documents. The application deadline is Feb. 1, 2019.
If you have any questions, please contact Catharine Chang, Program Manager, Coaching@UBC, at 604-822-3351 or catharine.chang@ubc.ca.
To find out more about Coaching or to sign up for coaching, visit www.hr.ubc.ca/coaching
A few spaces left in the Working Mind for Managers: Jan. 31
We have a few spaces left in the Jan. 31 Working Mind for Managers. All supervisors, managers, and members of the distributed UBC’s HR community of practice are invited to attend.
About this workshop
The Working Mind is a Mental Health Commission of Canada, evidence-based, workplace training program aimed at increasing mental health literacy for supervisors/managers.
Program goals
- To provide supervisors and managers with the confidence, tools and resources to support employees who may be experiencing mental health challenges
- To reduce stigma and negative attitudes towards those struggling with poor mental health
- To provide learners with a broad understanding of mental health and wellbeing
- To promote mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
Course information
Date: Jan. 31, 2019, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610 [map]
Cost: Free
Register online
Working Mind for Employees: Feb. 25 (half-day)
In partnership with our Working Mind for Managers program, we are hosting a session for all employees, the Working Mind for Employees, on Feb. 25. This half-day workshop will address and promote mental health, and reduce the stigma of mental illness in a workplace setting.
Program goals
- To reduce stigma and negative attitudes towards those struggling with poor mental health;
- To provide learners with a broad understanding of mental health and wellbeing;
- To help participants maintain mental health and improve resilience; and
- To promote mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Course information
Date: Feb. 25, 2019, 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: TEF III, Room 610 [map]
Cost: Free
Register online
Update on Non-Union TRA PD Fund
The 2018/19 Professional Development Fund for Non-Union Technicians & Research Assistants (TRA) has limited funding remaining and is expected to run out by the end of this week. When the funding pool balance reaches zero, all staff individual balances will expire and no further PD expense claims will be accepted for the current fund year.
On Jan. 9, a message was sent to all Non-Union Technicians and Research Assistants by Human Resources to inform them of the remaining availability.
If you receive any questions about this matter from staff in your unit, please direct them to the TRA PD webpage or contact Susanna Mulligan, PD Funding Manager, at pd.funds@ubc.ca.