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Course Offerings Fall 2008 Course Description Summary
Performance Management -
(Focuses on Classified Staff Performance Evaluation Program) Workshop Objectives: At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Who should attend: Faculty, Managers and Supervisors.
To assess personal priorities and their relationships with the various roles that we assume and to use this knowledge as well as examples of various time and work management systems to develop a personal management system. Workshop Objectives: At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Who should attend: All employees.
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Managers and Supervisors This workshop provides managers and supervisors with a detailed overview of the law and what it means. It also clarifies management's responsibilities, recent developments which affect harassment in the public sector workplace, including managers and supervisors responsibilities under the law. Who should attend: Faculty, Managers and Supervisors.
Generations At Work (Working with Multiple Generations) Today one of the most important "differences" in the workplace is generational. For the first time in history, we have four distinct generations working together. In this session, we will identify the four different generation groups, describe the personality traits of each group, and describe and explore the management issues among the generations. Workshop Objectives: At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Who should attend: All employees.
Employment Law Personnel Recruitment and Selection Process - (Focuses on Classified Staff Recruitment and Selection Process) This course is designed to present practical and legal considerations associated with the recruitment and selection process. Special emphasis is placed on the role of planning, legal considerations, selection criteria, interview questions, the interview, post-offer medical examinations, a review of reference checks, the offer-of-employment letter, and the administrative and record keeping processes. Who should attend: Faculty, Managers and Supervisors. Sexual Harassment Training for Non-Managers This course is designed to provide employees with an overview of sexual harassment law and related definitions. Emphasis is placed on explaining what sexual harassment is under federal law, identifying the kinds of behavior that may be interpreted as sexual harassment in the workplace, avoiding sexual harassment, dealing with sexual harassment as it arises, and participating in an investigation of allegations of sexual harassment. Who should attend: All employees.
Instructor Biographies
Susan
Luck,
MEHD, SPHR, IPMA-CP
Bob
Vilcheck,
SPHR Bob has been in this position since June 2000 and has been a professional trainer since August of 1993. Bob is the Program Manager for the Certified Public Manager program, and is a member of the National Board of the Certified Public Manager’s Association. He is responsible for other major projects such at Emergency Evacuation Training, the Society for Human Resource training, and plays in integral part in the annual statewide HR Leadership Conference. Bob has been responsible for conducting needs assessments, developing and administering employee training programs, including county Supervisory Leadership and Employee Leadership Institutes. His career includes 23 years in the Air Force where he held numerous leadership and management positions and served as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff organization at the Pentagon. While in the Air Force, Bob gained invaluable supervisory, leadership and management experience, attended numerous military training schools, and served as a key staff member of executive management teams.
Bob
holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business from the University of Albuquerque and a
Master's degree in Public Administration from Troy State University, as well as
certification as an SPHR. He is also a member of professional organizations such
as the International Personnel Management Association and American Society for
Training and Development (both local and international).
Johnsie
Williams
Johnsie Williams provides technical assistance to state agencies, designs and
implements training courses inclusive of special management workshops, and
investigates employment discriminations complaints. She possesses over 25 years
of experience with the Commonwealth of Virginia, inclusive of serving as the
Executive Director of several state boards. Additionally, she has worked at one
of the leading civil rights law firms in Richmond, VA. Johnsie has completed
several workshops on Mediation Trainings. She pursued undergraduate and
graduate studies at Bennett College, Tulane University, and the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and holds and Advanced Certificate in Employment
Law from the Institute of Applied Management and Law, Inc.
Su
Watson
Su
Watson is a training specialist and is the Program Manager for the statewide
Managing Virginia Program (MVP). She has a Master's degree in Christian
Education and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. She has been with the state for
21 years; 18 of those years were with the Virginia Department of Transportation
in the Central Office, where, most recently, she was the Training Manager. She
is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
George E. Gardner, Jr.,
SPHR
George Gardner is responsible for planning, organizing and directing the
administration of the Commonwealth's equal employment opportunity program. He
has served as the Executive Secretary of the Virginia Equal Employment
Opportunity Council. He also has served as a member of the Board of Directors
for the Atlantic Contract Compliance Association. Mr. Gardner's experience in
the EEO field also includes five years as a Senior Equal Opportunity Specialist
with the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education. He received his
BS and Master of Education degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is
a graduate of the Virginia Executive Institute, Commonwealth of Virginia and has
received certification in Employee Relations Law, Employment Law, and is a
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).
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