Professional Development Workshops & Programs

Lifelong learning is a strongly held value at Saint Mary’s College of California.

NEW EVENT FOR STAFF

On Thursday, May 30, attend Saint Mary's First Annual LearnAbout for SMC Staff. This is a day when you can attend 1 or more one-hour presentations delivered by your fellow staff members on topics about which they have knowledge and passion. The topics, presenters, and schedule are listed below.

Supervisors and staff -- attend at least one event you're interested in. Help make our first LearnAbout a success!! And consider being a presenter yourself in Spring 2014!

9:00-10:00 am Hagerty Lounge	Prezi - An Alternative to Power Point	Alle Porter, Library
10:10-11:10 am SMC Museum	Placing & Hanging Art in Your Home	Carrie Brewster, Museum
11:20 am-12:20 pm Hagerty Lounge	Eating for Health - Food as Medicine	Dr. Ali Rezapour, Health & Wellness Center
1:00 - 2:00 pm Hagerty Lounge	So You Want to Write? Following Your Creative Muse	Mike Jung & Norm Partridge, Library
2:10 - 3:10 pm Chapel	Saint Mary's Chapel - A Stained Glass History	Pamela Thomas, Mission & Ministry
3:20 - 4:20 pm Hagerty Lounge	Great "Apps" for Your Mobile Devices	Rita Pearson, ITS

Learning & Organizational Effectiveness

We provide learning opportunities both to enhance our employees’ knowledge and skills and to reinforce their outstanding work in support of the college’s mission. The diagram below shows the new four-component training strategy at Saint Mary’s College offered through Learning and Organizational Effectiveness (LOE). Programs are open to staff and faculty.

Spring 2013 Learning Opportunities Are Below.

Staff Development:

Put on Your Thinking Hat: Techniques to Stimulate Creative Ideas (Jan. 2013)
Managing Your Time (Feb. 2013)
Staff-Faculty Partnerships (March 2013)
Interviewing Skills (April 2013)
Campus of Difference (dates TBD)

Management Development

Accountable Team Members: A Leader's Goal (March 2013)
Tracking Performance & Holding Performance Conversations (March 2013)
Managing Change: The Human Factor (May 2013)

Leadership Development

April 25, 2013 - Systems Thinking

Whole Person Development

Caring for Aging Parents-Session 3 (March 2013)
The Grieving Employee (April 2013)

* Title IX Training (Department-Specific Dates TBD)

Human Resources