Welcome to the OTC Employee Development calendar where current employees can browse and register for available training opportunities. Events are added throughout the semester so please check back often.

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Advisor Resource Training Sessions (ARTS)

Virtual Only

Are you a faculty or staff member with assigned advisees? Do you feel a bit nervous each time you receive an advising request? Attend a one-on-one session designed to build your confidence as an advisor! Your session will be customized to whatever advising needs you have. This can include, but is not limited to: navigating the degree audit, assisting with course planning, advising students on academic probation, making appropriate and timely referrals, and assisting with transfer planning.Email Erin Dooley at dooleye@otc.edu and let her know to expect you!

Free
Event Series Financial Aid Basics for Advisors

Financial Aid Basics for Advisors

Virtual Only

Financial Aid Basics for Advisors
Financial aid plays a big part in advising students. This session will address advisee questions such as:
• What financial aid opportunities are available?
• Where can I go to learn more about my financial aid file?
• Do I need to be enrolled full-time to earn financial aid?
• How does my financial aid work with my payment plan?
• If I drop or fail a course, how might that impact my financial aid?
After this session, you'll be prepared to connect your advisees with OTC's various financial aid resources.

Free
Event Series Financial Aid Basics for Advisors

Financial Aid Basics for Advisors

Virtual Only

Financial Aid Basics for Advisors
Financial aid plays a big part in advising students. This session will address advisee questions such as:
• What financial aid opportunities are available?
• Where can I go to learn more about my financial aid file?
• Do I need to be enrolled full-time to earn financial aid?
• How does my financial aid work with my payment plan?
• If I drop or fail a course, how might that impact my financial aid?
After this session, you'll be prepared to connect your advisees with OTC's various financial aid resources.

Free

Operation Empowering Advisor Growth Leadership and Excellence (EAGLE)

Virtual Only

Operation EAGLE (Empowering Advisor Growth, Leadership, and Excellence) is an advisor-lead professional development series. Each session includes an engaging presentation, opportunities to review case studies, and roundtable discussions. While Operation EAGLE sessions are designed for individuals with a primary role in advising, all are welcome to attend

Free

New Full Time Employee Orientation

Virtual Only

New full time employee orientation! Hear from college executive leadership, safety and security, and your HR Team.

Event Series Advising Students on Academic Probation

Advising Students on Academic Probation

Virtual Only

Students on academic probation have increased advising needs. In this session you'll learn about OTC's academic standing policy, the multiple impacts of a student's grade point average, and assisting your advisees in developing achievable education plans. At the end of this session, you'll be prepared for the next time an advisee says "I need released from academic probation."

Free

Behind Closed Doors? How Interpersonal Violence Can Impact Student Performance

Virtual Only

You interact with a student who often stares into space, doesn’t turn homework in on time, and frequently misses class. While all of these can be symptoms of an unmotivated student, they can also be symptoms of a much more troubling cause. Interpersonal violence has a wide reach in Southwest Missouri, and the effects of this violence reaches just as far. This session will dive into the complicated problem of interpersonal violence in Southwest Missouri and the effects of violence on concentration, performance, and degree completion. Resources will be identified both on campus and in the community to help students recover from violence and go on to be successful both academically and personally.

Free