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.

Operation Empowering Advisor Growth Leadership and Excellence (EAGLE)

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

Small Teaching Online: A Conversation with the Author – Flower Darby

Virtual Only

Whether you’re new or experienced faculty you can make small but impactful adjustments that significantly boost student engagement and learning. In this talk, we’ll discuss brief learning activities, minor course design modifications, and simple changes to your interactions with students online based on the approach outlined in Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online…

Free

PageUp Training

Virtual Only

Any questions about PageUp or new user training.

Free

Bystander Intervention Training Overview (Green Dot)

Virtual Only

This session is part of our requirement to meet federally mandated Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) guidelines. By providing bystander intervention training to our faculty, staff and students, we contribute to a larger community initiative headed by the Community Partnership of the Ozarks in partnership with Drury, MSU, Evangel and OTC. Come and find out what Green Dot is all about and how you can become part of the national movement to prevent sexual and interpersonal violence.

Free

Behind Closed Doors- How Violence Can Impact Students

Virtual Only

https://zoom.us/j/7655527022?pwd=V1NEOFZIRDQ1Sm44dU9HdGF6RDQzZz09
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

Time Clock Plus: Tips and Tricks for your Manager Dashboard

Virtual Only

Are you new to TimeClock Plus, or feel like you spend too much time trying to make it do what you want?  With 50+ people to approve every week, several of whom we share with other departments, I’ve figured out some awesome features built into TCP that literally save me hours every month.  If there…

Free

Advising 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.

Free

OTCPress Training: New and Current Website Content Managers

Springfield Campus 1001 E Chestnut Expy, Springfield, MO, United States

Whether you are getting trained for the first time or just need a refresher, this is a great opportunity to learn the ins and outs of managing the content on the website for your department. We will cover topics like creating new pages, updating existing pages, adding images and other files, best practices, and more.

Free