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.

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

REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit

Join thousands of faculty, administrators, thought and practice leaders across global universities and colleges on June 9-10, 2021 to discover immediate ways to improve online and blended class delivery for higher education. REMOTE provides a forum to identify and promote the best possible pedagogy, techniques and tools for online and blended learning and helps educators…

3 Secrets to Having your Best Relationship

Virtual Only

Objectives: 1. Learn different ways to communicate with your partner or co-workers 2. Discover ways to deescalate arguments Register here! https://magellanascend.com/media/3620/2021-webinar-calendar.pdf

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

NISOD Webinar: What Everyone Needs to Know About Professor Flexibility, Philosophy, and Student Completion

This NISOD webinar provides an overview of a two-year project to determine if changes in teaching style and course materials increased overall student completion rates, as well as completion rates specifically for historically underrepresented groups. Course completion rates were collected for introductory and 200-level courses in psychology and sociology. Data were dis-aggregated by age, sex,…