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.

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,…

Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning

Virtual Only

Click here to watch the recording Inclusive, equitable, effective instruction is essential to delivering higher education's goal of ensuring every student has the opportunity to succeed. Join the discussion with the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) at this complimentary webinar on our collective responsibility to create…

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