Professional Development
Supervisory Skills Certificate Program
Candidate Employment Law Certification Courses
Candidate Interpersonal Skills Certification Courses
Program Information
Learn the survival skills necessary for effective supervision! If you are a supervisor - or if you are hoping to move into a supervisory position - this program will help you understand the laws governing employment today and the "people skills" needed to direct and motivate your work group. Courses in the program are designed to fit into your busy schedule. Each course is one or two nights in length and can either be taken independently or as part of the certificate program.
Complete six courses from the bulleted list below - three from the Employment Law area and three from the Interpersonal Skills area - and you will receive the Supervisory Skills Certificate. Additionally, if you complete all ten courses in the series, you will receive the Advanced Supervisory Skills Certificate. Each session will provide practical information and tips that you can use right now. Please join us for these skills-building and résumé-boosting sessions.
Employment Law Courses
Interpersonal Skills Courses
Limits of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranty: UNM Continuing Education & Community Services and the instructor(s) have made their best efforts in preparing the material contained in these courses. If the material from these courses is properly used, these courses should help you and your organization save thousands of dollars in legal fees, as well as hundreds of hours in lost time, by helping you avoid or solve problems that could otherwise become legal issues. However, please note that these courses are not a substitute for legal advice. UNM Continuing Education & Community Services and the instructor(s) make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, with regard to the instructions and suggestions implied in these courses.
Fall 1998 Supervisory Skills Course Offerings
1951 Sexual Harassment and Right to Privacy
In today’s workplace, compliance with employment law is crucial to success as a supervisor. This course will cover the basics of how to comply with two areas of the law: sexual harassment and the right to privacy.
Topics include:
• What constitutes sexual
harassment
• Steps employees can take to stop harassment
• What remedies the law provides to employees who have been
harassed
• How to put policies in place to prevent sexually harassing
behavior
• What the right to privacy laws say about such practices as
tapping employee telephones, requiring lie detector tests, and
drug and alcohol testing
$85
| A: | Wed,
Oct 7 5:30-9:00pm |
|
Nancy Greiff, Ph.D.
1956 Motivating and Leading Your Workgroup
Creating an effective link between performance and rewards may be the single greatest key to success as a supervisor. This course will teach you how to motivate and lead your team to higher levels of performance, while avoiding the many pitfalls that await supervisors along the way.
Topics include:
• Rewarding solid solutions instead of short-term fixes
• Rewarding smart work instead of busywork
• Setting and communicating appropriate goals for your
workgroup
• Leading meetings and other group interactions
• Giving appropriate recognition for a job well done
$135
| A: | Mon,
Sept 21 & 28 5:30-8:30pm |
|
Nancy Greiff, Ph.D
1958 Personal, Project and Strategic Planning
This session will focus on personal, strategic, and project planning. Gain planning tips learned from the field of experience, not just from the textbooks, about the elements which are necessary in a plan that works. Learn about successful planning for reaching personal goals, for developing a strategic business plan, and for managing multiple priorities and large projects. Participants will write a plan as part of the session.
$95
| A: | Tues,
Sept 29 6:00-9:00pm |
|
Jean Block