Training and Development

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UW-River Falls believes that learning and growth are a journey and a life-long process. As part of our commitment to your professional and personal development, UWRF offers LinkedIn Learning to current students, faculty, and staff. 

To activate your UWRF LinkedIn Learning account, log in through the UWRF portal and enter your Falcon Account username and password. Your UWRF login provides full access to LinkedIn Learning without the need to set up an individual subscription account or individual billing with LinkedIn. 

Additional information on LinkedIn Learning, and support from DoTS, can be found here.

Get out there, explore, and learn! Be on the lookout for regular learning suggestions and challenges posed in the Falcon Daily, this page, and through the LinkedIn Learning portal. 

Below are a few sample courses to get started:

How to Use LinkedIn Learning (43 min)

Six Morning Habits of High Performers (23 min)

Uncovering Your Authentic Self at Work (28 min)

Professional development is offered through the Upper Midwest Higher Ed Recruitment Consortium, of which UW-River Falls is a member.  Because of our membership, our students and staff have access to a variety of ever-changing professional development opportunities.

You can access HERC archived webinars, toolkits, and other resources at the member website HERConnect. New users can register at https://member.hercjobs.org/login/register.

 

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Our Employee Assistance Program offers many great resources ranging from on-demand webinars to direct, confindential support. For more information on Kepro and how to set up an account, visit the EAP webpage here. 

Principles of Supervision and Management - Contact hr@uwrf.edu if interested in attending.  

At UW-River Falls, we are committed to promoting a campus culture that reflects our values of safety and nondiscrimination, and where our community can work, live, and learn in a productive and supportive environment. We all have an obligation to act in accordance with legal standards and ethical principles. In order to ensure that you are best prepared to fulfill these obligations for the benefit of yourself, your colleagues and students, the following web-based training courses must be completed within 30 days of start date. Recurrent training requirements for current employees are specified below.

Employees will receive an email from serviceoperations@uwss.wisconsin.edu assigning training for the following four courses:

- Information Security (securing data and information technology) *required annually
- Title IX (sexual harassment/sexual discrimination) *required every three years
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) *required every three years
- Mandated Reporter (reporting of child abuse and neglect, Executive Order #54)

- Workplace Bullying is an open enrollment professional development course.  Employees can self-enroll using their university credentials, and the training is NOT mandatory. Use this link to register for the course  https://uws-td.instructure.com/enroll/6BME6T

Public Records Training is also recommended every three years Click here to access the session:

Wisconsin Public Records Law Basics

(Please ignore the reference to a quiz at the end of the training.)  
Additional information can be found in the Wisconsin Public Records Law Compliance Guide.

If you are experiencing technical difficulty accessing any of your coursework, please use the following links:

Mandatory Employee Training General Information
Mandatory Employee Training Overview (video)Enroll in Mandatory Training Courses (tipsheet)

or email serviceoperations@uwss.wisconsin.edu

Please review the list of past training opportunities below to access the associated resources.

Recognize, Respond, Refer: Suicide Prevention Training for UW Faculty and Staff (2/17/2025)

The Importance of Having a Will (2/21/2024)

Resiliency, Part Two (6/8/2023)

Resiliency, Part One (5/24/2023)

Components of Great Communication (5/9/2023)

Fostering Inclusion in the Workplace (2/22/23)

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Diversity in the Workplace (2/22/23)

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Manager's Guide to Self-Care   (12/15/2022)

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Gratitude (11/21/2022)

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Making Meetings Effective (01/19/22)

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Suicide Prevention (12/17/21)

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Suicide Awareness and Prevention for Managers (12/15/21)

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Fostering Inclusion in the Workplace (12/03/21)

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How to be an Inclusive Leader (12/01/21)

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Communication Skills for the Workplace (11/12/21)

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Communication for Managers (11/10/21)

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Conflict Management for Employees (10/29/21)

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Effective Performance Appraisals (10/26/21)

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Conflict Management for Managers (10/22/21)

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University Employee Ethics (9/15/21)

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Freedom of Speech (9/15/21)