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Welcome to training! Below you will find a full listing of our course offerings, information on how to register, and more.

To see what workshops are currently being offered, please view our Course Schedule to check course descriptions, dates, times, and locations of courses you are interested in, or for which you have already registered. Directions to our training facilities can be found under Contact Us.

How to register

To self-register, sign-on to myUFL and navigate to My Self Service > Training & Development. Then search and register for courses by date, title, or course number.

To register employees other than yourself via Manager Self Service, you must have the security role of UF_EL_manager. Please work with your department security administrator to request this role via the Access Request System.

T&OD's Course Offerings

PLEASE NOTE: You may only register for 2 Computer Courses per semester (does not include myUFL courses). You will be cancelled for any workshops over the maximum.



Pro3 Series View course descriptions, dates, and times

The Pro3 Series is a series of workshops and information sessions designed to help those in administrative positions at UF learn the key information and develop the key skills they need to be successful. Download a Quick and Easy Guide to the Pro3 Series

NEW!
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT SUPPORT CERTIFICATION

COMPLETE THE ONE REQUIRED PRIVACY/FERPA COURSE

  • Privacy/FERPA Review (PRO331)

COMPLETE THE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE TRACK OF THE PRO3 SERIES

CHOOSE FOUR ELECTIVE COURSES FROM THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TRACK

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT SUPPORT ELECTIVES

  • Supporting Tenure and Promotion Activites in Your Department (PRO324)
  • Immigration 101 (PRO325)
  • Effort Reporting Process at UF (PRO326)
  • Grade-A-Gator (PRO327)
  • Course Scheduling (PRO328)
  • Managing the Scholarship Process (PRO329)
  • Guide to Graduate Education (PRO330)

HR/PAYROLL CERTIFICATION

HIRING TRACK --- TAKE ALL SIX

  • Guide to OPS Employment for UF Administrators (PRO313)
  • Classification and Compensation Foundations (PRO314)
  • Posting GatorJobs (PST092)
  • Interviewing and Hiring (SCS040)
  • Hiring and Additional Pay (PST210)
  • Job/Position Actions (PST220)

COMPLETE THE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE TRACK OF THE PRO3 SERIES

CHOOSE THREE COURSES FROM THE PAYROLL/LEAVE GROUPING OR FROM OTHER PERSONNEL ACTIONS (ALL THREE MUST BE FROM THE SAME GROUPING)

PAYROLL/LEAVE GROUPING

  • Advanced Topics in Payroll and Leave (PRO315)
  • UF Leave Policy (PRO320)
  • Time and Labor 1 (PST110)
  • Time and Labor 2 (PST111)
  • Payroll Distributions (PST081)

OTHER PERSONNEL ACTIONS

  • Nonresident Alien Training/University Tax Services (PRO316)
  • An International Affair: Sponsorship of Foreign Nationals for Employment-Based Immigration Statuses (PRO317)
  • Hiring Graduate Assistants and Fellows (PRO318)
  • Guide to Faculty Appointments, Recruitment, and Hiring for UF administrators (PRO319)
  • Workers' Compensation and Other HR Issues (PRO321)

FISCAL SPECIALIZATION CERTIFICATION

TAKE ALL FIVE

  • Color of Money at UF: A Guide to How Money may be Spent at UF (PRO302)
  • Internal Controls at UF (PRO303)
  • Basic Accounting Concepts for UF Fiscal Administrators (PRO304)
  • Budget and Commitment Control (PST050)
  • Departmental Reconciliation (PST130)

CHOOSE TWO (ONE OF WHICH MUST BE IN THE COMPLETING TRANSACTIONS COMPETENCY)

Completing Transactions Competency (MUST CHOOSE ONE)

Purchasing elective (1 elective credit)

    • Intro to Purchasing (PST070)
    • Purchasing Policy - Purchasing 101 (PRO305)

Completing the purchasing process elective (1 elective credit)

    • Paying Vendors (PST071)
    • Asset Management (PST120)

Travel and expense elective (1 elective credit)

    • Travel and Expense (PST030)
    • UF Travel Directives Workshop (PRO306)

Making deposits elective (1 elective credit)

  • Making Deposits in myUFL (PST021)

Fund and Spending Knowledge Competency

Research administration elective (1 elective credit - choose 3 of the courses below)

  • PRO323 Post-Award Overview at UF

    These courses are offered by the Division of Sponsored Research. Please register for these courses at the DSR web site.
  • Overview of Research Administration-Post Award
  • The Regulatory Framework of Sponsored Research Administration
  • Cost Sharing and CAS Compliance Workshop

Budget Development Competency

Reporting elective (1 elective credit)

    • Reporting: Basics (PST010)
    • Reporting: PowerPlay (PST117)

Grants Budgeting Elective (1 elective credit)
This course is offered by the Division of Sponsored Research. Please register for this course at the DSR web site.

    • How to Prepare a Grant Budget/Building Realistic Budgets

Spreadsheet Software Competency

Excel Elective (1 elective credit - choose 2 courses below)

    • MS Excel – Basic (CCH060)
    • MS Excel – Intermediate (CCH061)
    • MS Excel – Advanced (CCH062)

PERSONAL EXCELLENCE TRACK

TAKE ALL SIX

  • UF 101: What Every Employee Should Know About the University of Florida (PRO301)
  • HR 101: A Practical Guide to Fair and Legal Supervision (SCS010)
  • Achieving Results (GET050)

7 Habits of Highly Effective People (GET040) View course description, dates, and times

Based on the best-selling book by Dr. Steven R. Covey, this workshop focuses on principle-centered concepts that lead to more effective performance at work.


Managing at UF: The Supervisory Challenge View course descriptions, dates, and times

Take all four core courses and choose two electives to complete this certification. These courses are open to managers and non-managers.

TAKE ALL FOUR

  • HR 101: A Practical Guide to Fair and Legal Supervision (SCS010)
  • Coaching for Success (SCS020)
  • The Power of Feedback (SCS030)
  • The Right Person for the Right Job: Interviewing & Hiring (SC040)

CHOOSE TWO

  • Managing Conflict at Work (SCS050)
    not offered Summer 2008
  • Relationship Strategies (SCS060)
  • Making Meetings Work (SCS080) not offered Summer 2008
  • Powerful Public Speaking (SCS090)
  • What to Do First When Everything Is Important: Planning, Priorities, & Delegation
    (SCS100)
  • From Manager to Motivator (SCS200)
  • Surviving the Challenge of the Problem Employee (SCS300)
  • FMLA Review (SCS500) not offered Summer 2008
  • Ages and Stages: Generations in the Workplace (GET021)
  • Writing Performance Appraisals (SCS012) not offered Summer 2008

Project Management

Make project management a positive work experience. Learn about and understand project functions and how relationships, decision making, and priorities can make you a more effective project manager.

  • Project Management (PMA010) not offered Summer 2008
  • Project Management: Problem Solving and Decision Making
    (PMA020) not offered Summer 2008
  • Relationship Strategies* (SCS060)
  • Making Meetings Work* (SCS080)
  • What to Do First When Everything Is Important: Planning, Priorities & Delegation*
    (SCS100)

* Counts as a Supervisory Challenge elective.


Performance Management Process Not offered Summer 2008

Learn about the university’s performance management process for staff — just in time to complete the university’s performance appraisal process for TEAMS and USPS employees. Performance appraisals for TEAMS and USPS employees are due by March 31 of each year.

  • Writing Performance Appraisals (SCS012)
  • Performance Management Overview (GET150)

The UF "Manager Speak" Series Not offered Summer 2008

In these small group sessions, we’ll discuss topics of concern for UF managers. These small group discussions are designed to provide more in-depth discussion of supervisory scenarios. Limited to current supervisors and managers only, registration is required, and space is limited in these sessions.

  • Building Team Trust
    Focus Area: Building Trust (MGR040)
  • So, How Am I Doing?
    Focus Area: Assessing Personal Manager Development (MGR050)
  • How’s My Team Doing?
    Focus Area: Assessing Team Development (MGR060)

Be Your Best

Sessions focused on developing individual skills that will help you move your organization (and yourself!) ahead. Take 3 out of 4 and receive a “Be Your Best” Certificate!

  • Achieving Results (GET050)
  • Take Charge of Change! (GET060)
  • Orientation to MBTI (GET070) not offered Summer 2008
  • Attitude: Radiating Possibility (GET080) not offered Summer 2008

Business Communication View course descriptions, dates, and times

Join us for this series of special training designed to improve the way you and your co-workers communicate on a day-to-day basis. Attend three to receive our "Business Communication" certificate.

  • Communication Confidence (BCC010)
  • Now Hear This: Listening, Comprehending, Communicating (BCC020)
  • Communicate Assertively (BCC030)
  • Power Writing (BCC040)
  • Punctuation Power (BCC050)
  • Email Effectiveness (BCC060)
  • Grammar Game (BCC070)
  • Body Language Communications (BCC011) not offered Summer 2008
  • SCS090 Powerful Public Speaking

Computer Courses View course descriptions, dates, and times

Are your computer skills rusty? Our computer courses range from beginner to advanced for many different software programs from Microsoft, Adobe, and Macromedia. Employees may take up to two computer courses per semester.

The course codes for these workshops begin with "CCH."

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Access
  • Introduction to Computers not offered Summer 2008
  • Typing/Keyboarding not offered Summer 2008
  • Cyber Safeguards for UF Restricted Data (GET198)
  • Cyber Self-Defense (GET199)


myUFL Systems (PeopleSoft) View course descriptions, dates, and times

Taught by subject matter experts and Training and Organizational Development instructors, these program leaders understand how to use the system and are available to answer your questions.

The course codes for these workshops begin with "PST."

  • HR-Related Courses
  • Hiring and Additional Pay (PST210)
  • Job/Position Actions (PST220)
  • Payroll Distributions (PST081)
  • Posting GatorJobs (PST092)
  • Fiscal-Related Courses
  • Making Deposits in myUFL (PST021)
  • Travel and Expense (PST030)
  • Budget and Commitment Control (PST050)
  • Introduction to Purchasing (PST070)
  • Paying Vendors (PST071)
  • Asset Management (PST120)
  • Inventory at UF (PST125)
  • Departmental Reconciliation (PST130)
  • Payroll Processing and Leave Courses
  • Time and Labor I (PST110)
  • Time and Labor II (PST111)
  • Time and Labor Auditing (PST116) not offered Summer 2008
  • Reporting Courses
  • Reporting: Basics (PST010)
  • Reporting: Query Studio (PST012)
  • Reporting: PowerPlay (PST117)
  • Other Courses
  • myUFL Basics (PST121)



UF Seminar on Sexual Harassment (GET119) View course descriptions, dates, and times

More than 15,000 sexual harassment cases are brought each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Sadly, studies confirm that most cases go unreported. Sexual harassment is still a very real issue in our society and at the University of Florida.

All employees have a role in ensuring the university is a safe place to work and study and are expected to attend this important seminar as part of their employment at UF.

In this 3-hour, interactive seminar you will:


Employee Assistance Program Workshops View course descriptions, dates, and times

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is designed to assist UF employees with concerns or problems that may be troubling them. They provide services such as individual evaluation and referral, consultation services for supervisors, support groups, and workshops and training like the ones offered here.

  • Psychoneuroimmunology (GET111)
  • Psychoneuroimmunology II (GET210)
  • Psychoneuroimmunology II (GET211)
  • Anger Management (BCC180) not offered Summer 2008
  • Stress Management (GET101)
  • Self-Healing with Traditional Chinese Medicine: Qigong (GET113)
  • Optimal Health and Performance (GETXXX)

 


Retirement and Financial Planning Series View course descriptions, dates, and times

Sponsored by University Benefits and Retirement, these programs can help you better plan for your financial future.

  • Estate Planning Workshop (GET023)
  • Using the Florida Retirement System to Plan for our Retirement (GET024)
  • Cash & Debt Management: Smart Spending (GET025)
  • Retirement Plan Overview (GET027)
  • Planning for College: Options for College Savings (GET031)
  • Overview Pension Plan & DROP (GET120)
  • Fundamentals of Retirement Income Planning (GET136)
  • Creating a Retirement Roadmap (GET137)
  • What You Don’t Know About DROP (GET138)
  • Creating an Inheritance (GET448)

  • Basics of Asset Allocation (GET449)
  • Advance Directive Prep. I (GET450)
  • Advance Directive Prep. II (GET451)
  • Women, Wisdom, and Wealth (GET520)
  • Guidelines for Budgeting and Saving (GET570)
  • Building Your Financial Future (GET571)
  • FRS/DROP Workshop (GET573)
  • Investment Planning for Everyone (GET577)
  • Social Security/Medicare Overview (GET598)
  • Retirement Special Pay Plan (GET601) Offered Summer 2008
  • Roth 403b Plan (GET602) Offered Summer 2008


R.A.D.: Self Defense Course for Women (GET 200) View course description, dates, and times

RAD is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. The RAD System is a comprehensive, women-only course that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. Delivered by the University Police Department.


Other Courses


New Employee Orientation Sessions View course descriptions, dates, and times


Education Programs Information Sessions View course descriptions, dates, and times