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Academic Staff Professional Development Opportunities
A number of opportunities for professional development are available for academic staff on campus. Please use the links below for more information. To request that your campus program be added to this list, please contact the Office of the Secretary of the Academic Staff (soas@soas.wisc.edu).
For professional development opportunities administered by the Office of the Secretary of the Academic Staff, visit: https://acstaff.wisc.edu/grants-awards/
For professional development opportunities administered by the Office of Human Resources, visit: https://hr.wisc.edu/professional-development/courses/
For professional development opportunities administered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, visit: https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/vcfa-professional-development-program/
Campus programs at no cost or low cost include the following:
The Leadership Institute (LI)
https://lcice.wisc.edu/learning-communities/the-leadership-institute-li/
Fully Prepared to Manage
https://hr.wisc.edu/professional-development/programs/manager-and-supervisor-training/
Fully Prepared to Lead
https://hr.wisc.edu/professional-development/programs/fully-prepared-to-lead/
Teaching
Teaching Academy
https://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/
Research
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) courses
https://ictr.wisc.edu/education-training/workshops-events/
Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) training
https://www.rsp.wisc.edu/training/
Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB) training
https://irb.wisc.edu/education-training/
Research Animal Resources Center (RARC) courses
https://www.rarc.wisc.edu/training/courses.html
Skills
Lynda.com
https://it.wisc.edu/services/online-training-lynda-com/
Campus tools
Business Services training
https://businessservices.wisc.edu/about/training/
Student Information System (SIS) training
http://isis.wisc.edu/training_front.asp
Reimbursement of instructional fees and tuition:
Campus policy provides for the possibility that, with appropriate pre-approval, academic staff with halftime or greater appointments may be reimbursed for instructional fees and tuition related to authorized job-related or career-related training or coursework. Academic staff are encouraged to contact their supervisors and human resource staff for more information, particularly because the availability of funds for this purpose can vary across campus units. For details of the campus policy and a link to the form to request authorization, see the following: https://kb.wisc.edu/ohr/policies/page.php?id=60598