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).
Programs administered by the Standing Committees of the Academic Staff Assembly include the following:
Professional Development Grants
http://acstaff.wisc.edu/professional-development/grants/academic-staff-professional-development-grants
Executive Education Grants
http://acstaff.wisc.edu/professional-development/grants/academic-staff-executive-education-grants
Division of Continuing Studies Course Grants
Academic Staff Institute
http://acstaff.wisc.edu/professional-development/academic-staff-institute
Mentoring Program
https://acstaff.wisc.edu/professional-development/mentor-match-program
http://acstaff.wisc.edu/professional-development/academic-staff-institute
Mentoring Program
https://acstaff.wisc.edu/professional-development/mentor-match-program
Additional campus programs at no cost or low cost include the following:
Leadership:
The Leadership Institute (LI)
https://lcice.wisc.edu/learning-communities/the-leadership-institute-li/
Fully Prepared to Manage
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/home/HideATab/LeadershipManagementDevelopment/tabid/70/Default.aspx
Fully Prepared to Lead
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/home/HideATab/FullyPreparedtoLead/tabid/312/Default.aspx
Fully Prepared to Engage
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/fullypreparedtoengage/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
Teaching:
Teaching Academy
https://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/
Research:
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) courses
https://ictr.wisc.edu/ICTRWorkshopsCourses
Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) training
https://www.rsp.wisc.edu/training/
Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB) training
https://kb.wisc.edu/hsirbs/18334
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:
Accounting Services training
http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/acct/train.html
Student Information System (SIS) training
http://isis.wisc.edu/training_front.asp
Leadership:
The Leadership Institute (LI)
https://lcice.wisc.edu/learning-communities/the-leadership-institute-li/
Fully Prepared to Manage
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/home/HideATab/LeadershipManagementDevelopment/tabid/70/Default.aspx
Fully Prepared to Lead
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/home/HideATab/FullyPreparedtoLead/tabid/312/Default.aspx
Fully Prepared to Engage
https://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/fullypreparedtoengage/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
Teaching:
Teaching Academy
https://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/
Research:
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) courses
https://ictr.wisc.edu/ICTRWorkshopsCourses
Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) training
https://www.rsp.wisc.edu/training/
Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (IRB) training
https://kb.wisc.edu/hsirbs/18334
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:
Accounting Services training
http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/acct/train.html
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: