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Performance Management Trainings and New Staff Competencies

Beginning February 2022, UVU will be offering multiple virtual and in-person classes on new performance development processes. These training sessions will cover the performance development philosophy, the new timeline, and an in-depth review of each of the processes — annual review, goal setting, supervisor review, and midyear check-in.

The classes will introduce new staff competencies that will take effect July 2022 with proficiency evaluations beginning March 2023. These new skill sets will provide the foundation for the upcoming “UVU Develop” workshop series, classes designed to help employees improve their work and performance. A link to the new competencies will be coming soon.

We encourage all UVU staff to register for a class to learn about the important changes coming to performance development. Sign up at UVULearn.

Summer University Call for Proposals

The Summer University Planning Committee is seeking presentation proposals for Summer University being held May 16-18, 2022. We are looking for both professional development and personal enrichment presentations. We plan on hosting these presentations face-to-face with the option to participate virtually. We know we have a lot of knowledgeable and talented staff and are excited to learn from you. For more information about Summer University, please see the Summer University website.

If you are interested in presenting, please submit your proposal HERE by Friday, March 11th, 2022. If you have questions regarding the Summer University presentations, please contact R.J. Willing.

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January Learning Challenge

As the new year begins, many of us are creating New Year’s resolutions. While each of us may have different goals in mind, this monthly challenge includes ideas for professional skills to work toward with a New Year’s resolution. This month will also focus on how to set and stick with personal and professional resolutions. Follow along here.

UVUFit Bonus webinar

Wellness in 8D: A Lens to Build Resilience

Thursday, January 27 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm online

Presenter: Peggy Swarbrick, PhD, FAOTA, Associate Director, Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, and research professor, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University

Join us for this webinar as we examine wellness in an 8-dimensional model (8D) as a lens for prevention, treatment and recovery supports. Through this interactive webinar, participants will explore how this model can be personally applied and professionally implemented to support people with a wide range of challenges.

This webinar is open to all employees. Those employees covered under UVU's medical plan can receive BONUS points towards their UVUFit Tier 2 for attending.

Register for this webinar here. You may also register through the upcoming events section of the UVUFit webpage within the Human Resources Benefit page of myUVU.

February Healthy Cooking Demonstration

Dx Pr Writer

Caitlin Tobler is Dx's PR Writer. She will be helping us edit our department documents for spelling/grammar, content, and readability in accordance with President Tuminez's Campus Error-Free Initiative.

HR Annual Compliance Trainings

All employees are required to complete the following compliance training courses at least once each year:

• Title IX and Sexual Harassment
• UVU FERPA Training
• Workplace Conduct
• Conflict of Interest
• UVU Cybersecurity Training

You can access these courses in the “Learning Library” in UVULearn. The direct link for UVULearn is uvu.bridgeapp.com/learner/library, or you can access it in myUVU under the “Human Resources | Performance & Development | UVULearn” tab. The trainings should take approximately two hours in total to complete.

HR is moving to a yearly deadline for current employees to complete these five courses by Monday, February 28, 2022. If you have already taken all five courses since February 28, 2021, you will not need to complete them until the next deadline in 2023. Otherwise, please complete them as soon as possible, and let your supervisor know if you have any questions.

Employees who fail to complete all five courses by the February 28 deadline will be redirected to UVULearn when signing into UVU systems beginning on March 1, 2022. The employee will continue to be redirected until they complete the required trainings. Staff will also be given a “Does Not Meet Expectations” in the “Exceptional Accountability” section on their next performance review, per Policies 633 and 635.

PACE Professional Development

PACE Professional Development & UWHEN are partnering to offer a Clifton Strengths professional development workshop series for all staff in Spring 2022. This workshop will include four meetings that will be held once a month. We plan an in-person cohort and a virtual cohort to accommodate varying schedules. The dates for these workshops will be scheduled once we have cohorts in place. Register here.

Power BI Summit March 7-11

If you are interested in attending the Power BI Summit in March 2022, let your supervisor know. It is $99 per person and is entirely virtual. If your supervisor approves your attendance, schedule a time to use Leisa's ProCard to pay for the conference registration.