Staff Resources & Training

Staff Resources

If you have ideas for additional resources for your work or professional development, please email the staff council. Thanks.

Staff Resource Guide

Faculty Senate

Staff Council will partner with the Faculty Senate on initiatives that affect both types of university employees.

Tech Talk - Free sessions from the TWU technology team

Human Resources

TWU Job Opportunities

Pioneer Success Survey

Our May 19th Staff Development Day was a huge success.  Follow the links below to the presentations given that day for more information:

Physical Activity and Health by James Rowe

Too Tied Up To Be Fit by Dr. Sanborn

Camp Wellness by Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Staff Training

As Staff Council is made aware of campus-wide training events, we will post the information to our website.  There are several good sources available that we have listed below:

Training Opportunities

ISS

Instructional Support Services (ISS) is a great source of training information on delivery systems such as Blackboard, Phoenix and Colleague.  There are currently two paths to find training resources on-line. One is via portal utilizing the ISS Quick Link. This link  http://www.twu.edu/iss/  will take the user to where they may find links to Phoenix and Colleague training, Second Life and others. These pages may have additional links to specific training needs such as the mnemonic, ADRR, or Colleague Roster Print (XROS).  The other main path to training is found at https://share.twu.edu/ > Instructional Support Services > Denton > Training > Calendar. There are currently no entries on the Training Calendar.
https://share.twu.edu/sites/InstrSuppSvcs/denton/training/Lists/Calendar/calendar.aspx.

ISS also puts out an email called "Microsoft Office Tool of the Week" to staff members which gives great tips on Office 2007 with step-by-step instructions.  If you work with Blackboard, ISS puts out a weekly email on Blackboard tips of the week which is very informative and easy to follow. 

ISS has a site for professional develop - http://www.twu.edu/professional-development/default.asp detailing the offerings they have for faculty and staff. 

You can request one-on-one training by emailing: trainer@twu.edu with your specific request.

TWU Library

The TWU Library also offers workshops for staff members throughout the semester on subjects such as Library Resource for University Staff.  Staff members are usually sent emails announcing these workshops.  For more information, visity the Library website:  http://www.twu.edu/library/training-tutorials.asp.

ASSET

The Association of Service and Support Employees of Texas Woman's University (ASSET) monthly meetings are another good source of information.  For example, the next meeting on April 20, 2010 will be on "Budget Journals and Managing Them".  For more information on upcoming meetings visit the ASSET website: http://www.twu.edu/asset/meetings.asp.

Human Resources

Human Resources offers Trainings and Performance Management.  For trainings available through Human Resources see:  http://www.twu.edu/training-orientation/training-available.asp.

Webspinner's Guide

The Web Designers who assist some of us in RedDot hold various trainings throughout the semester, follow this link: http://www.twu.edu/webguide/ for more information on upcoming trainings.