UConn and the State of Connecticut offer employees a variety of opportunities to improve or develop workplace skills. Review the resources below for more information.
On-Demand Resources
UConn and UConn Health Faculty and Workforce Professional and Leadership Development
UConn has partnered with Academic Impressions, an organization specializing in professional development resources for higher education professionals. This partnership provides all UConn and UConn Health faculty and workforce, with membership access to a host of learning resources designed specifically for professionals working in higher education.
Why you should use Academic Impressions
Topics areas range from skills-based trainings to leadership trainings on topics such as supervision, personal effectiveness, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and more, all developed for higher education professionals by higher education professionals.
Access to robust professional development for all our faculty and workforce will build the capacity of our campus communities and help us overcome the inevitable challenges we all face in our daily work. Additionally, it will allow us to serve our students and patients better and further UConn and UConn Health missions.
Academic Impression offers you:
- Hundreds of hours of free online training, both live and on-demand;
- New trainings added weekly;
- Formats designed to engage various learning styles, including in-depth virtual conferences;
- Resources in Academic Leadership, Advancement, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Faculty Success, Leadership Development, Student Affairs, and Title IX & Compliance, and more;
- A series of focused learning paths to help leaders at all levels sharpen their skills;
- A dedicated Account Manager who can curate resources to help you and your team meet strategic goals.
Some additional content, including bootcamps, coaching, and custom trainings are not included in the free base membership afforded to all UConn employees. If interested in any paid content, please consult your supervisor.
How to Access Academic Impressions
Don't know your NetID or need to set it up? Visit our NetID Management Page.
UConn Picks: All Employees
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Creating Equitable and Inclusive Meetings
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 101: A 10-Day Foundational Program
Developing Intentional Strategies to Improve Campus Climate: A Discussion Space
Create a Culture of Cross-Campus Open Dialogue
The Inclusive Leader’s Approach to Accountability
Leadership
The Five Paths to Leadership Self-Assessment
Conflict Management: A Practical Workshop for Leaders
Managing Change as an Inclusive Leader
Leading and Influencing Change from the Middle: Change Management for Mid-level Leaders
The Art and Practice of Giving and Receiving Feedback
Student Success
Removing Barriers to Student Learning: Inclusive Syllabi and Assignments
Strategies to Confidently Communicate with Students Experiencing Mental Health Challenges
Recognize Student Distress in a Virtual Environment
Engaging Meaningfully with First-Generation Graduate Students to Increase Retention
Preparing Doctoral Students for Careers in Academia and Beyond
Wellness and Well-Being
Setting and Maintaining Boundaries as Faculty to Develop Professional Well-being and Success
Actualize Your Purpose and Legacy: Workshop on Improving Your Well-Being
Manage Your Emotional Labor in the Workplace
Time Management: Focusing on Your Priorities and Purpose
UConn Picks: Faculty Success
Faculty Research and Tenure
The Narrative Arc: Mapping Your Tenure, Promotion, or Reappointment Statement
The Ins and Outs of Publishing Your Scholarly Work: A training for Faculty Researchers
Improving Promotion and Tenure Reviews by Using a Deliberative Decision-Making Model
Mid-Career and Beyond Faculty
Crafting Your Mid-Career and Beyond as Faculty
Reimagining the Faculty Mid-Career Stage: Reenergize Your Research and Find New Pathways
Faculty Mentoring
Building Your Career Network: The Relationships Every Faculty Member Needs to Nurture
Make the Most of Mentoring: Best Practices and Core Principles for Mentors and Mentees
The Consultative Approach to Mentoring: Building a Network of Support
Women in STEM: Creating a Space Where You Can Thrive
Faculty Hiring and Searches
Inclusive Hiring Best Practices: Removing Barriers and Mitigating Search Committee Bias
Recruiting for Diversity: A Training for Academic Search Committees
Diverse Hiring in Higher Education: Resources for Search Committees
Membership Resources
Access to hundreds of on demand articles, blogs, member exclusive courses, webcasts – live and recorded, virtual trainings – live and recorded, virtual conferences, various assessments, and other reference items.
Membership Excludes (but may be discounted):
Some additional content, including bootcamps, coaching, and custom trainings are not included in the base membership afforded to all UConn employees. If interested in any paid content, please consult your supervisor.
Schedule a Meeting and UConn Contacts
Schedule a Meeting
Yianna Kappas is the University of Connecticut's account representative. She is happy to schedule a meeting to help:
- Find a focus for your unit or department
- Tour the platform and reviewing tools
- Recommend trainings and resources
UConn Contacts
Brandon Murray - UConn
Johannah Gorgone - UConn
Alexandra Crean - UConn Health
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is available to all UConn staff on the Storrs and regional campuses as an e-learning resource (LinkedIn Learning is not available to UConn faculty or students). Secured through a partnership between HR and UCPEA using a portion of the UCPEA Professional Development fund, LinkedIn Learning provides easily accessible e-learning resources at no cost to employees.
LinkedIn Learning is an award-winning industry leader in online training, with a digital library of over 6,000 courses covering a wide range of technical, business, software, and creative topics. You may watch an entire course or individual videos, and you will be able to bookmark courses of interest and keep track of completed courses. LinkedIn Learning offers the opportunity to develop professional skills, learn new software, and explore other areas of interest towards your career growth.
Accessible 24/7 from your desktop or mobile device, visit https://myapps.microsoft.com/ and navigate to the LinkedIn Learning application to activate your license. If you’re not already signed in to the UConn network, the system will prompt you to enter your UConn credentials.
UConn-Sponsored Development Programs
Supervisor / Manager Leadership Programs
Human Resources currently offers two supervisor / manager leadership development programs.
Academic Impressions
New supervisors interested in gaining supervisory skills may choose to enroll at no cost in Academic Impressions' Supervision Certificate Program. Offered on a monthly basis, employees complete the supervisor curriculum over 4 weeks by engaging with both asynchronous and synchronous content. Each week participants have an average of 2.5 hours of asynchronous work that can be completed on-demand. To successfully complete the certificate program, participants then attend two 90-minute live sessions to help apply learning: one at the end of week 2, and one at the end of week 4.
Transformative Leadership Strategies
Human Resources has partnered with Transformative Leadership Strategies (TLS) to offer in-person training that covers the following leadership topics: Leadership 101; Core Values; Emotional Intelligence; Creating Balance; Communicate to Drive Action; Being a ‘Coach-like’ Leader; Give Constructive Feedback; and Build Team Trust.
We recommend this training for both new and experienced supervisors and managers who have an interest in honing their leadership skills.
UConn and TLS offer cohorts of the training to all interested UConn employees in four three-hour sessions, with a limit of 26 participants per cohort. The total cost to participate varies from $290 - $450 per person, based on attendance. Additionally, departments may contact Human Resources to arrange for private cohorts.
Discover Your Life Purpose
The Life Purpose Lab offers UConn departments and employees the opportunity to intentionally explore their life purpose across several domains - vocation, relationships, well-being, and recreation.
Participants attend two four-hour sessions (8 hours total), and the sessions include presented material, personal reflection, reflective writing, and small group discussions. This program is ideal for individual employees or units who want much more for their lives.
HR typically sponsors several sessions a semester that are open to employees, and units may contact HR or the Life Purpose Lab for details about private workshops. While some sessions are fully subsidized by HR or a sponsoring unit, non-subsidized sessions cost $40 per person (cost covers materials).
More information is available on the Life Purpose Lab website: https://lifepurpose.lab.uconn.edu/.
UCPEA Professional Development Webinars
Human Resources and UCPEA have partnered to provide professional development courses to employees covered by UCPEA. Transformative Leadership Strategies (TLS), a West Hartford-based firm, will offers virtual professional development sessions twice a month. Each session is two hours, virtual, instructor-led, and limited to 25 individuals (each session is interactive over Zoom).
Scheduled courses, from January 2025 through June 2025, are available for registration via Learning@Work. Please remember that each course is limited to 25 individuals and each course maintains a waitlist. If unable to attend after enrolling, please unenroll to allow another employee the opportunity to attend. We ask employees to register for no more than 5 total courses to ensure all eligible employees have access.
| Date | Day | Time | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/5 | Thu | 9-11am | Communicate with Skill |
| 12/12 | Thu | 9-11am | Navigating Change and Building Resilience |
| 1/9 | Thu | 9-11am | Power of Strengthening Team Trust |
| 1/16 | Thu | 9-11am | Creating Healthy Boundaries at Work |
| 2/4 | Tue | 9-11am | Communicate with Skill |
| 2/11 | Tue | 9-11am | Being a Coach-like Leader |
| 3/4 | Tue | 9-11am | Communicate with Confidence |
| 3/18 | Tue | 9-11am | Creating a Culture of Accountability |
| 4/8 | Tue | 9-11am | Communicate to Drive Action |
| 4/17 | Thu | 9-11am | Healthy Approaches to Managing Conflict |
| 5/15 | Thu | 9-11am | Leadership 101: Building Essential Leadership Skills |
| 5/27 | Tue | 9-11am | Communicate with Confidence |
| 6/10 | Tue | 9-11am | Creating Healthy Boundaries at Work |
| 6/19 | Thu | 9-11am | Communicate to Drive Action |
Connecticut State Employee Training Programs
CEUI/Technical Course Registration Information
The Fall 2023 CEUI Technical Course catalog for NP-2 Bargaining Unit members is closed. This section will be updated when the Fall 2024 catalog is available.
Fall 2024 Registration Deadline is TBD.
Courses are offered by the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System In partnership with the Connecticut Employees Union Independent.
How to Register:
- Review the CEUI Fall 2024In-service Catalog (Not Yet Available) to identify courses relevant to your position.
- Choose a course that best fits your professional or job skill development need.
- Seek support and/or approval from your supervisor to attend the course.
- Submit a Fall 2024 CEUI Online Registration Form (Not Yet Available).
Facilities Operations employees will be required to get additional approvals; please see Evelyn Sehl or Ryan Steinberg for your department’s application.
Human Resources facilitates member registrations for the CEUI In-service training program coordinator. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee a seat in any course, nor can we provide refunds for courses in which a participant has registered but did not attend.
Should you have questions or require assistance with registration, please contact Kristine Douglin at kristine.douglin@uconn.edu or at 860-486-3034.
Registration for the 2024/2025 Connecticut State Employee Training Program (In-service Training) is now OPEN.
IMPORTANT! Please note the following information prior to registering for a course: 1. Review Program Terms and Conditions- Human Resources does not administer the Connecticut State Employee Training Program; we facilitate registration and collection of fees on behalf of The Connecticut State Community Colleges.
- University employees must be certain to check their schedules carefully for potential conflicts and obtain supervisor’s permission to attend a State Employee Training Program course.
- If you cannot attend the course in which you are registered, due to illness, work related reasons, or other unforeseen circumstance, another employee from your department may be sent to the course in your place. This is the only available remedy for absence from a course. Please contact Kristine Douglin in HR to make arrangements at least 24 hours before the course start date.
- A KFS number is required for payment at the time of registration. The KFS number will be charged by UConn Human Resources once the course registration is confirmed by the State Employee Training Program Coordinator.
- Choose a course that best fits your professional or job skill development need.
- Seek support and/or approval from your supervisor (prior to registering for a course).
- Please do not use the course registration form listed on the Connecticut State Employee Training Program website.
- The Connecticut State Employee Training Program course instructor will send course confirmation notices to applicants, via email, upon approval of your course request. Please contact Kristine Douglin at kristine.douglin@uconn.edu if you do not receive confirmation of enrollment 24 hours before the start of the course.
- For Online Courses: Please ensure you have received course log-in information from the instructor at least 24 hours prior to the start of the course. If you have not received course log-in information, please contact the instructor directly.
- For on Campus Courses: If you have not received course information from the instructor at least 24 hours prior to the start of the course, please contact the instructor directly to ensure the course has not been cancelled. If you cannot reach the instructor, contact the community college directly for information.
- In the Case of Inclement Weather: Please contact the instructor directly to ensure the course has not been cancelled. If you cannot reach the instructor, contact the community college directly for information.
Program Contacts
| College | Contact | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asnuntuck (AS) | Gary Carra | gary.carra@ctstate.edu | (860) 253-3128 |
| Gateway (CA) | Pamela Walsh | pamela.walsh@ctstate.edu | (203) 285-2142 |
| Manchester (MA) | ceinfo@mcc.commnet.edu | (860) 512-2800 | |
| Naugatuck (NV) | Cynthia Tolin | cynthia.tolin@ctstate.edu | (203) 596-8743 |
| Northwestern (NW) | Gary Carra | gary.carra@ctstate.edu | (860) 253-3128 |
Funding Opportunities
UCPEA Professional Development Fund Award Program
The UCPEA Professional Development Award Program Application page can be found at:
https://uconn.sharepoint.com/sites/ucpea-pd
For UCPEA Professional Development information or support, please contact the UCPEA Office at 860-487-0850.
Employee Tuition Reimbursement and Waivers
UConn offers a variety of tuition benefit programs to its employees. For details on programs and eligibility, visit Tuition Benefits.
Coaching
Coaching
Human Resources has four outside vendors on contract to provide coaching in a variety of formats (e.g., virtual or in-person) and schedules. To engage in a coaching experience, the employee must receive executive leader sponsorship. Human Resources will recommend coaches following a conversation with the executive leader and/or the employee. The employee's department or the executive leader are responsible for all costs related to coaching.