Lunch and Learn: Understanding Your Credit
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Administration Building, room 120
Presented by: Danielle Thron, Financial Educator at SECU
Attend this workshop to find out what is on a credit report, how to order one and how to improve or rebuild your credit.
Critical Thinking & Decision Making
(Core course for the Workplace Professional Certificate and an elective course for the Leadership & Management and Supervision Certificates)
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Administration Building, room 120
Presented by: Office of Human Resources
Attend this workshop to gain techniques to balance and incorporate critical thinking and decision making into everyday activities. You will learn to improve your evaluation and analysis of ideas, determine the best courses of action, resolve problems and make sound decisions.
Lunch and Learn: An Introduction to Parent Support Services
Date: Friday, September 25, 2009
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Administration Building, room 120
Presented by: Baltimore County Department of Education
Attend this workshop to learn strategies for effective parent involvement and resources to support student learning. This presentation will provide an overview of Parent Support Services, a Baltimore County Public Schools program to assist families, schools, and community organizations in promoting student achievement.
Employee/Employer Relations & the Supervisor (for Supervisors and Managers)
(Elective Course for the University Business and Management & Supervision Certificates)
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. to Noon
Location: Administration Building, room 120
Presented by: Jo Ann Joseph, Office of Human Resources
Attend this workshop to gain information on University employee relations topics, including managing performance (including probationary evaluations, annual evaluations and deadlines), handling time and leave issues (including absenteeism, Family and Medical Leave and other leaves of absence issues), disciplinary actions and procedures, and also a review of employee rights to appeal disciplinary actions. In addition, a mock trial will be held to simulate the employer’s role in the administrative hearing process.
Please register for these workshops at {http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/hr/training/coursesignup.asp}.
TEC Featured Course of the Month: Making Decisions Dynamically (pd_04_a04_bs_enus)
Complete this course to gain the skills necessary to avoid the psychological pitfalls that adversely affect decision making. You’ll hone your decision-making ability in risky and uncertain circumstances. You’ll walk away from this course with concrete and powerful decision-making tools, both rational and statistical. When you use the decision-modeling techniques presented here, you’ll enjoy enhanced accuracy and business confidence. With these strategies in hand, you’ll then explore ways to better make decisions even when you’re working with others who aren’t completely “on your side.” It’s true that decisions determine your life. It’s time now to better determine your decisions.
Please register for this online course at {http://www.towson.edu/tec}. (User name = your Towson ID number, Password = towson)
