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Supervisor Excellence Series

UTRGV Supervisor Excellence Series

Professional development opportunities designed for managers and supervisors including aspiring supervisors to enhance existing skills and to develop best practices to promote excellence, effectiveness and efficiencies. Presentation details and registration are available online at utrgv.edu/training.

Program Series

Salary Administration Best Practices for Managers Virtual Zoom Sessions

September 15: 10:30am - 12:00pm

September 17: 10:30 am - 12:00pm

Compensation and Classification Processes Virtual Zoom Sessions

September 22: 2:00pm - 3:30pm

September 24: 9:30am - 11:00am

University Marketing & Communications Virtual Zoom Sessions

September 29: 10:00am - 11:30am

October 1: 10:00am - 11:30am

Employee Recruitment, Interviewing & Best Practices Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 6: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

October 8: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Effective Employee On-Boarding & Get Your Team Engaged: UTRGV Engagement Zone Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 13: 9:30am - 11:30am

October 15: 9:30am - 11:30am

Employee Leave & Time Management Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 20: 10:00am – 11:30am

October 22: 10:00am – 11:30am

Employee Performance Management Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 27: 10:00am – 11:30am

October 29: 10:00am – 11:30am

Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management; Employee Wellness & Engagement Virtual Zoom Sessions

November 3: 9:00am – 11:30am

November 5: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

UTRGV Sustainable Development Leader Virtual Zoom Sessions

 November 10: 10:00am – 11:30am

November 12: 10:00am – 11:30am

Title IX: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct and Your Role as A Responsible Employee Virtual Zoom Sessions

November 17: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

November 19: 9:00am – 10:00am

Ethical Leadership Virtual Zoom Sessions

December 1: 9:00am – 10:00am

December 3: 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Americans with Disabilities Act Virtual Zoom Sessions

December 8: 9:00am – 10:30am

December 10: 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Salary Administration Best Practices for Managers

September 15: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

September 17: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

Manager and Supervisor essentials for efficient personnel action processing. Gain insight of the different types of personnel actions processes, supervisory responsibilities, and awareness of impacts directly related to personnel action processes. This presentation will highlight key essentials for successful management operations of milestones that arise throughout an employee’s life cycle.

Parenting Office: HR Salary Administration Planning & Analysis

Compensation and Classification Processes

September 22: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

September 24: 9:30 am – 11:00 am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

An overview of the classification process and programs that supports UTRGV’s effort to attract, engage, and recognize employees. This presentation will discuss regulatory and legal responsibilities, job classification processes including position creations, job title additions, and reclassifications.

Parenting Office: HR Compensation

University Marketing & Communications- Branding UTRGV — It’s Everyone’s Job

September 29: 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 1: 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

Are you using the correct UTRGV logo? What should you do if a reporter calls you out of the blue? Did you know the UTRGV brand is worth millions of dollars? University Marketing and Communications (UMC) will share how their office can help you with marketing and communication needs. They’ll also review university policies that are in place to ensure you and your employees properly brand UTRGV.

Parenting Office: University Communications & Marketing

Employee Recruitment, Interviewing & Best Practices

October 6: 3:00pm – 5:00pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 8: 10:00am – 12:00pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

This session highlights recruitment and hiring best practices to best empower hiring managers to make excellent hiring decisions.

Parenting Office: HR Talent Acquisition

Effective Employee On-Boarding & Get Your Team Engaged: UTRGV Engagement Zone

October 13: 9:30pm – 11:30am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 15: 9:30pm – 11:30am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

Effective Employee On-Boarding – This session offers a comprehensive overview of the UTRGV employee on-boarding process, manager resources, and the essential components that strengthen workplace employee enthusiasm, professional development, productivity, and engagement.

Get Your Team Engaged: UTRGV Engagement Zone - an overview of UTRGV’s volunteer online platform “Engagement Zone” and how to promote teambuilding through service activities.

Parenting Office: HR OD&T; Community Engagement & Economic Development

Employee Leave & Time Management

October 20: 10:00am – 11:30am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 22: 10:00am – 11:30am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

Employee Leave Management - This presentation is designed to provide you with information on UTRGV policies and processes in regards to sick leave, vacation leave, leave without pay, and other leave entitlements to better understanding how to manage various types of leave requests effectively.

Time Management of Non-Exempt Employees - Learn how to manage leave time of your non-exempt employees like a pro. We will discuss hot topics such as overtime rules, time reporting, travel time, break times, and special rules pertaining to on-call employees.

Parenting Office: HR Business Partners

Employee Performance Management

October 27: 10:00am – 11:30am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

October 29: 10:00am – 11:30am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

Supervisors play an integral role at UTRGV to develop our employees and help them succeed. Learn about performance management throughout the duration of an employment cycle, from onboarding to offboarding. This training will equip you to successfully manage performance issues at UTRGV.

Parenting Office: HR Business Partners Employee

Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management; Employee Wellness & Engagement

November 3: 9:00am – 11:00am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

November 5: 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

Environmental Health, Safety, & Risk Management - Program overview and supervisor responsibilities. Presentation of Workers Compensation program (WCI), reporting injury or illness process, stakeholder responsibilities, and Return to Work After Work-Related Injury or Illness policy information.

Employee Wellness - Empower your team’s well-being by encouraging work/life balance and promoting a positive working environment. Gain valuable information about employee wellness resources, initiatives, and strategies to increase employee engagement contributing to enhanced team success.

Parenting Offices: Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management; HR Employee Wellness

UTRGV Sustainable Development Leader

November 10: 10:00am – 11:30am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

November 12: 10:00am – 11:30pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

Overview of the principles of sustainability through the continuing existence of a healthy, safe and environmentally sustainable campus that enhances individual health, community well-being, and positive teaching/learning experiences, while maximizing efficiencies to enact change on our campus and the region

Title IX: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct and Your Role as A Responsible Employee

November 17: 2:00pm – 3:00pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

November 19: 9:00am – 10:00am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

This session will provide supervisors an understanding of appropriate workplace behavior and recognize when sexual harassment in the workplace is taking place. It will describe your responsibilities as a UTRGV employee and provide you with information about our policies and procedures

Ethical Leadership

December 1: 9:00am – 10:00am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

December 3: 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

This session highlights the Supervisor's Role in demonstrating, encouraging, and supporting ethical behavior. Explore how leading with character and integrity builds trust, improves effectiveness and engages employees to achieve positive results.

Americans with Disabilities Act

December 8: 9:00am – 10:30am, Virtual Zoom Sessions

December 10: 2:00pm – 3:30pm, Virtual Zoom Sessions

This presentation is designed to provide you with the latest information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It will help you to become familiar with ADA requirements and to better understand the reasonable accommodation request process at UTRGV. It will help you better understand your supervisory obligations with regards to this process.


Series Schedule

Download the UTRGV Supervisor Excellence Series Fall 2020 schedule and session descriptions. 



Series Testimonials

“Awesome information and very helpful. Very well thought out and very relevant scenarios.”

“Loved the best practices and was very happy that the series is being offered. As a new employee and supervisor, this training was very helpful as a guide and reminder of what is expected of me.”

“I learned a lot throughout the whole training.”

“This was an excellent presentation.”

“Good description of cycle’ good advice on on-going monthly notes; great overview of resources that I didn’t know we had. Case study provided the opportunity to apply knowledge gained in the presentation.”

“Very informative! Loved the best practices part.”

“Great presentation, good delivery.”

“It was a great presentation! Maybe I feel I could use more self-refection/looking at what we need to do; Excellent insight into work related supervisory improvement.”

“Great information to be aware for our safety and employee’s safety.”

“The session was very informative and did expand my knowledge.”

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