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Supervisor Excellence Series


UTRGV Supervisor Excellence Series

Professional development opportunities are 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.

Series Schedule


Download the UTRGV Supervisor Excellence Series Fall 2022 schedule and session descriptions.

Program Series September

SEPT 13 - University Marketing & Communications

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

Presenting Office: University Communications & Marketing

SEPT 15 - University Marketing & Communications

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

Presenting Office: University Communications & Marketing

SEPT 20 - Compensation and Classification Processes

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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, and job classification processes including position creation, job title additions, and reclassifications.

Presenting Office: HR Compensation

SEPT 22 - Compensation and Classification Processes

Time: 9:30 am - 11:00 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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, and job classification processes including position creation, job title additions, and reclassifications.

Presenting Office: HR Compensation

SEPT 27 - Salary Administration Best Practices for Managers

Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

Manager and Supervisor essentials for efficient personnel action processing. Gain insight into the different types of personnel action 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.

Presenting Office: HR Salary Administration Planning & Analysis

SEPT 29 - Salary Administration Best Practices for Managers

Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

Manager and Supervisor essentials for efficient personnel action processing. Gain insight into the different types of personnel action 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.

Presenting Office: HR Salary Administration Planning & Analysis

Program Series October

OCT 4 - Employee Performance Management

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am 

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

Presenting Office: HR Business Partners Employee

OCT 6 - Employee Performance Management

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am 

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

Presenting Office: HR Business Partners Employee

OCT 11 - Effective Employee On-Boarding & Transforming Through Engagement: A Core Priority

Time: 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

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

OCT 13 - Effective Employee On-Boarding & Transforming Through Engagement: A Core Priority

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

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

OCT 18 - Employee Leave , Time Management & FLSA Guidance

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

Employee Leave, Time Management & FLSA Guidance - This presentation is designed to provide you with important information on UTRGV policies and processes regarding leave entitlements and managing employee time. Time management includes topics such as overtime, time reporting, travel time, break time, and the underlying FLSA standards. Learn UTRGV’s interactive process between a supervisor and an employee to manage to leave effectively.

Presenting Office: HR Business Partners

OCT 20 - Employee Leave , Time Management & FLSA Guidance

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

Employee Leave, Time Management & FLSA Guidance - This presentation is designed to provide you with important information on UTRGV policies and processes regarding leave entitlements and managing employee time. Time management includes topics such as overtime, time reporting, travel time, break time, and the underlying FLSA standards. Learn UTRGV’s interactive process between a supervisor and an employee to manage to leave effectively.

Presenting Office: HR Business Partners

OCT 25 - Employee Recruitment, Interviewing & Best Practices

Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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

Presenting Office: HR Talent Acquisition

OCT 27 - Employee Recruitment, Interviewing & Best Practices

Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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

Presenting Office: HR Talent Acquisition

Program Series November

NOV 1 - Ethical Leadership

Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

NOV 2 - Ethical Leadership

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

NOV 3 - Ethical Leadership (recorded)

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

NOV 8- UTRGV Sustainable Development Leader

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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

NOV 10 - UTRGV Sustainable Development Leader

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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

NOV 15 - Title IX: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct and Your Role as A Responsible Employee

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

NOV 17 - Title IX: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct and Your Role as A Responsible Employee

Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

NOV 29 - Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management; Employee Wellness & Engagement

Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

Presenting Office: Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management; HR Employee Wellness

DEC 1- Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management; Employee Wellness & Engagement

Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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.

Presenting Office: Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management; HR Employee Wellness

Program Series December

DEC 6 - Americans with Disabilities Act

Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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

DEC 8 - Americans with Disabilities Act

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location: Virtual Zoom Sessions

Description:

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 Testimonial

Awesome information and very helpful

“ Very well thought out and very relevant scenarios.”

Loved the best practices

“ 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.”

Liked it very much

“This was an excellent presentation.”

Good description

“Of cycle’s good advice on ongoing 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

“We need to be aware of our safety and employee’s safety.”

The session was very informative

“It did expand my knowledge.”

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