Organizational Development, Equity, and Health

The Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) provides eligible support staff with funding for professional development courses. Oversight of the Fund is carried out by the Learning and Development Committee (HRDF Committee). The goal of the HRDF Committee is to increase access to learning and development opportunities and maximize the use of the Fund. To this end, the committee made recommendations to redirect additional dollars towards job enhancement opportunities. Negotiations resulted in agreements that altered several articles about HRDF. The full $400,000 fund remains available to eligible staff at a maximum individual reimbursement level of $750/fiscal year. Two changes made to the administrative processes of HRDF were: Funding allocation The wellness portion of the HRDF has been detached, enabling an additional $50,000 to be used towards job enhancement learning activities. The Lifestyle & Wellness Account for benefited employees on January 1, 2013, will provide acces...

The purpose of Workplace Learning (WL) is to provide faculty and staff members with learning opportunities to enhance their skills and perform their work effectively. The Workplace Learning Workshops consist of courses and events that are open to all Support Staff, Faculty, and other Academics. Workplace Learning workshops are typically: short, free, diverse, tailored to U of A environment, and provide employees with the opportunity to network with other U of A Employees. On July 17 OLE ran two sessions on Generational Differences in the workplace . The sessions were well attended by a diverse group of 40 participants.   Quotes from the evaluations included: “It was nice to participate in a class offered by the University for staff.   Bill and Cynthia put "a face" to the fact that the University cares about me as a staff member, and wants to equip me to not just to know about generational challenges, but learn to engage all of those around me, not just those who are mo...

OWN THE EXPERIENCE! – Exceptional Communities, Engaging work, Extraordinary Performance The Experience -> This aspect of OLE’s work explores the elements that lead to highly successful work teams, those who demonstrate extraordinary performance, apply positive engaging practices, and create exceptional workplace communities.  Our work is a highly consultative process that supports individuals, leaders and teams to grow. Philosophy -> The Faculty and Staff Experience is about People… -     engaging in the spirit of our community -     promoting our community where everyone fits and all contributions are respected -     providing orientations to our community that are immediately welcoming and inclusive -     valuing the gifts that diversity brings us -     fostering meaningful relationships and building a web of connections among the citizens of our communi...

On December 7, 2012 , OLE is proud to be co-hosting the inaugural Pathways GALA celebration of learning. Taking place in the atrium at Enterprise Square, we look forward to meeting the trail blazers of the Pathways Learning Series. This event will include a short recognition ceremony, several unique displays, music, tapas, and some surprises for participants.  Hope to see you there!!  

The PeopleSoft User Training program is managed by OLE and helps University staff hone their PeopleSoft skills and business knowledge in order to work effectively and efficiently in their roles. A variety of instructor-led and online courses have been developed and continue to be developed for all three PeopleSoft applications: Campus Solutions (CS), Financials, and Human Capital Management (HCM). The courses combine content focused on how to use the PeopleSoft applications with University business processes and have been designed for all levels of staff involved in using PeopleSoft including support staff, supervisors, managers and APOs. If you would like to learn more about the types of courses offered by PeopleSoft User Training please browse the Courses page of our website which contains a list of courses offered, a course description as well as access to the training guides, summaries or online version of the courses where applicable. We regula...

The APO (Administrative Professional Officer) Committee is excited to launch the APO Connect site, the network for 500+ APOs to share and find APOs' expertise across University of Alberta Campuses. APO Connect is a password-protected internal networking tool that allows members of the APO community to create a more extended personal profile than their Find-a-Person entry, including detailing specific skillsets based on their experiences managing various functions at the U of A, ability to share profiles via email and social media, adding APO colleagues as connections, and seeing other APOs you may know based on your connections. APO Connect was created based on feedback over the past three years from APOs across the U of A asking for a better way to privately network with other APOs and to provide informal mentorship and guidance to new APOs. Please visit APO Connect at: http://apoconnect.ualberta.ca Feedback welcome at: http://apoconnect.webapps.ualberta.ca...

  OLE is proud to offer new assessment guides for staff and supervisors that will enable us to see how Pathways participants are "living their learning." Our hopes for the Pathways Assessment Guides : Learners may use these tools as a self-check to consider their strengths and areas for growth Supervisors may use these tools as a conversation and coaching guide for clarifying expectations and establishing developmental possibilities with both individuals and teams Learners are encouraged to submit completed guides to OLE for recognition and encouragement on personal and professional development UAlberta employees will be inspired to reflect on professional development and to celebrate learning! Please note: the assessment guides are available for all staff to complete without having participated in any of the Pathways Learning Series courses.   For more information about the Pathways Learning Series, please visit: www.hrs.ualberta.ca/en/Learning...