2024-2025 Management Academy:
Operations & Employee Relations and Supervision
Going Outside the Classified Service:
Short-Term Employees, Substitutes and Professional Experts
Friday, October 18, 2024
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Location: Webinar
This workshop will address relevant education code provisions and legal interpretations with respect to short-term employees, including part-time and substitute employees. This workshop will also cover the requirements of A.B. 500.
Registration: If interested in attending, please register by October 11, 2024, by clicking here and a zoom link and calendar invite will be provided.
An Employment Relations Primer for Community College District Administrators and Supervisors
Friday, December 20, 2024
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Location: Webinar
This workshop provides district managers with an overview of employment relations issues including: past practice, grievances, discipline, evaluation and discrimination. This is an excellent workshop for first-time managers or as a refresher for seasoned managers.
Registration: If interested in attending, please register by December 13, 2024, by clicking here and a zoom link and calendar invite will be provided.
The Art of Writing the Performance Evaluation
Friday, January 17, 2025
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Location: Webinar
Supervisors sometimes fall into the trap of viewing evaluations as just another record-keeping requirement, without appreciating the importance of evaluations and how they impact the organization. Well-written performance evaluations encourage improvement, support discipline/termination, defend against litigation and help set a culture of fairness and openness in how performance issues are addressed. This workshop provides concrete examples and tips on how you can write an effective and meaningful performance evaluation.
Registration: If interested in attending, please register by January 10, 202, by clicking here and a zoom link and calendar invite will be provided.
Exercising Your Management Rights
Friday, February 7, 2025
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Location: Webinar
This introductory overview workshop identifies the rights of supervisors and managers with respect to employee associations/unions under the Educational Employment Relations Act. It also covers employee and union rights and responsibilities in relation to labor organizing and collective bargaining. The workshop discusses how to exercise management rights in ways that can improve their supervisory skills and preserve management rights.
Registration: If interested in attending, please register by January 30, 2025, by clicking here and a zoom link and calendar invite will be provided.
Workplace Bullying: A Growing Concern
Friday, March 7, 2025
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Location: Webinar
This workshop will define bullying and distinguish it from simple rudeness, and identify strategies for recognizing when it occurs, including when a supervisor is bullying subordinates (versus merely supervising). The session will also provide pragmatic advice for holding bullies accountable for their conduct and for assisting "targets" of bullying in reporting and responding to bullying conduct.
Registration: If interested in attending, please register by February 28, 2025, by clicking here and a zoom link and calendar invite will be provided.
Managing Performance Through Evaluation
This practical workshop is designed to help supervisors strike the delicate balance between their responsibility to uphold employment standards on the one hand and the employee's rights to fair warning and due process on the other.
Friday, April 25, 2025
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Location: Webinar
Registration: If interested in attending, please register by April 18, 2025, by clicking here and a zoom link and calendar invite will be provided.
