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Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities
Training Sessions
The following training sessions are organized by the Hub and Spoke Training Work Team or in collaboration with Student Success. If you have questions, please email StudentSuccess.ProfessionalDevelopment@utsa.edu.
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Technology and Systems Training
| RowdyLink Training | |
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| Description |
An in-depth look at RowdyLink navigation and functionality while covering crucial information for navigating RowdyLink. In this course, experts will provide a detailed walk-through of notification settings, event RSVPs, post-event questions and more. Join us as we reveal tips to navigate RowdyLink and its data assessment tools! Course Objectives:
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| Date/Time | Tuesday, September 26, 2023 • 2:00-3:30pm |
| Location | Teams |
| Audience | The training is geared towards staff working in Student Success, College Student Success Centers, Student Affairs, Career Engaged Learning, and other offices working for student success. |
| Registration | Register for CT1018 RowdyLink Training on MyTraining |
| Getting Started with Adobe InDesign | |
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| Description |
This session will cover the basics of Adobe InDesign, a tool that lets you create impactful flyers, brochures, and PDFs. During the training, you will learn how to create a multipage document with type, images, and graphics. The course requires no previous skills in Adobe and will walk you through everything from the basics of the tool to layout and document continuity. Course Objectives: After this session you will be able to: Presented by Willie Schaefer, Adobe Specialist |
| Date/Time | Thursday, September 28, 2023 • 10:00-11:00am |
| Location | Zoom |
| Audience | This training is geared toward Hub and Spoke groups, including Division of Student Success, Division of Student Affairs, Career and Engaged Learning, and College Student Success Centers |
| Registration | Register for SD0689 Adobe InDesign Hub and Spoke on MyTraining |
View recording and resource links for past Technology and Systems Trainings in the Past Trainings section below.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training
| Mental Health First Aid | |
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| Description |
Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis. Presented by Sara Tate, Senior Instructional Manager; Supported by the Division of Student Success and Dr. Tammy Wyatt |
| Date/Time | Wednesday, October 11, and Friday, October 13, 2023 • 9:00am-12:00pm on both days |
| Location | In-person on Main Campus (Room TBD) |
| Audience | This training is geared toward professional staff and faculty in Student Success, College Student Success Centers, Career Engaged Learning, and Student Affairs. |
| Registration | Register for Mental Health First Aid Training by September 28, 2023 on Qualtrics |
| Deconstructing Language: A Human-Centered Approach in Higher Education | |
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| Description |
Through this interactive presentation, we will explore language through various lenses to understand its impact on people, institutions, and academia. We will discuss this topic from simple everyday expressions to systemically oppressive concepts such as deficit language, and what Dr. D-L Stewart coined language of appeasement. This training is not mandatory and is open to all faculty and staff of the UTSA community.
Presented by Ann Margaret Trujillo, Associate Director, Multicultural Student Center for Equity and Justice |
| Date/Time | Wednesday, November 15, 2023 • 9:00-10:30am |
| Location | Main Campus |
| Audience | This training is geared toward professional staff and faculty in Student Success, College Student Success Centers, Career Engaged Learning, and Student Affairs. |
| Registration | Register for SD690 Deconstructing Language: A Human Centered Approach in Higher Education on MyTraining |
Equity Book Club
The Equity Book Club, started in Summer 2022, is part of UTSA’s Hub and Spoke Student Success Initiative and supports the shared goals of providing foundational training on DEI topics across all units and developing a collective ecosystem of student success supports.
Past selections have included the following (all free through UTSA Libraries or elsewhere):
- From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (Book)
- College Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success for All Students (Book)
- "A socio-ecological perspective on sense of belonging among racially/ethnically minoritized college students: Implications for equity-minded practice and policy" (Article)
- Minding the gap: The distance between compositional diversity and institutional transformation (YouTube video)
Information for Fall 2023 Equity Book Club sessions is coming soon!
Additional UTSA Professional Development Opportunities
The following training sessions are organized by various UTSA offices. Please click on the registration links below for more information.
Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally Part I: Building Your Knowledge of the LGBTQ+ Community
Description: This first part will help us build our knowledge about LGBTQIA+ identities and the community. The course is interactive and includes many opportunities for discussion. Objectives: By attending this course participants will be able to: 1) Build your understanding of terminology and identities within the LGBTQIA+ community 2) Engage in conversations about current challenges and issues faced by the LGBTQIA+ community 3) Grow your knowledge about resources and support for LGBTQIA+ students on and off campus.
- Dates and Times: Various dates and times
- Location: Zoom or in-person on Main Campus
- Register: Register for SD0670 Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally Part I on MyTraining
Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally Part II: Applying Allyship
Description: This is a newly restructured LGBTQIA+ Ally course. Part II will assist us in learning how to effectively advocate and provide support for LGBTQIA+ students and colleagues. This course is interactive with opportunities for open and honest discussion. Objectives: By attending this course participants will be able to: 1) Build skills for being an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community 2) Build knowledge on advocacy for policies and procedures that support the LGBTQ+ community at UTSA
- Dates and Times: Various dates and times
- Location: Zoom or in-person on Main Campus
- Register: Register for SD0671 Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally Part II on MyTraining
Dreamer Ally Training
Description: Training is led by the UTSA DRC for staff and faculty. The 2.5 hours training provides an overview of the federal and state policies that impact the lives of Dreamers and undocumented students. Additionally, training provides knowledge about their experiences, activities to reach a greater understanding of how the needs of the undocumented population can be addressed, and tools to become allies and advocates. The training is revised regularly to reflect changes in state and federal policy. Objectives: By attending this course participants will be able to: 1) Establish a university-wide network of easily visible allies that can provide support, information, and assistance to Dreamers and undocumented students 2) Provide tools for staff and faculty to demonstrate their support of undocumented students 3) Provide students an opportunity to respond to instances of discrimination and harassment based on perceived or self-reported immigration status 4) Educate members of the educational community on the needs and concerns of Dreamers and undocumented students 5) Foster a campus atmosphere that supports the academic and professional success of immigrant students, as well as their personal and social growth 6) Advance the university's progress toward a campus that discourages discrimination and openly celebrates Dreamers on-campus and in our community
- Dates and Times: Various dates and times
- Location: Zoom or in-person on Main Campus
- Register: Register for SD0436 Dreamer Ally Training on MyTraining
Understanding and Challenging Microaggressions
Description: Microaggressions are the subtle, covert ways bias influences our actions, thoughts, and behaviors toward marginalized communities such as people of color, women, persons with a disability, and LGBTQ people. The accumulative impact of microaggressions can lead to systemic inequities and a hostile community. Join Inclusive Excellence, Multicultural Student Center for Equity and Justice, and campus partners to build our knowledge about microaggressions and begin to take action toward addressing and challenging microaggressions at UTSA. Objectives: By attending this session participants will be able to: 1) Begin to understand what microaggressions are and what may cause them to show up 2) Recognize the concept of implicit bias and how it is inherent in microaggressions 3) Articulate a greater awareness of resources and scholarship around microaggressions and their impact on students 4) Create an action plan for combatting microaggressions as a member of the UTSA community.
- Dates and Times: Various dates and times
- Location: Zoom or in-person on Main Campus
- Register: Register for SD0437 Understanding and Challenging Microaggressions on MyTraining
Understanding Antisemitism on Campus Part 1 and 2
Description: Hillel International’s Understanding Antisemitism on Campus Curriculum is a video-based curriculum designed to educate about the history and context of past and present manifestations of antisemitism, and help individuals feel well-equipped to identify, respond to and proactively educate others about antisemitism. The curriculum is designed to be taught over 2 sessions, on the following topics: (1)What is Judaism? Who are Jews?, (2) History of Antisemitism, (3) Antisemitism Today, (4) Definitions of Antisemitism Each of the first three topics has a corresponding video and curricular materials including a participant video reflection worksheet and a participant source sheet. Objectives: Identifying what is antisemitic; Understand the harm of antisemitism; How to confront antisemitism.
- Dates and Times: Various dates and times
- Location: In-person on Main Campus
- Register: Register for PD964 Understanding Antisemtism on Campus Pt. 1 on MyTraining and Register for PD964 Understanding Antisemtism on Campus Pt. 2 on MyTraining
Past Trainings
Training sessions have been offered on the following topics. Links to recordings and guides, where available, are below:
Adobe Creative Cloud
- Getting Started with Adobe Express, presented by Willie Schaeffer
- Intro to Adobe Illustrator, presented by Willie Schaeffer
- Compositing Photos with Adobe Photoshop, presented by Willie Schaeffer
- Intro to Adobe Premiere Rush, presented by Willie Schaeffer
- Getting Started with Adobe InDesign, presented by Willie Schaeffer
Software
- Using Qualtrics as an Assessment Tool
- PDF guide for Using Qualtrics as an Assessment Tool • Email StudentSuccess.ProfessionalDevelopment@utsa.edu for a link to the recording
- Introduction to and Groups and Reports in Civitas Inspire
- PDF guide for Civitas Inspire • Email StudentSuccess.ProfessionalDevelopment@utsa.edu for a link to the recording
- Introduction to and Building Reports in TracCloud
- Email StudentSuccess.ProfessionalDevelopment@utsa.edu for a link to the recording
Additional Trainings
- Veteran Cultural Considerations, presented by Dr. Michael Logan and William Lansdon, Veteran and Military Affairs
Questions?
If you have any questions, email us at Student Success Professional Development .
