Dear colleagues who supervise frontline employees, including student employees:
You may have noticed in a recent recent CU Denver News that applications are open for the Supervisor Management Academy for the 2024-2025 year. Sessions are expected to be a half-day commitment once a month from September through May, and will be offered both in-person and virtually.
If you are interested to apply for this opportunity please check with your supervisor for agreement, and then submit your application promptly here: https://ucdenverdata.formstack.com/forms/sma_nomination_application
The deadline to apply has been extended to the end of April. CU Denver Human Resources will review nominations and make final decisions for the 2024-2025 cohort, and will contact the nominators and participants.
SEHD colleagues who have been part of this program in the past shared some positive feedback including:
- I learned a ton about CU Denver history, decision making and met people from other colleges/depts.
- Our meetings were very open and I felt very comfortable sharing, the sessions were relaxed.
- The once a month schedule for 4 hours has been manageable and it accommodates both virtual and in-person attendees
- The reading assignment was only to read 1 chapter per month
- I’d recommend any new manager to participate!
Background of the Supervisor Management Academy: https://news.ucdenver.edu/learning-to-lead-new-hr-program-helps-prepare-staff-for-success. The program is designed to explore various content areas and develop skills and competencies that provide support for supervisors and creates a community and network of learning. The program activities and topics are infused with areas of the strategic plan that help us progress in our goals to make CU Denver an equity-serving institution and a best place to work. Here is a brief list of some of the content:
- Performance development & management
- Project management
- DEI & Social Justice
- Understanding budgets & financial literacy
- Strategic communication
- Workplace culture
- Critical events management
- and so much more!
Questions? Please reach out to the the CU Denver Learning & Development team at CUDenverL&D@ucdenver.edu or to SEHD HR at sehdhr@ucdenver.edu.