HSU Professional Development Newsletter - August 2020
August 11, 2020
This month inside HSU Professional Development Newsletter:
- Navigating Back to School - Back to school has a whole new meaning this year. The complexities can feel overwhelming as we strive to provide HSU students – and our own kids – a positive educational and social experience. We got this!
- Managing Communications in a Virtual Team - The manager of a virtual team must master excellent communication and understand the importance of virtual presence technologies. Learn how the manager of a virtual team can improve team communication and collaboration.
- Achieve Productivity in Your Personal Life - In this course, you'll learn how to prepare for trips, plan personal and household tasks, and become more organized as a parent. You'll also explore tips for achieving an effective work/life balance and taking care of your personal health and well-being.
- Parents Working from Home - In the coming two weeks, Nancy Olson and Jessica Welch will be launching a new Facebook group for HSU employees who are parents. It will be an opportunity to share resources, collaborate and draw strength (and humor!) from each other.
- COVID-19 Safety Guidelines Training - As we go back on campus, it is important to learn the guidelines to follow when we interact with other people. Everyone on campus must take the COVID-19 Safety Guidelines course.
- How to use Zoom Like a Pro - Whether you've been using Zoom for years or have only just signed up, there are a number of helpful and fun tips, tricks and hidden features you can find to upgrade your video chatting experience and make your video meetings a little less weird.
- On the Bookshelf - You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
- Video - 5 Ice-breaker Games To Play On Zoom
- Talks with Educators and School Leaders Using Adobe - Check out this playlist, where Adobe host a series of talks with expert educators and school leaders across primary, secondary, and higher education, who are using Adobe to support digital creativity.
- Fall 2020 Professional Development Day - The focus of this year's Professional Development Day is on instructional continuity.
- The Secrets To Sustaining A Strong Remote Team - The last few months have seen knowledge workers around the world participating in an involuntary work from home experiment. Thrust into remote work during a global pandemic, people scrambled to figure out what this “new normal” might look like.
- Online L4HSU @ the Library
- Upcoming Training Opportunities
- and more!