Congratulations! 2024 Champions of Learning
Alyson Baxter, Assistant Vice President for FOSAS – Recognized for her tireless advocacy for continued growth and development for the FOSAS team, and realizing that professional development is a “value-added” benefit!
Compliance, Ethics and Regulatory – This team demonstrates their commitment to learning by ensuring the “Ethics in Eight” training campaign is an informative and engaging program employees want to participate in year after year!
Amelia de los Reyes, Health Informatics QI Specialist – A “Cheerleader for Learning”, she was recognized for being a role model for education and life-long learning to her fellow CCHS and SHC staff, and the students she instructs!
Barrett Elder, OIT Customer Relations Coordinator – A two-time Employee Learning Week facilitator, he willingly developed two new MS Teams courses to help the UA family better connect as the APPS take over!
HR Service Center – Recognized for the new “Building Community at the Capstone” program, this team transformed onboarding opportunities for new employees to encourage them to learn about their campus community!
Michael Saloka, HRIS Analyst – As a special HRLD partner, this in-demand “Excel for Everyone” course architect willingly agreed to design, develop and facilitate one of the most popular and in-demand HRLD courses!
Wellness & Work-Life – Ever focused on helping employees be their best, this team works non-stop, online, onsite and campus-wide to provide educational wellness programming to ensure a Culture of Health and Well-being at UA!
What is Employee Learning Week?
Sponsored by the Association for Talent Development, Employee Learning Week is an annual awareness campaign highlighting the important connection between continuous learning and organizational development. The annual campaign is the first week of December, but we are celebrating Employee Learning all month!
To promote this annual campaign HR Learning & Development is partnering with ComPsych/Guidance Resources, the Office of Information Technology, Wellness & Work-Life, Academic Impressions and others to encourage employees to take advantage of the many resources available to help them achieve their individual and organizational goals. New workshops, new facilitators, fun activities, professional development and skill building classes, prizes and more will help foster an environment of energy, exploration and growth!
Celebrate Employee Learning with Us!
To celebrate YOU and Employee Learning, we are Welcoming New Team Members and Instructors, Recognizing Others, Promoting New Courses, and Shining the Spotlight on Learning Resources throughout December.
We’ve added something special (prizes and surprises) to every learning experience. So please plan to participate!
Select the items below to learn more about Employee Learning and to explore opportunities to Learn, Develop and Grow!
How do I participate?
√ View the December Resources that Work! newsletter for resources to help you Learn, Develop and Grow!
√ Recognize a Champion of Learning! by 5:00 p.m., Friday, December 20th. We will surprise them in January 2025!
√ Watch for information from Wellness & Work-Life inviting you to take time to Disconnect in December!
√ Link to the Five Paths to Leadership Self-Assessment on the Academic Impressions website.
√ Share Your Feedback about learning experiences you would like to see as we work to help you Learn, Develop and Grow in 2025!
Participate to Win!
When you participate in one of our onsite or online Employee Learning experiences, you will have an opportunity to win Merch, Bling, and more!
Recognize a Champion of Learning
Champions of Learning are individuals or teams that encourage individual and organizational development year-round. Perhaps they started a book club, shared a helpful learning tip at weekly meetings, established a goal for participating in professional development activities, or were the first to say, “We should team together to learn how to …!” Have a team or individual in mind? Recognize a Champion of Learning!
Observe UA Disconnect Day!
With the use of technology and AI every increasing, it’s important that we stay connected face-to-face. So Wellness and Work-Life is officially declaring UA Disconnect Day on 12/12/24 to help keep the connection alive! Here are a few ways you can practice disconnecting to connect:
-Hold in-person meetings rather than virtual
-Instead of sending an email or Teams chat, connect in-person
-Rather than “lunching” at your desk and scrolling social media, go to lunch with others and without your phone!
Send Wellness and Work-Life a picture of you and your office disconnecting to connect for a chance to win some WellBAMA swag and a feature on Instagram.
Complete the Five Paths to Leadership Self-Assessment
The University of Alabama partners with Academic Impressions, an organization specializing in professional development resources for higher education, to provide faculty, staff, and students with access to training and development topics ranging from skills-based training, to leadership trainings, and more. To explore resources (and to access the Five Paths to Leadership Self-Assessment) select Academic Impressions and log in with your myBama credentials.
Share Your Feedback
As we look forward to 2025 and the opportunity to provide new offerings, activities and learning experiences to help you Learn, Develop and Grow! we invite you to – Share Your Feedback.