Professional Development Trainings
The Organization and Employee Development (OED) team in Human Resources leads professional development trainings that are available to all employees at CU Boulder. Topics include communication, productivity, hybrid work, inclusive practices, and leadership. Explore the trainings below by topic, or view our full list of offerings. Contact our coordinator, Perri Longley, with questions.
To request a training for a department or team, please complete our and a member of the training team will reach out to discuss your request.
Upcoming Programs
Programs Offered By Our Campus Partners
Join the Anderson Language and Technology Center (ALTEC) in our engaging language classes! Evening classes are perfect for busy adults with a desire to learn new languages and cultures. These classes are non-credit with no tests and our students are highly motivated to learn the language for use in their profession, social life and travels.
CU employees receive a discount on tuition. Visit the ALTEC Language Classes website for more information.
The Center for Inclusion and Social Change is committed to providing quality development opportunities to students and staff alike. Offerings include:
- LGBTQ+ Inclusion Safe Zone Training
- Wait Your Turn: Recognizing and Interrupting Sexism
- Intersectionality Training
- The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
Visit the Center for Inclusion & Social Change trainings and workshops page to learn more.
The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) provides a variety of training events, discussion forums and other professional development focused on research administration and CU Boulder business practices throughout the year. Visit the OCG Training and Education page to learn more.
The Department of Human Resources and Engineering Management Program have partnered on the Leadership and Management Graduate Certificate Program for CU Boulder employees.
The goal of this certificate program is to help our current and future leaders develop and refine their leadership skills and learn new ways to measure and enhance organizational effectiveness with practical application. The content of this certificate program is applicable to all professions and does not require a technical or engineering background.
In addition to being able to use the tuition benefit to cover tuition, employees selected to participate in this exclusive program will be allowed to attend classes during work time and the employee’s department will pay for the costs of any fees and books.
View the CU Employee Leadership & Management page to learn more and to apply.
Housing & Dining Services (HDS) offers several programs for students and staff within HDS. Topics include:
- Allies Redefined
- Connecting Cultures
- Coming Up Trumps
- Creating Peaceful Workplaces
- Cultural Dimensions
- HDS Leadership Institute
- It's the Little Things
- State of Slim
- And more!
Contact Housing and Dining Services, Organizational and Employee Development at 303-735-4944 for more information.
General Programs
OIEC offers educational programs to students, staff, and babyÖ±²¥app that are skills-based education for effectively reducing and addressing discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, intimate partner abuse, and stalking. Course include:
- Community Equity
- Effective Bystander Intervention
- Reducing Unconscious Bias
- What to Say and How to Say it: Skills for Managing Difficult Conversations
- Diagnostics and Data Analytics
Visit the OIEC Program Offerings page to learn more. To request an instructor led training or assessment consultation, please contact oiectraining@colorado.edu or call OIEC's main number at 303-492-2127.
Americans with Disabilities Act Trainings
ADA Compliance offers 45 to 90 minute workshops several times per year. Please submit training requests at least three weeks in advance. Some common trainings from ADA Compliance include:
- ​​Managing employee accommodations
- Service animals
- Effective communication with people with disabilities
- Pregnancy accommodations
- How to make an event accessible
Visit the ADA Training page to learn more. To request an on-site training please contact adacoordinator@colorado.edu or call ADA's main number at 303-492-9725.
Mandatory Training
The university requires training for all new members of the campus community. This includes undergraduate, graduate and law school students, staff, babyÖ±²¥app, volunteers, and affiliates. Visit the Mandatory Training page to learn more.
The Ombuds office serves as a good place to surface, voice, clarify and discuss university-related issues. They help people identify options to resolve disputes, to determine a course of action and to aid in the informal resolution of conflicts and concerns. Ultimately, individuals choose their own path of resolution.
Lunch and Learn Presentations: "Small bites. Big impact."
The SRC teams Web Express Trainings and Labs (Campus Web Platform)