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contributed by Patty Marbury
We are rapidly approaching the end of 2024! If you haven't used your centrally funded education benefit, make some plans to do so! The last day to submit education benefit requests in Workday for this year is December 10, 2024. Remember to discuss all professional development opportunities with your manager prior to applying for any funds. See below for more information.
Why is professional development important?
Check out this short blog post from Harvard on the importance of professional development.
Upcoming Offerings
Listed below are some offerings (remember, if you are requesting departmental funds, to have it approved before you make any arrangements).
FOCUS: Fall 2024 Virtual FOCUS Conference - November 12-13, 2024 (Registration deadline is 12:00pm, November 8).
NACCA (National Conference on College Cost Accounting)
- Annual Conference - October 30-November 1; optional pre-conference workshop, October 29
- 2024 Fall Workshop - October 30-November 1 in Austin, TX
- 2025 Women's Leadership Forum - February 26-28, 2025 in Virginia Beach, VA
- 2025 Annual Meeting: Adapting to New Realities in Higher Education - April 13-15, 2025 in Miami, FL
- Introduction to Emotional Intelligence - October 22, 1:30pm-4:30pm (in person)
- Women in Leadership - November 6, 1:00pm-4:00pm (virtual)
- Emotional Intelligence in Action - November 14, 9:00am-12:00pm (virtual)
- Landing the Leap from Peer to Manager - November 13, 9:00am-11:00am (virtual)
- Advocating for Your Career - November 19, 10:00am-11:00am (virtual)
- Situational Leadership Program (4-part program begins October 31st)
Education Benefit
You have all year to use your $2,000 of centrally-funded education benefit for professional development or $5,250 to use for tuition toward a degree-seeking program. See https://hr.virginia.edu/career-development/education-benefits-0 for more information. (To be eligible for this benefit, you must have had six months of service in a benefits-eligible position at UVA by the start date of the class, with the intent to remain on the active payroll during the entire term of the class).
Professional Development Request Form
UVAFinance team members - we will not be using the Professional Development Request Form, except for requests that are made after the initial FY submissions. If you do not need to submit a later request, use the form: Professional Development Request Form before you register for any program. Remember, not all professional development opportunities require submission of this form. If an opportunity is less than half a day AND there is no cost associated with it, then do not submit a form. Many LinkedIn Learning courses and some courses offered by UVA Human Resources or other UVA departments meet these criteria. Otherwise, the form must be submitted. If unsure, feel free to ask!
Also consider the following as you plan your professional development for the rest of 2024 and next year:
- UVA's Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion current offerings.
- Self-Paced Learning - Human Resources also has links to microlearning courses and to LinkedIn Learning. (Participating in these courses does not require submitting a Professional Development Request Form).
- UVA's School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) offers many Certificate programs.
- University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business online programs.
- UVA Darden Executive Education - There are a few programs less than $2,000
- Use the discount code UVA50, which provides a 50% discount for the cost of the program. (The prices listed are full cost).
- See the Darden Executive Education program schedule for upcoming dates.
- Stanford University also has an Executive Education program.
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