Learning and Development
Human Resources Professional Development (HR PD) Seminars
Human Resources is pleased to offer professional development seminars for all UNLV employees. Seminars are designed to build skills in a wide-range of topics that directly relate to the work we do here at UNLV. Trainers create an engaging environment that combines presentations and activities with thought-provoking discussions.
Each topic is offered as a series of multiple sessions. Content builds upon previous discussions, so we encourage you to attend all sessions in a series. This will allow you to participate in a meaningful way and maximize the benefits of your experience.
For virtual seminars, participants must join from a computer with a working video camera and microphone. Participation is free, registration is required, and space is limited. Registration opens six weeks before the series and closes the Monday before the series begins.
Upcoming Seminars
Training Academies
Management Training Academy
UNLV Management Training Academy (MTA) is a foundational training series designed to provide clear, standardized expectations and development opportunities for all university personnel who manage non-student employees.
Workday Learning Training Academy
The Workday Learning Training Academy (WLTA) is designed for department administrators who will serve as Workday Learning content creators. This training program prepares content creators to build, manage, and support training courses within Workday Learning.
Administrative Assistant Academy
UNLV Administrative Assistant Academy (A3) is a training series designed to foster a culture of continuous improvement for all administrative assistants. The program outlines six competencies that UNLV administrative assistant professionals, supervisors, and leaders have deemed essential.
Required Training Sessions
These courses are available online. Please note that some have deadlines for completion.
- Cybersecurity Awareness Training
- Preventing Harassment and Discrimination
- General Workplace Safety Training
- Understanding Public Records
- State Training for Supervisors of Classified Staff
- Addendum/State of Nevada Approval Letter: Employees who complete the NSHE course “Preventing Harassment & Discrimination: Supervisors + Clery Act and Title IX” have already met the State of Nevada’s “Sexual Harassment Prevention for New Employees” training requirement and do not need to take the state course.
- Information about State of Nevada Mandatory Training Requirements
Online Professional Development
Virtual opportunities to invest in your learning and growth - available free of charge to all UNLV employees.
- Academic Impressions
- EAB - Webinars, toolkits, and other resources on best practices in higher education.
- Educause – An association that supports those who lead, manage, deploy, and use information technology to advance higher education. UNLV faculty and staff have access to Educause tools, research, peers, and professional learning.
- LinkedIn Learning – Thousands of on-demand courses on business, creative, and technology skills.
Other Learning and Development Opportunities
Workday Learning
Workday Learning is UNLV’s employee learning management system. As part of the NSHE Workday platform, Workday Learning brings employee learning into the same system used for many HR, payroll, and finance processes.
Through Workday Learning, employees can find assigned training, browse available learning opportunities, complete courses, and track their learning history in one place.
REBELPeople
UNLV’s enterprise-wide system focused on learning and performance management.
UNLV Talent Badges
The UNLV Talent Badges program is a non-credit-bearing microcredential initiative available at no cost to employees. These microcredentials support career advancement, enhance professional skills, and showcase specialized expertise. The badges earned through this program help employers and colleagues recognize an individual’s unique qualifications and capabilities.
Current programs offering UNLV Talent Badges include: the Management Training Academy (MTA), the Workday Learning Training Academy (WLTA), and the Administrative Assistant Academy (AAA).
Please note that these microcredentials cannot be used toward a certificate or degree program.
Benefits of Talent Badges
- Offer portable and transparent documentation of knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Help employees showcase their skills for future opportunities
- Motivate employees to focus on skill development and improvement.
- Provide visible recognition for faculty and staff successes.
- Support a culture of continuous learning for faculty and staff.
Badging Platform
UNLV utilizes Credly to create, issue, and manage digital badges. The Workday Learning and Credly integration allows employees to showcase and manage their UNLV Talent Badges independently
- Badge Title
- Issuer & Issue Date
- Microcredential Description
- Type & Level of Badge
- Criteria Activity or Description
- Complete a program in Workday Learning that offers a UNLV Talent Badge.
- Receive an email notification from Credly (admin@credly.com) with instructions for claiming your badge and setting up your account. You should receive this notification automatically on the Friday after your program is completed.
- Accept the badge.
- Log in to Credly using your ACE account.
- Share your badge directly from Credly to LinkedIn, Facebook, via email, embedded in a website, or in your email signature.
- You can manage your badge and its privacy settings at any time by logging into Credly using your ACE credentials. You're in complete control of the information about yourself that is made public.
- Access your Credly profile, search for the badge, and click Share.
- Click the Download Badge in the Publish section.
- Select Open Badges Version 3.0, resize the image to 153px X 153px, and download the image.
- Open Gmail settings and scroll to the signature block.
- Use the Picture icon to upload the badge image. The image includes embedded metadata, allowing users to click the badge and be directed to its information page on Credly.
- Save, and you're all set.
Questions?
For general inquiries:
- Kahala Crayton, Learning Development Specialist, kahala.crayton@unlv.edu
- Tomas Lee, Workday Learning Administrator, kul.lee@unlv.edu
To offer a Talent Badge, get in touch.
- General & Staff Specific: Kahala Crayton, Learning Development Specialist, kahala.crayton@unlv.edu
- Faculty & Online Education: Ted Weisman, Ph.D, Digital Teaching Manager, ted.weisman@unlv.edu
UNLV Learning and Development Alliance
The development of MTA was a collaborative, cross-campus initiative lead by UNLV's director of organizational development and the UNLV Learning and Development Alliance (Alliance), an advisory body that provides support, strategic advice, and dynamic perspectives. Alliance members attend quarterly meetings and participated in a beta MTA cohort. Please see below for a list of Alliance members:
- Abbas Badani, Marketing & Brand Integration
- Melissa Bowles-Terry, Faculty Center
- Kahala Crayton, Learning and Development, HR
- Tondra De, Executive EVP & Provost, Faculty Senate
- Nicole Hudson, Workforce Education
- Mike Lawrence, Administration, Business Affairs
- Jennifer McCarthy, Space Management, Executive VP & Provost
- Heather Ortiz, Communications, Business Affairs
- Mallory Poole, Athletic Department
- Kelly Scherado, Employee Relations, Police Services
- David Schwartz, Ph.D., Ombuds
- Craig Topple, Property Control and Surplus, Business Affairs
- John Tuman, Ph.D., Liberal Arts
- Robert Ulmer, Ph.D., Urban Affairs
- Anne E. Weisman, Ph.D., Well-Being & Integrative Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine
- Ted Weisman, Ph.D., Office of Online Education
- Marion Wiseman, Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
Contact
Kahala Crayton
Learning and Development Specialist
kahala.crayton@unlv.edu
Visit the Organizational Development webpage for information about professional development consulting services for leadership and teams.