Take your career and skills to the next level with upcoming classes from UCOP Learning and Development. All resources below are offered free to UCOP staff. Sign up today and meet colleagues while learning valuable skills!

Live virtual classes

All listings reflect Pacific Time. Unless otherwise stated, classes are held online via Zoom. Preregistration is required — select each class name to register through the UC Learning Center (FSAP course registrations are administered through Zoom).

Software, technology and project management

Excel Power BI
May 5, 12 & 19, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Learn about and practice using Power BI in this three-session workshop. Attendees will learn how to connect to data sources; perform data cleaning, profiling and shaping; visualize data and create interactive visualizations; enhance reports and dashboards; and publish and share reports and dashboards. You will need Power BI Desktop installed on your computer for this class. Learn how to request software.

Lean Six Sigma – Yellow Belt
May 7, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Oakland: Fraklin Lobby 1
This dynamic, interactive training program is designed specifically for UC staff. Through a hands-on group simulation, you’ll explore essential process improvement concepts and methodologies that can be directly applied to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in your daily work. Upon course completion, you will be certified as a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt practitioner. This interactive training includes some physical movement. For more information, contact the Learning and Development team.

Design Thinking Reimagined: Creativity Meets AI
May 8, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Whether you’re new to design thinking or ready to deepen your practice, this session will provide hands-on experience applying key principles, enhanced by accessible and practical AI tools. Design thinking is an iterative process to develop creative solutions to problems. You’ll walk away with a practical understanding of using AI thoughtfully and ethically to support your innovation process.

Box Fundamentals
May 13, 1 – 2 p.m.
Get an overview of Box.com, the cloud-based service that offers secure file storage and file sharing at UCOP. Learn how to use Box to collaborate with people in and outside of UCOP. Plus, discover file comments, folder permissions, shared links and other tools to help you get the most out of Box. IT administrators will review the platform’s best features, then answer questions.

Microsoft Excel Macro and VBA
May 20 and 27, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
In this two-part series, you’ll learn how Macros and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) can help you customize and automate repetitive tasks in Excel. Macros can automate tasks to be repeated and where they are limited, VBA coding can expand your ability to perform necessary tasks. Topics include recording, executing, editing and adding VBAs to Macros; interacting, design-decision-making and looping VBAs; and debugging VBA techniques. Before enrolling you must have completed MS Excel Intermediate or have the requisite skills taught in that class.

STEP Performance Management (all employees)

STEP: Goals and Competencies
May 6, 10 – 11 a.m.
In this instructor-led training on the Staff Talent Evaluation Process (STEP), we will expand on the materials presented in the STEP Fundamentals for Employees eCourse by going into detail on the first stage of STEP, Define Criteria.  You will practice writing goals and review how to align them to the UCOP Competencies. This course is designed to support new employees and employees who would like a refresher to elevate their STEP goals.

Personal wellness and safety

FSAP: Working Parents: Strategies for Wellness and Avoiding Burnout
May 8, 12 – 1 p.m.
Join Heike Mitchell, Ph.D., of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program for a practical, solution-focused session to help working parents manage burnout and improve well-being. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to: recognize signs and causes of parental burnout; discover personal, family and career strategies for prevention and recovery; design your own plan to make working parenthood more sustainable; and access resources for dealing with parental burnout inside and outside your workplace.

FSAP: An Expressive Arts Webinar for Navigating Uncertainty
May 14, 12 – 1 p.m.
Although we are living in a time of ongoing uncertainty, it is also one of creativity, connection and unexpected joy. Led by Drs. Leanna Reyes, Tina X. Wang and Sabina Brown of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, this webinar invites attendees to explore this tension. We’ll begin with a warm, accessible look at what uncertainty does to our minds and bodies — and why learning to hold mixed emotions is a skill, not a personality trait. Then, we’ll participate in a guided mandala exercise (no artistic experience needed!) followed by a short poetry-writing exercise.

FSAP: The Psychology of Journaling and Wellbeing
May 20, 12 – 1 p.m.
Putting words to the feelings we carry can be powerful. Led by Nicolas Bob, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist and staff psychologist at California College of the Arts, this one-hour journaling workshop will explore the science behind journaling, learn four ways to journal and spend time writing together in a low-pressure, judgment-free space. All are welcome — previous journaling experience is not needed.

UCOP Safety: Active Attacker Training
May 20, 1 – 2 p.m.
This live virtual class will teach you skills and strategies to respond if you’re exposed to an active-attacker situation. We’ll review real-life incidents and discuss options in the event of similar encounters.

FSAP: Drowning in To-Do Lists: A New Way to Think About Getting Things Done
May 28, 12 – 1 p.m.
When we feel overwhelmed by to-do lists, it impacts our capacity to manage tasks and find sustainable balance. In this workshop, led by Sophia Sandhu, licensed psychologist at the UC Davis Academic and Staff Assistance Program, we’ll review scientific research on how stress impacts regulation and functioning, barriers to managing stress and functional ways to manage it. This webinar draws on ideas and inspiration from “How to Keep House While Drowning” by KC Davis, LPC.

For people managers

Manager and Employee Conversations Part 2: Feedback for Employee Accountability
May 1, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
The second part of our required live Manager and Employee Conversations series answers the question: What do I do when my coaching is not improving performance? In this highly interactive live virtual workshop, we will cover providing productive critical feedback, managing emotions, creating efficient documentation and having effective accountability conversations, including practice conversations.

ME@UCOP: Recruitment and Onboarding
May 7, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
ME@UCOP provides crucial knowledge and guidance for managers and supervisors new to UCOP management. Through a series of seven classes, people managers learn essential UCOP processes, policies, competencies and leadership philosophies, while building community and connection with their peers. In this session, we will discuss how hiring and onboarding work at UCOP, including:

• UCOP hiring steps and process
• Inclusive recruitment
• UC, state and federal policies and laws
• The onboarding process, tools and best practices

ME@UCOP: Budget & BRC
May 21, 10 – 11 a.m.
In this virtual, instructor-led session, part of ME@UCOP (see above), we will discuss the UCOP budget process and landscape, including the Business Resource Center (BRC). Topics will include:

• Budget process and timeline
• UCOP Integrated Financial Systems (PBS and FIS)
• BRC teams, services, trainings and resources

Manager and Employee Conversations Part 1: Feedback and Coaching Employees
May 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
GROW is a popular coaching framework used around the world for problem solving, goal setting and performance improvement. This interactive session provides managers with the opportunity to discuss and practice using the GROW framework as a strategy and tool to support engaging STEP check-in conversations.

Self-paced LinkedIn Learning resources

Can’t make a live course work with your schedule? You can also build your skills through your free LinkedIn Learning membership! Learn how to get started and check out the UCOP Collections — personally compiled by Learning and Development staff.

For questions about the above classes, contact ucopld@ucop.edu. See all upcoming courses on the Link Classes & Workshops page.

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