Classes & Workshops

Note: All listings on this page reflect Pacific Time. Unless noted otherwise, classes are held virtually via Zoom.

2026 Winter Cohorts Now Open for Application

2026 UCOP Mentorship Program is an exciting opportunity to share and learn career skills and leadership practices, guide and navigate the UCOP culture, and establish long term professional relationships. Review the program FAQ and register for an info session! Apply to be a mentee or Apply and/or recommend someone to mentor others by December 5, 2025
2026 Take Charge: If you’re an administrative, support or entry-level staff member who’s ready to take your career to the next level, check out Take Charge: Developing a Career Strategy. This six-month L&D-sponsored program will give you the tools you need to thrive in the workplace for years to come. Complete an application November 21, 2025.
2026 Making Power Moves: The President’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (PACSW), in partnership with HR Learning and Development, is pleased to sponsor Making Power Moves: a cohort focused on career advancement strategies with an emphasis on how social and cultural factors influence professional growth and leadership opportunities. This course is designed for UCOP staff who manage projects or people. To learn more, check out the frequently asked questions and course syllabus. Apply today!
2026 Winter Peer Connections: A self-driven UC peer-to-peer networking program that aims to enhance employee connection and belonging within UCOP and across the system through meaningful relationships. Review the Program Overview Complete this short application today.

Class Spotlight

Managing Up: Cultivating a Partnership with Your Manager Thurs. Dec 4, 10 am – 12 pm; Come explore ways to develop a mutually beneficial working relationship with your supervisor as an individual contributor. We will explore how individual contributors can develop trust by exploring their manager’s perspective, advocating for self, and providing upward feedback.

Communication in the Workforce Thurs. Dec 11, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm;This engaging and highly rated workshop provides practical tools and techniques to strengthen communication skills in professional settings. This course is part of the UCOP Communication series certificate.

STEP Deadlines & Resources for the 2025/20206 Performance year

STEP learning resources | Watch the short STEP overview video | Contact your STEP team | FAQs for quick answers

Check-In 2: Complete by December 5, 2025

Upcoming Classes and Workshops

Featured

UCOP Wellbeing Monthly Lunch and Chat: Mindfulness Practices

Online: Friday, November 21, 12:10 - 12:55pm

Take a mindful pause in your day and join us for this virtual monthly series for individual and collective wellbeing. There will be space for reflection, discussion, and real-life application. Bring

Nov 21: Mindfulness Practices
Dec: No chat. Please consider attending the FSAP webinar: Building Habits That Stick (two-part series)
Register for Part 1: Dec. 12, 12 – 1 p.m.
Register for Part 2: Jan. 16, 12 – 1 p.m.
2026 schedule coming soon

UCOP Safety: Active Attacker Training

online: Tuesday, December 2, 1- 2 pm

Melissa Collins, Program Manager for Security, Risk and Resilience, will facilitate this live virtual class in which participants will learn skills and strategies to respond if exposed to active attacker situations. The course will review real-life incidents and discuss options in the event of potential similar encounters. Melissa joined UCOP after serving 20 years with the UC San Diego Police Department, retiring as a lieutenant, and is a safety expert.

GROW Plus: Accountability Conversations for Managers

online : Wednesday, December 3, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

GROW Plus: Accountability Conversations for Managers is the second part in the required live training series on manager and employee performance conversations. The previous STEP trainings are all prerequisites to this training.

UCOP Creating Accessible Documents 1: MS Office

online: Wednesday, December 3, 1-2:30 pm

Digital accessibility is about ensuring users with disabilities can easily access and engage with any digital content. In this course, you will learn the principles of digital accessibility, how to generate accessible Microsoft Office Documents and how to export these to PDF. This is the first course in the series and a prerequisite for UCOP Creating Accessible Documents 2: PDFs.

Managing Up: Cultivating a Partnership with Your Manager

online: Thursday, December 4, 10 am - 12 pm

In this workshop we’ll focus on exploring ways to develop a mutually beneficial working relationship with your supervisor as an individual contributor. We will explore how individual contributors can develop trust by exploring their manager’s perspective, advocating for self, and providing upward feedback. This highly interactive session will review best practices to document your performance, communicate clearly, and practice delivering upward feedback.

ME@UCOP: Recruitment and Onboarding

online : Friday, December 5, 9:00- 12:00 pm

This is a live, virtual, instructor-led session where we will discuss UCOP Talent Acquisition and On Boarding, including: – UCOP Hiring steps and process – Inclusive Recruitment – UC, State, and Federal policies and laws – On Boarding process, tools, and best practices This is part of the Manager Essentials at UCOP (ME@UCOP). It is required for all people new to a management or supervisory positions at UCOP since 2020 (internal promotions and external hires). All managers are welcome to attend.

People Leader Forum: Team Wellness

Online: Friday, December 5, 1pm- 2 pm

Dec 5: Team Wellness

Workplace Well-being is defined as “the overall health, happiness, and satisfaction of individuals within the workplace. It contributes to higher productivity and engagement at work.” In this session, we will discuss how to assess your own and your team needs to support wellness at work.

2026 Schedule coming zoon!

Excel PivotTables Techniques

online: Tuesday, December 9, 9 am - 12 pm

This class will visualize data insights (Charts and KPIs). We will blend data from sources, clean data, explore various views of the data set, and create dashboards.

Managing Psychologically Safe Teams

online: Wednesday, December 10, 10 am- 12 pm

Join us in this workshop designed for managers as we: Define the benefits of building a culture of psychological safety on your team. Explore the 4 Stages of Psychological Safety and the behaviors associated with each. Assess your current team culture and behaviors that contribute to or reduce psychological safety. Engage with the BICEPS framework for keeping a pulse on psychological safety on an individual level.

Communication in the Workplace

onliine: Thursday, December 11, 8:30 am - 12: 30 pm

This engaging workshop provides practical tools and techniques to strengthen communication skills in professional settings. Participants will explore strategies to enhance their professional presence, improve emotional intelligence, and apply both verbal and non-verbal communication techniques to foster effective engagement. The session focuses on helping individuals make a positive impact in the workplace by communicating with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Whether in team meetings, one-on-one conversations, or high-stakes presentations, participants will walk away with actionable strategies to communicate more effectively and build stronger professional relationships. This course is part of the UCOP Communication series certificate.

FSAP webinar: Building Habits That Stick (two-part series)

online: Friday, December 12, 12 pm - 1 pm

This 2-part webinar dives deep into the science of habit formation, offering practical guidance to revolutionize your daily routines. Whether you aim to establish new health habits, boost productivity, or foster positive behavioral changes, these sessions are tailored to set you on a successful path.
Register for Part 1: Dec. 12, 12 – 1 p.m.
Register for Part 2: Jan. 16, 12 – 1 p.m.

Career Development Tools

online: Tuesday, December 16, 11 am - 12 pm

UCOP offers various on-demand career development tools available to you at any time. LinkedIn Learning and My UC Career are two tools that you can utilize at any point in your career development journey. We will review their capabilities and how to make the most of their resources. Additionally, come learn best practices for building your story-driven LinkedIn profile and brand.

Additional Classes

GROWing Your Check In Conversations for Managers

online: Wednesday, January 14, 10 am - 12 pm Register for GROWing Your Check In Conversations for Managers on Wednesday, January 14

This workshop is the first session of a two-part series required for managers and supervisors. GROW is a popular conversation framework used around the world for problem solving, goal setting and performance improvement. This interactive session provides managers the opportunity to discuss and practice using GROW framework as a strategy and tool to support engaging employee-manager conversations.

Using the UC Learning Center

Registration: Log in to the UC Learning Center using your UCOP login and password. In the Search box on the left, enter the name of the class you want. Select the session you want, then select the Register box and Submit.

Cancellation: You can cancel your registration through the UC Learning Center. We ask that you cancel 48 hours before the scheduled class time so that others may sign up, or contact the Learning & Development Team.

If you require any assistance or accommodation with finding, registering or attending a class please email the Learning & Development Team.