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Learning Compass Newsletter |
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Welcome to 2023! This past year your Learning & Development team worked hard to continue building out our portfolio of educational opportunities to serve the different needs, interests, and goals of our King County workforce. This year we’ve got some exciting things in the pipeline! For the first time we are starting the year off with a fully-staffed team, making it possible to grow in our ability to provide new, more frequent, and even better learning opportunities. Check out our current list of offerings in NEOGOV to sign up for a workshop!
Several team members received training on building eLearning courses so that in addition to our virtual instructor-led workshops, you will be able to access custom learning on your own schedule via NEOGOV. NEOGOV also feature hundreds of built-in courses you can take at your own pace. We are also continuing our partnership with Seattle College – and new this year, we have established a relationship with CityU! Along with the 15% discount on classes they have offered King County employees in the past, we will be featuring courses through CityU that are aligned with many different skills that are in demand for our workforce. We will continue to post featured college courses here throughout the year: King County Training Opportunities. A similar partnership with the University of Washington (UW) is in the works, so stay tuned for more on that!
Finally, we have continued to update and grow this newsletter, the Learning Compass, extending our reach to feature more offerings across King County and recently adding a QR code to provide easier access to employees using a smartphone rather than a computer.
Featured below, you’ll see some of the data behind our successes this past year. King County employees are consistently striving to learn and grow – and it shows! We appreciate all of you and love being part of your personal and professional development journey.
We are one team! Please reach out to us any time with questions, feedback, or any suggestions. You can contact us at kctraining@kingcounty.gov.
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Happy 2023 from the Equity and Social Justice (ESJ) Education team! As we get settled into the new year, we would like to take a moment to reflect on 2022. The ESJ Team is proud to have been given the opportunity to support over 1,900 employees in our 52 workshops last year! Thank you all for the work you have put into leading with equity and social justice. We are working on some exciting and new projects and we cannot wait to share it with you all later this year! In the meantime, here are some things you can do to continue to grow your knowledge and skill around equity and social justice conversations:
Check out the “Equity & Social Justice” category in NEOGOV for a wide range of virtual learning opportunities. These workshops typically range from 5-20 minutes and are a great way to start learning the fundamentals of equity and social justice.
The Racial Equity Tools website offers tools, research, tips, curricula, and ideas for people who want to increase their understanding and to help those working for racial justice at every level.
Equity & Social Justice Fundamentals Webinar
Equity and Social Justice Fundamentals is the first session in a series of trainings designed to support King County employees in learning about equity and social justice and in particular racial justice at King County. This training uses videos, small group conversations, and sharing of information and resources. Participation is free and January offers a session with availability on Monday, January 30, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Register Here.
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A reminder to log on today at noon for the King County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration with a keynote by Port of Seattle Commissioner, Hamdi Mohamed. You can view the livestream here. |
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The Seattle Martin Luther King Organizing Coalition is planning the 40th annual region-wide Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration with workshops, rally, and march in Seattle. Their theme this year is "40 Years of celebrating Dr. King's Mission." They have created a variety of learning engagements, both in-person and online - all free and open to the public. Check out the list here.
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Join us to see why 2022 attendees in Leading the Way (LTW) workshops had a great experience. More than 90% felt the course they took was relevant and helpful for their job, would recommend the course to others, and identified actions to take right away! Your Leader Development education team hosted more than 600 participants in 27 workshops, including several that we delivered to entire teams. Additionally, by giving dozens of leaders a personalized overview of resources, we made sure we fostered impactful learning that translates to successful teams where all employees can thrive.
Here is some of what we heard: “I definitely feel much more focused on how to effectively show up as a leader in my job.” And “Very informative, inspirational, and supportive training.” And “Loved the suggestions and hearing from others what they are doing in their areas to build cohesion in the workplace.” And “It was interesting to know that many supervisors/managers share the same struggles and there are many ways and skills to practice to lead an effective team.”
Enroll today in Leading the Way’s free workshops: Leader Mindset (monthly), Staying Steady (every other month), Equity and Leadership (every other month) so that so that you can lead with your strengths and champion for an inspirational culture of inclusion, belonging and empowerment! And stay tuned for new courses in 2023 that will strengthen and develop teams!
And remember that you can find more than 1,000 self-paced eLearning courses on leadership topics (and many more) through NEOGOV. Check out Leading More with Less. Want to know more? Check with your supervisor, click on the NEOGOV desktop icon or visit KC eLearning to build your skills!
 *Percentage who Strongly Agree/Agree
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Your Career Support Services (CSS) team was hard at work this past year helping King County employees prepare to reach their career goals. For our core curriculum, we conducted 32 workshops for 463 employees, with a 100% satisfaction rate amongst surveyed attendees. We also introduced and presented eight of our Professional Development Scholarship Employee Briefings in preparation for the first application window.
We provided over 250 individualized career coaching sessions across King County. We also provided orientation to our services to Public Health, Metro, KCIT, Roads, Executive’s Job and Housing Program, and other departments to meet their specific needs and expand our outreach to other employee groups.
We assisted the Administrative Professional Program with the recognition of 83 outstanding administrative professionals and helped host monthly Networking and Casual Conversations events. We also held the first virtual National Administrative Professionals Recognition Day event in April, which was a great success. The program rounded out the year with the publishing of its very own cookbook made for, and by, administrative professionals!
As we move into 2023, several changes are coming our way. Namely, we will be moving our Creating Effective Application Materials and Strategic Interviewing Techniques workshop primarily to a recorded video format instead of through Zoom. This means they will be accessible 24/7 at your convenience, and we will be happy to answer any questions through our email at careersupportservices@kingcounty.gov.
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Application Period Now Open
The first application period for the Coalition Labor Agreement Professional Development Scholarship is now open. This first period will remain open Jan. 9 - Feb. 5, 2023, to pay for training that will begin anytime between Jan. 1 - June 30, 2023.
Awardees for this first period will be notified via email between March 20 - 24, 2023. The second application period will open May 8 - June 4, 2023, and will only be for training that begins between July 1, 2023 - Dec. 31, 2023.
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Connect with other administrative employees at October’s virtual Administrative Professionals event. This hour-long session provides a platform to expand your network and talk shop with fellow APs from across King County.
This event will take place January 24, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Check for updates HERE to and to see additional dates.
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This two-hour virtual instructor-led workshop will provide you with strategies and tips to help you to do your best during the interview. Learning objectives include: • How to prepare for a virtual job interview • The interview structure and types of questions you will be asked • The STAR-LA method and how to use it to provide organized and complete responses • General tips and strategies
This workshop will take place January 19, 2023, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Click HERE to register and to see additional dates.
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GIS for Equity and Social Justice
This online workshop will serve as an introduction to recent trends and practices related to using Geographic Information System (GIS) for Equity and Social Justice (ESJ). We will explore critical race theory (CRT) and trends in critical race spatial analysis. We will review recent literature and academic programs around the topic of GIS for ESJ. Most importantly we will outline best practices for GIS professionals in doing GIS for ESJ work. This includes creating a data/mapping/application support framework both for their own work and to support the work of non-GIS professionals.
There is a discounted price of $80 for King County employees: enter the Promo Code “PCARD” to pay by PCARD, and the price is reduced to $80; on request, the GIS Center can also run an $80 usage on a POETA: enter Promo Code “POETA” please follow up by sending your POETA to dennis.higgins@kingcounty.gov.
This session will take place on February 1, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to noon.
Learn more and register HERE. Be sure to scroll down!
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Introduction to Project Management
This course introduces the practices that are fundamental to successful project management in a broad range of industry environments. Students are introduced to the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in this fast-growing professional field, including project planning, scheduling, and managing cost, quality, and risk, while monitoring the influences that can affect project scope and eventual project success. The challenges of working with diverse teams of internal and external resources are explored through activities and interaction with distributed teams.
Offered through CityU with instructor, Michael Snell. The next session begins April 3, 2023. Learn more and enroll HERE!
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Learn how biased thinking affects the way we treat others.
Enroll HERE
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Additionally, back issues of the Learning Compass e-newsletter can be viewed here.
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