Wednesday, April 1
Project Management Fundamentals (Course Number: 1806) **In-Person**
Successfully managing a project requires effective planning and adherence to the industry's best practices in every step of the process. By understanding the fundamentals of project management, you will be better prepared to initiate a project in your organization and position it for success. In this course, you will identify effective project management practices and their related processes.
Thursday, April 2
Retirement:101 (Course Number: 110) **In-Person**
Introducing our comprehensive Ready for Retirement series, tailored specifically for District employees who began their employment after October 1, 1987 and are considering retirement under the 401(a) Defined Contribution (DC) Plan.
Tuesday, April 7
Reasonable Suspicion MSS (Course Number: 909W) **Online**
The purpose of this training is to teach managers and supervisors to identify circumstances and indicators that may create reasonable suspicion that an employee is using or under the influence of alcohol or drugs, supporting the referral of an employee for testing. The District requires that managers and supervisors participate in reasonable suspicion training within 60 days of appointment to a supervisory position and at least once every two years.
Effective Business Writing (Course Number: 1802) **In-Person**
Though businesses increasingly rely on technology, technological skills alone do not guarantee success in the workplace. You must still develop your ideas, express them clearly, and persuade others of their viability. This course offers effective strategies to sharpen your writing skills by structuring your ideas logically, exercising diplomacy in letters and reports, and shaping your arguments. In contemporary business environments, information overload makes it necessary for you to communicate clearly and concisely. Trying to make sense of a disorganized email message can be frustrating given the number of emails you have to answer daily. By analyzing your audience, organizing your writing, and employing effective persuasive techniques, your writing will make an impact.
Wednesday, April 8
Giving/Receiving Feedback MSS (Course Number: 523W) **Online**
Open to all MSS employees and Leads. This session is designed to discuss the importance of feedback and the value of communication exchanges between managers and employees.
PM Plan Execute & Deliver (Course Number: 1520) **In-Person**
Project management is essential for delivering successful outcomes within scope, on time, and within budget. Project Management is designed to provide you with the key skills and knowledge to plan, execute, and manage projects effectively from start to finish. This course covers critical topics such as defining project goals, creating detailed project plans, managing resources, risk assessment, and leading teams. You will also learn about project monitoring, evaluating progress, and adjusting strategies to ensure successful delivery.
Thursday, April 9
MS Excel: Data Analysis (Course Number: 365DA) **In-Person**
Advances in technology have made it possible to store ever-increasing amounts of data. Along with this, the need to analyze data and gain actionable insight is greater than ever. You already have experience working with Microsoft® Excel® and creating basic PivotTables to summarize data. But Excel is capable of doing much more. Being able to harness the power of advanced PivotTable features and create PivotCharts will help you to gain a competitive edge. You will not only be able to summarize data for you to analyze but also organize the data in a way that can be meaningfully presented to others. This leads to data-driven business decisions that have a better chance for success for everyone involved.
Understanding Unions (Course Number: HR916) **In-Person**
Only for HR Professionals!
This course will help participants understand what labor unions are and how they function, explain the purpose and structure of collective bargaining agreements, recognize employee and employer rights and obligations.
Monday, April 13
Peer to Manager, Now What? (Course Number: 3026) **In-Person**
This course will provide successful strategies for navigating the new leader, supervisor, or manager role and the transition from peer to boss; the facilitator will guide participants through a series of tips to promote confidence, courage, and compassion while leading.
Tuesday, April 14
Agency-Level Admin ELM Training (Course Number: 650W) **Online**
This course will introduce the Enterprise Learning Management (ELM) system and the permissions and functions associated with the assigned role of Agency-Level (ALA) Administrator for your agency
Building High Performance Teams (Course Number: 920W) **In-Person**
This course examines the manager's role in establishing and maintaining effective, productive teams. The course will provide valuable information about building teams from drafting the initial team charter to making teamwork part of the corporate culture. The course will also provide valuable information about leading a team to include topics ranging from developing leadership and effective communication skills to dealing with team conflict, making decisions, and recognizing performance.
Performance Management MSS (Course Number: 913W) **In-Person**
Designed for MSS employees and Leads, this course will provide an overview of performance management best practices for supporting virtual teams. The session will feature key content on the performance management planning process, mid-year and annual reviews, and strategic goal planning for developmental purpose
Monday, April 15
Emotional Intelligence Concept (Course Number: 917W) **Online**
Incorporating Emotional Intelligence Concepts into the Hybrid Mindset.
Designed for all employees, this course will focus on demonstrating the various adult emotional intelligence scales and how to best utilize these areas while working and supporting your team in a hybrid environment
MBTI Myers-Briggs (Course Number: 403W) **In-Person**
Gain insight into the concept of "personality type" and its implications.
Discover your unique strengths and areas for development through interactive exercises.
Explore how personality impacts your work style and organizational culture.
Understand interpersonal dynamics in different environments for improved communication and collaboration.
Principles of Management for MSS (Course Number 919W) **Online**
This MSS core management learning course is designed to give employees the essential management and leadership skills to inspire and influence their people to achieve team goals. Today, managers need to both manage and lead effectively. In this course, employees will learn the difference between managing and leading, the common characteristics good team leaders share, the five essential leadership qualities, and how applying ethics to team leadership is a must.
Tuesday, April 21
Change Mgmt Strategies (Course Number: 1434) **In-Person**
Shifting market conditions and business imperatives prompt most organizations to make not just one, but multiple changes each year that significantly affect their workforce. Leaders play an important role in defining, influencing, and facilitating change when a major transformation takes place. This course identifies factors that influence management behavior in organizations and provide framework for managing change in the workplace. Leaders will address opportunities for change and how to use available human resources tools to support their efforts.
Wednesday, April 22
Leadership the 6th Sense MSS (Course Number: 365PP1) **Online**
This course has been designed to embrace leadership thinking from an intuitive and compassionate perspective. Offering the invitation for one to bring authenticity, empathy, and strategic thinking to the leadership table, participants will engage in a meaningful dialogue around what it takes to truly demonstrate impactful leadership.
Thursday, April 23
Grant Mang -How Devel Fed App (Course Number: 602CU) **Online**
The Grants Management Training Series: How to Develop and Submit a Federal Grant Application equips participants with the essential skills to navigate the federal grant process. Through comprehensive instruction, learners will explore effective grants research techniques, project planning strategies, and proposal development fundamentals. The course provides guidance on preparing additional required documents and ensures participants understand the submission process through Grants.gov. By the end of the training, attendees will be able to create strong, well-structured grant applications that align with federal guidelines and District requirements. Whether new to grant writing or seeking to refine existing skills, participants will gain the confidence to pursue federal funding opportunities successfully.
HR Policies (Course Number: HR563) **In-Person**
Only for HR Professionals! This session provides a comprehensive overview of the process for developing District policies, including the steps for drafting, reviewing, and approving new policies. Participants will learn how to navigate and utilize the electronic District Personnel Manual for research, reference, and compliance purposes. The course also covers how policy changes are communicated and implemented throughout the District, ensuring staff understand their roles in policy adherence and updates.
Strategic Leadership (Course Number: 940W) **Online**
This course will guide users on the HR Manage Commitment Accounting business process, enabling employees to budget for payroll expenses and track actual payroll costs. Agency Fiscal Officers will be able to use the Manage Commitment Accounting business process to define the fiscal year: Budgets, calculate earnings, fringe encumbrances, pre-encumbrances, post encumbrances to your general ledger, and post actual earnings and fringe amounts to your general ledger.
Monday, April 27
Communicate Strategically MSS (Course Number: 415W) **Online**
If you're intrigued by the idea that "the most important thing in communication is hearing what is not said," this class is for you. Emotional awareness is essential for effectively conveying your thoughts and feelings. This course will focus on Communication Competency, helping participants understand the goals of communication, its basic components, and the core values and factors that influence it. Additionally, we will explore the impact of Emotional Intelligence (EI) on our interactions, enabling us to tap into our EI and consider our impact—not just our intent—in professional, social, and personal engagements
Tuesday, April 28
Emotional Intelligence for Bus (Course Number: 1811) **In-person**
It was once believed that intelligence was the metric that would determine a person's success in the workplace. Intelligence matters because it contributes to your ability to do your job. But intelligence is not the best indicator of whether or not you'll succeed. Your ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and get along well with
others, has at least as much impact on your performance and effectiveness as intelligence. In this course, you'll explore strategies to increase your awareness of your emotions, develop your ability to manage your emotions, and improve your social skills
Mindfulness/Managing Stress MSS (Course Number: 918W) **Online**
This course will encourage and challenge Leaders to create time, space, and a routine for self-care as a primary means of generating capacity for leadership in all the roles they occupy. You can’t pour from an empty cup; this training is both a refill and respite. We’ll create community so that we can, in turn, support trajectory.
Reasonable Suspicion MSS (Course Number: 909W) **Online**
The purpose of this training is to teach managers and supervisors to identify circumstances and indicators that may create reasonable suspicion that an employee is using or under the influence of alcohol or drugs, supporting the referral of an employee for testing. The District requires that managers and supervisors participate in reasonable suspicion training within 60 days of appointment to a supervisory position and at least once every two years.
Wednesday, April 29
Building High Performance Teams (Course Number: 920W) **In-Person**
This course examines the manager's role in establishing and maintaining effective, productive teams. The course will provide valuable information about building teams from drafting the initial team charter to making teamwork part of the corporate culture. The course will also provide valuable information about leading a team to include topics ranging from developing leadership and effective communication skills to dealing with team conflict, making decisions, and recognizing performance.
Quality Customer Care (Course Number: 302W) **Online**
Necessary Shifts explores how and when teams and departments must adapt to achieve organizational goals. Using a systems-based approach to change management, this course helps participants identify shifting needs driven by agency-wide and departmental changes. Learners will examine the characteristics of teams that successfully manage change and build the capacity to respond strategically and cohesively.
Necessary Shifts (Course Number: 934W) **In-person**
This course is for MSS and HR Professionals only. Employee Concerns and complaints, or grievances, are routinely received by the D.C. Department of Human Resources (DCHR). Grievances must be processed in a specific manner pursuant to law, regulation, and policy at the agency level. DCHR’s Employee Relations team is responsible for overseeing the grievance process as the personnel authority. This training will outline the procedures for handling all incoming grievances from eligible employees.
Project Management Part 1 (Course Number: 1721) **In-Person**
This course introduces the essential principles, tools, and practices of effective project management. Participants will learn how to initiate, plan, and structure projects to align with organizational goals. Core topics include defining project scope, setting objectives, building timelines, managing resources, and assessing risks. Emphasis will be placed on industry-standard frameworks such as the Project Management Institute(PMI) guidelines and Agile fundamentals. Through case studies and practical exercises, learners will develop a strong foundation in project management and gain the skills necessary to lead small-scale projects with confidence.