Professional Development Resources
- For information about online, supervisory and leadership development courses, please click here: Online Courses.
- For information for managers / supervisors about key College policies, please click here: Information for Managers.
In addition to participating in workshops or seminars, consider the following methods for enhancing skills and abilities:
- attend professional meetings and conferences
- join a professional association / network with other professionals
- participate on a committee or task force, either at the College or in the community
- participate on or lead a community organization's board
- perform community service work
- take a college-level class (see https://www.coursera.org/ for online courses)
- complete a special project
- cross-train with a colleague
- take on a new responsibility
- read professional journals
- benchmark or research other organizations' processes and procedures to learn best-practices
- research a particular job-related topic
- join the College's Toastmasters club (http://fandmtm.org/)
- attend some of the many meetings and events held on campus, including Common Hour events (www.fandm.edu/common-hour)
Below is a list of additional professional development resources:
- Academic Impressions
- American Assocation of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
- American Management Association Workshops
- APPA (for facilities planning professionals)
- Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
- Cargas (Cargas offers a popular "Successful Supervision" series at their Lancaster location)
- CareerTrack Seminars
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Cornell University Adult Education
- Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) (geared to advancement, alumni relations, and communications professionals)
- Coursera Online Courses
- Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE) (geared to career services professionals)
- Fred Pryor Seminars
- Inc.com
- International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA)
- Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
- Learning Tree International
- Lorman Education Services Seminars
- Management Help web site: http://managementhelp.org/
- Millersville University Professional Development
- National Association for College Admission Counseling
- National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) (geared to financial and business professionals)
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
- National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) (geared to student affairs professionals)
- National Center for Higher Education Risk Management
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
- National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG) (for advancement professionals)
- Padgett-Thompson Seminars
- Penn State/Lancaster Center Courses
- Professional Coaching
- Public Relations Society of America
- Skillpath Seminars
- Society for College and University Planning
- The Learning Link (facilitation of strategic planning, team building, leadership assessment and development, supervisory skills workshops, etc.)
- Toastmasters (http://fandmtm.org/)
- United Educators (risk management best practices, anti-harassment and related online training)
- University of Pennsylvania Executive Education
- Workplace Answers (compliance-related training, safety training, supervisory workshops and webinars, etc.)
