December’s featured Instructor-Led course:

Supervising Student and Hourly Workers, December 12, 2025

This course provides Washington State University supervisors with practical guidance on effectively managing temporary hourly employees. Key topics include performance management strategies, navigating workers’ compensation, and understanding benefit eligibility for this employee group. In addition to covering best practices, the session features a facilitated discussion, offering participants a chance to exchange ideas, ask questions, and share solutions with peers.

This course is part of the WSU Training for Supervisors series.

Register in Percipio for the upcoming session from 2:00-4:00 p.m., on December 12, 2025.


What’s New

News, sessions and speakers, and updates for the 2025 Elevating Cougs Conference
Impact Plans results for the 2023 WSU Employee Engagement Survey now available
WSU staff mentoring.
WSU Leadership Development Program
Additional Learning Opportunities through the Employee Assistance
Skills Benchmarks
Instructor Guide for Percipio Instructor-Led Courses

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Training and Skillsoft Percipio

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Employee Assistance Program

EAP offers a variety of webinars on self care, change management, and other related topics to support emotional and mental health and wellbeing. Register for an upcoming live session or view a pre-recorded session on-demand. Sessions are added regularly.

You can also view the “Self-Care with the Washington State EAP” webinar recording on the WSU HRS Learning & Organizational Development YouTube.

Policies

University supervisors may release employees from normal work duties to attend training programs which promote professional development or improve jobs skills.  An employee may take any amount of supervisor directed training, and an eligible full-time employee may use up to 96 hours of release time per fiscal year. An eligible part-time employee may use hours of release time prorated according to their FTE percentage.