Learning & Organizational Development

Learning & Organizational Development
Log On and Learn
Over 3,500 interactive online courses and over 25,000 online books are available to WSU employees. Interested in a book on communication skills? Taking a leadership simulation? You can get it all online.
Learn From Anywhere
Looking for learning opportunities? Check out the remote learning opportunities resources for various learning opportunities available through WSU and partners. Let your imagination flow!
Learning Managers
Access to employee training records is provided to designated learning managers. Refer to the Learning Manager Guide for help with key functions like assigning content and running reports.
Featured Learning Opportunities
You must log in to your Online Learning Account to register for or access the courses. Click on the hyperlinks to enroll.
Special Sessions
- New Courses Focused on DEI in Recruitment
- DEI Hiring Practices
- Sep 8th, Oct 12th, Nov 28th
- Equity-Minded Mentoring Practices
- Sep 14th, Oct 13th, Nov 15th
- Intentional Inclusion: Minimizing Unconscious Bias and Microaggressions
- Sep 20th, Oct 19th, Nov 29th
- DEI Hiring Practices
Mandated DSHSMP and Ethics Trainings
- Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct Prevention
- Ethics in Public Service
On-Demand Learning Opportunities
- Featured Learning Path:
- Business Etiquette and Professionalism
- Developing Your Reputation of Professionalism with Business Etiquette
- Professionalism, Business Etiquette, and Personal Accountability
- Communicating with Professionalism and Etiquette
- Business Etiquette and Professionalism
- Featured Courses:
Community & Equity Certificate Program ILTs
- Community and Equity 101
- Jul 20th
- Community and Equity 102
- Jun 30th
- Community and Equity 103
- Jun 22nd
- Building a Community of Respect
- TBD
- Building Coalitions Across Great Divides
- TBD
- Conversations on Implicit Bias
- TBD
- Disability Allyship, Advocacy, and Activism
- Jul 6th, Aug 3rd
- Inclusive Pedagogy
- Jul 20th
- International Cultures and Teams
- TBD
- LGBTQ+ Ally Training
- Jun 23rd, Jul 26th
- UndocuAlly Training
- TBD
HRS, Supervisory, & Developing Leader Learning Program ILTs
- Corrective Action and Discipline Process
- TBD
- Equal Opportunity Issues for Supervisors
- TBD
- Position Descriptions, Expectations, and Performance Evaluations
- TBD
- Supervisor as Leader
- TBD
- Supervisory Roundtable Discussions: Performance Management Issues
- TBD
- Supervisory Roundtable Discussions: Recruitment and Hiring Issues
- TBD
- Understanding and Managing Leave
- TBD
- Understanding the University Operating Budget
- TBD
- WSU – Time and Leave Reporting Processes
- Sep 15th
Select from a range of newly-released Business Skills Learning Opportunities HERE
Employee Assistance Program
- Instructor-Led Sessions (for WSU staff and faculty):
- TBD
- Live Webinars
- Transitioning into the New Work Life: Strategies for Responding to Change
- Transitioning into the New Work Life: Creating Psychological Safety in Work Teams
- On Demand Webinars
- Leading the Human Side of Change
- Navigating Change in Challenging Times
EAP offers a variety of webinars on self care, COVID-19, 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.