Catalog offers Blueprint
for Lifelong Learning
-- HRD Office of Training and Development, September 2007

The 2007-08 edition of the training catalog for state employees is available online at http://www.das.ohio.gov/TrainingCatalog.

Blueprint for LifeLong Learning: A Guide for Your Continuous Improvement and Professional Development includes quality training programs created through partnerships with nationally known professional development organizations as well as Ohio universities and colleges.

The catalog lists more than 100 courses available to public employees. Most of the courses are one- or two-day courses that teach computer and other job skills. Continuing education units are now available for these one- and two-day courses through the host colleges. The non-computer courses include topics such as financial statements for non-financial managers, writing and grammar, goal setting, time management and stress management.

The catalog also includes information about the following professional, administrative and leadership programs: Human Resources Academy; Is Supervising for Me?; Ohio Certified Public Manager Program; Peer Today, Boss Tomorrow; People Matter Series; Professional Administrative Support Services (PASS); and Project Management.

Customized training to meet specific agency requirements for staff development also is available as well as the Learning Resource Center, which offers customized training for individual needs.

Funding sources for eligible employees include the Exempt Professional Development Program for exempt employees, Union Education Trust for Ohio Civil Service Employees Association/AFSCME Local 11 bargaining unit members, and funding programs for bargaining unit members of Service Employees International Union/District 1199, Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Education Association and Ohio State Troopers Association.

To view the catalog or for more information about any of the courses, please visit the Web site of the HRD Office of Training and Development at www.das.ohio.gov/training.