Retreat Post-It Board

Travel Scholarships and Networking
Item:	Notes	Action Taken
Financial Aid/Award for helping to attend conferences and/or trainings
Scholarships for UT Professional Development classes/certifications
Face to face networking for staff for similar types of work and/or similar titles (if this exists already, a way to better publicize it)
Increase number of conferences and presentations on campus for staff at low or no cost
Teaching certificate program for staff - paced so that you can work and learn simultaneously
In person trainings
In person trainings from campus experts
Expand professional development training to include satellite campuses (McDonald Observatory)
Submission page for staff to request training sessions
No clear path for climbing ladder

Career Counseling
Item:	Notes	Action Taken
UT PDC: Free or low-cost for staff
PRC Professional Development
Resume writing assistance for those that do not have a current resume but might need to apply for a new job
Professional Development opportunities
Career counseling and planning
Resume writing workshop for staff
Resume classes that were offered in the past
In person classes such as business writing and transforming lives through resilience. (Online is great, but some people prefer in-person)
Conduct skills and interest tests for interested employees so employees and departments can see where employee(s) best fit

Mentoring
Item:	Notes	Action Taken
Need a mentor ship program across campus and within departments for 1 or 2 days a month
Need a scholarship program across campus and within department where people can shadow other employees and work in other departments for 1 or 2 days per month

Employee Retention
Item:	Notes	Action Taken
How to keep quality staff employed at UT
Promote from within and post vacant lower positions
Retention policy to address increasing turnover
Training for those affected by reorganization within a department changed by Shared Services

Professional Training
Item:	Notes	Action Taken
Increased access to professional training
More marketing for Lynda.com
Advertise the current free development classes available
Training/advertisement of the new system of professional development available for employees for free - how do we make it more visible on a local level?
Explicit examples of how much much experience Lynda.com course completions are equivalent to
Training specific to Shared Services

Issues
Item:	Notes	Action Taken
Transparency regarding hours reduction
Posting positions at a higher salary rate than existing staff in same position
Opportunities for staff to volunteer in the community for a specified number of hours annually on UT work time
Explicit examples of "other experience" in job postings with regard to military MOS/Certifications

Travel Scholarships and Networking