Course Guidelines and Registration Procedures
General Information
UI Learning & Development courses are offered for the benefit of all University of Iowa employees. These courses are designed to offer the opportunity to improve performance on present jobs and to enhance career and/or personal development.
Please refer to the course descriptions for course objectives and intended audience. Most courses are free of charge. When a registration fee is required, the monies are used to purchase materials for the course.
Release Time
Most training programs will be held during regular working hours. Some personal development and health, safety, and wellness courses, however, may be offered during non-working hours. Departments are encouraged to provide release time to employees to attend training programs (with the approval of their immediate supervisor as appropriate).
Course Schedules
Course listings are announced in the monthly UI Learning & Development newsletter, and in "My Training" located in self-service. Anyone wishing to receive a paper copy of the monthly newsletter should fill out our registration form and send it to: UI Learning & Development, 121-51 USB (be sure to check that you'd like to receive the newsletter). If you are currently receiving the paper copy of our monthly newsletter and would like to save paper and stop receiving it, visit: http://www.uiowa.edu/learn/listserv.html#stop
UI Learning & Development courses are held throughout the year. The frequency of scheduling any one course, however, is at the discretion of the instructor. The date and time for each course offered during the month will be listed with the course description in the newsletter and website. UI Self Service will also have a listing of available sessions.
Registration is required for all programs (unless otherwise noted) and may be submitted through UI Self Service. For fee classes are not currently available through self-service. Registration forms for these sessions are available in the UI Learning & Development newsletter, and on our website (download the registration form). Registrations using a credit card can be phoned to 335-2687. Registration is handled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Because many courses fill up quickly, early registration is recommended.
Once the course registration period has closed, registrants will be notified regarding their status in the course. Confirmations are sent approximately one week prior to the course. The confirmation includes more detailed information about the course including location and materials needed, if any.
If program registrations have reached maximum capacity, registrants will be placed on an overflow list and contacted if a cancellation occurs. Notifications will be sent approximately one week prior to the course.
UI Learning & Development may cancel a course due to lack of enrollment (another good reason to register)! Registrants will be notified if a course has been cancelled.
Cancellations
Please call UI Learning & Development at (33)5-2687 as soon as possible if you cannot attend a program for which your registration has been confirmed. We prepare materials for many of our courses, and it is important that we know how many of each item is needed. Also, many of our courses have overflow lists and your early cancellation will allow us to contact someone else. Cancellations must be received at least 24 hours in advance of the course.
Course Records
Attendance records are available from 1990 to present. A record of the courses that you have attended is available through UI Self Service.
Suggestions
We are interested in your training needs. If you have suggestions for future programs, please contact us.