Center for Organizational Success (COS)
The COS provides resources and support for professional development for ALL employees, both faculty and staff. We offer departmental support, workshops and retreats, instructional support, coaching and mentoring.
Current opportunities
The following COS eLearning courses are available through December:
Strategic initiative: People Focus
Staff Development Plan hours earned: 1 hour, upon passing course quiz with 80% or above
Course Summary: You have numerous opportunities to communicate with others every single day. What is your natural tendency in your daily interactions? This course will focus on recognizing the assertiveness continuum and identifying personal blocks to assertiveness. You'll learn to be more skilled at demonstrating assertive language and behaviors as well as how to avoid non-assertive language and behaviors.
Course Objectives:
- Define assertiveness
- Recognize the assertiveness continuum
- Identify personal blocks to assertiveness
- Demonstrate assertive language and behaviors
- Avoid language and behaviors that are not assertive (passive, aggressive and passive-aggressive behaviors)
- Use assertive behaviors in everyday situations
Strategic initiative: People Focus
Staff Development Plan hours earned: 1 hour, upon passing course quiz with 80% or above
Course Summary: Critical thinking is a skill that can empower you to make informed decisions, solve problems creatively and become a more independent learner. This course will help you learn to evaluate information accurately and be able to apply the critical thinking process in everyday situations.
Course Objectives:
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- Define critical thinking
- Identify and adopt the characteristics of critical thinking
- Recognize and avoid critical thinking mistakes
- Identify assumptions
- Evaluate information accurately and thoroughly
- Distinguish between fact and opinion
- Implement the critical thinking process in business situations
If you have never taken an eLearning course through COS, please email cos@delta.edu for access.
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Innovative Educators
Innovative Educators provides training focused on critical issues facing students and educators today. They provide the information, training and skills necessary to implement positive change on a personal, professional and institutional level.
Delta College's partnership with Innovative Educators allows each employee to select, register for and attend any available webinars at his/her convenience and without limitations. This partnership will support you as you continue to support our student's success, especially during this challenging time.
Note: Your Go2Knowledge account through Innovative Educators is not connected to your Delta email or credentials.