Public Service Workshops Program New York State Governor's Office of Employee Relations
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The Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) is a working partnership between the N.Y.S. Governor's Office of Employee Relations, the Public Employees Federation (AFL-CIO), and the Professional Development Program, Rockefeller College, University at Albany. PSWP is funded through the negotiated Agreement between the State of New York and the Public Employees Federation and through additional Management/Confidential funds. PSWP conducts needs assessment to identify emerging professional development needs, and delivers workshops to meet the needs of seven broad occupational groups including health care, law/criminal justice, accounting/auditing, counseling, education, engineering, and information technology, as well as the clerical/administrative group.

Current PSWP Workshop Offerings

Online     Capital District     Central     Long Island

Mid/Lower Hudson     New York City     Northern     Western

Contact PSWP: PSWPHelp@albany.edu or (866) 431-1592

NOTE: If the workshop you are interested in is full, we encourage you to register so that you can be placed on the waitlist. If seats become available, those from the waitlist are enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition, waitlisted registrants are given early notification when additional offerings are scheduled.


Online

Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse in New York State--Online Workshop

This online workshop, which can be completed at your convenience during a three-week period, is targeted to those health care, counseling, and education professionals who are required to receive this training for licensure. This session meets the requirements of the mandatory New York State child abuse recognition and reporting requirements. A certificate will be issued upon completion of a short exam at the end of the workshop.

Registration is updated and processed weekly. Approved participants will receive an email with enrollment details and instructions from Access Continuing Education, Inc.

Date: Currently Available

Location: Online course accessible through SLMS

Registration Deadline: Rolling

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NACLE Online Continuing Legal Education Workshops

New CLE Courses Recently Added!

These online workshops, which can be completed at your convenience, are for PEF-represented and M/C attorneys who are interested in earning CLE credits. Multiple titles are available for registered participants to choose from. Currently, several courses are available: Cross Examination Techniques, Summation: A Work in Progress, Opening Statements, Constructing and De-Constructing a Contract, Introduction to Mental Health Law for one (1) CLE credit each; The Rules of Evidence for 6.5 CLE credits; Trial Advocacy Techniques for two (2) CLE credits; Ethical Implications and Social Media and Ethics – Dropping the Hot Potato for one (1) ethic CLE; Ethics in the Wake of the New Rules of Professional Conduct for two (2) ethics CLEs. CLE affidavits are made available directly from NACLE upon request for credit and completion of the course. Upon completion of enrollment, participants will be provided with an instructional document and an email including course instructions and account details.

Registration is done on a rolling basis. As soon as you receive the enrollment verification notice from the SLMS, you may proceed taking the NACLE courses.

Date: Currently Available

Location: Online course accessible through SLMS

Registration Deadline: Rolling

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Capital District Region

Dealing with Difficult People

This workshop provides participants with skills to identify types of difficult people, and to understand why people often behave negatively. Through recognition of their own communication style and ways they cope with conflict, participants will learn how to maintain control when faced with difficult people and situations. Role playing and other hands-on techniques designed to develop skills for dealing with difficult people will be practiced.

Date: Monday, June 3, 2013

Location: Professional Development Program, Albany, NY

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 27, 2013

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Using Technology to Create Dynamic and Interactive Presentations

Through the use of graphics, animation, sounds, and video, you will learn to go beyond a typical PowerPoint slide presentation. In this workshop, you will be presented with, and practice, methods and strategies to create visually-rich PowerPoint presentations, that incorporate interactive animations, and audio- and video-enabled content. The workshop will also showcase Prezi, an on-line presentation tool used to create visually appealing and dynamic presentations.  A number of examples and reference hand-out will be provided.  A basic level of knowledge and experience with Power Point is strongly preferred.

Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Location: Microknowledge, Latham, NY

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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Introduction to C# and .NET

This five-day course provides an intensive architectural overview of the Microsoft .NET Development environment and the Common Language Runtime (CLR) using C# as the language of choice. It focuses on understanding how to develop applications and reusable classes that take advantage of the features exposed through the CLR. Specifically it will introduce you to the object model of .NET and more generally to the .NET Framework including ADO.NET, and Windows Forms Programming.

Date: Monday, July 22, 2013 to Friday, July 26, 2013; 9am to 4pm

Locations: Empire State Plaza, Swan Street Building, Albany, NY

Registration Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2013

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Central Region

Dealing with Difficult People

This workshop provides participants with skills to identify types of difficult people, and to understand why people often behave negatively. Through recognition of their own communication style and ways they cope with conflict, participants will learn how to maintain control when faced with difficult people and situations. Role playing and other hands-on techniques designed to develop skills for dealing with difficult people will be practiced.

Date: Thursday, June 6, 2013

Location: Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Syracuse, NY

Registration Deadline: Thursday, May 30, 2013

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Long Island Region

No workshops currently scheduled in this region. Check this site regularly for updates.

Send your workshop suggestions to PSWP using our Online Suggest A Topic Form.

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Mid/Lower Hudson Region

No workshops currently scheduled in this region. Check this site regularly for updates.

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New York City Region

No workshops currently scheduled in this region. Check this site regularly for updates.

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Northern Region

Introduction to Linking GPS and GIS Applications

This one-day workshop is designed for professionals who want to incorporate the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) information into their Geographic Information System (GIS) projects. Through lecture presentation and hands-on exercises, the course covers accuracy differences between various GPS equipment. Some familiarity with GPS and GIS technologies is suggested but not required to attend.

Date/Time: May 30, 2013; 9AM – 4PM

Location: Adirondack Park Agency, Ray Brook, NY

Registration Deadline: May 23, 2013 

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Western Region

Dealing with Difficult People

This workshop provides participants with skills to identify types of difficult people, and to understand why people often behave negatively. Through recognition of their own communication style and ways they cope with conflict, participants will learn how to maintain control when faced with difficult people and situations. Role playing and other hands-on techniques designed to develop skills for dealing with difficult people will be practiced.

Date: Monday, June 10, 2013

Location: Western New York DDSO, West Seneca, NY

Registration Deadline: Monday, June 3, 2013

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Professional Presentation Delivery Skills

One-day workshop covering professional presentation delivery skills. Topics include guidelines for making effective presentations, analysis of voice/diction skills, audience interaction, body language, listening, visual aids, and humor.

Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Location: Western New York DDSO, West Seneca, NY

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, June 4, 2013

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The Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) and the State of New York provide equal access to its programs for all persons and is an equal opportunity employer.  It is our policy to maintain an academic and work environment free of discrimination and harassment against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic characteristics or information, political beliefs, status as a victim of domestic violence, and veteran, marital or family status or any other discrimination prohibited by law.  Harassment of any individual will not be tolerated.

Reasonable accommodations are available, upon request, in all aspects of state training, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the New York State Human Rights Law, to ensure that every individual is able to gain maximum benefit from the training experience. For additional information or requests please contact PSWP customer service at 866-431-1592 or pdp-pswphelp@albany.edu.

( Last updated: May 23, 2013 )

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