Course Catalog

Learn more legal obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and remove access barriers in programs, services, and activities. 

Learn what happens to your WRS account when you pass away, why it's important to designate a beneficiary and the importance of keeping your account up to date.

Enhance your ability to foster inclusivity, build trust, and become an effective ally in your personal and professional life.

Take a deeper look into emotional intelligence and how stress can dysregulate us and its impacts in interpersonal relationships. 

Increase your self-awareness regarding our common styles to approaching and navigating conflict.

We'll discuss LGBTQ+ inclusion, how to create welcoming environments, discuss institutional inequity, and how to create systemic change.

This session will broaden your perspective and you will leave with actionable tips to use in future trainings and meetings.

Build awareness on how bias, both explicit and implicit, can impact hiring decisions.

Family Medical Leave can be a topic that even the most adept supervisor struggles with. This course will provide a background on FMLA, eligibility information, how FMLA is used, and Supervisor responsibilities.Presented by: Brittney Hayes - Human…

This two-part series will help you move from fear to finesse when giving and receiving feedback. This course page is for Part 1 registration.

This two-part series will help you move from fear to finesse when giving and receiving feedback. This course page is for Part 2 registration.

In this course, we'll define what is confidential information, discuss the legalities of confidentiality, and outline best practices.

Explore substance use, coping strategies, and applying Trauma Informed Care principles to foster supportive environments.

Join our Human Resources team as they share best practices for talent planning, writing clear position descriptions, and moving through the hiring and recruitment process.

Gain the knowledge base needed to conduct investigations with a focus on the investigative interview.

Enhance your decision-making skills as a leader with our interactive course which focuses on building empathy, planning, and effectively engaging people for successful and impactful outcomes.

This interactive workshop is designed to empower leaders and managers with the essential tools to cultivate a more effective, supportive, and healthy workplace.

This course provides an overview of the policy and process for drug and alcohol testing at the City of Madison.

Understand your role as a Mandatory Reporter in creating a harassment- and discrimination-free environment at the City of Madison.

This is a two-part training for committee staff, provided by Information Technology. Learn how to manage meetings in the Meeting Schedule, and facilitate virtual committee meetings.

This session is about unpacking ableism and developing a culture of inclusion. 

Elevate your leadership with a course that expands your toolkit, shifts mindsets, and readies you to lead at the next level. This is for anyone who wants to advance their skillset.

Join us to learn how to better support our employees and move our organization towards excellence.

This course provides training on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in construction.

This course provides training on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in construction. Participants will receive an OSHA 30-hour Construction Certificate of Completion card.

Take your communication beyond compliance by incorporating plain language into your writing.

In this workshop, participants will level-up their plain language writing skills in real time.

Learn about your WRS benefits and the retirement process.

Known as APM 3-5, the City's Prohibited Harassment & Discrimination Policy covers expectations for creating a discrimination-free workplace.

This training will teach you how to communicate with requesters and fulfill requests, as well as how to ensure compliance with public records laws and retention policies.

This course is for those beginning their learning on racial equity and social justice, or seeking a foundational primer.

Designed for those 1-5 years from retirement, this series is hosted by HR and presented by ETF, HR staff, Precision Retirement Group, Capital Group, Mission Square, and EAP.

Learn how to treat people who use service and support animals with dignity and respect while complying with the law.

Explore your understanding of your own boundaries and ways to effectively express them to others.

Explore components of mental health and will practice skills to assist with emotional regulation and balance.

Learn to identify stressors and practice coping strategies to expand your toolbox.

Learn about suicide warning signs, protective and risk factors, how to have a conversation about this topic in ways that minimize potential for harm, and how to apply the learning within a workplace setting.

Set yourself up for success by aligning your actions with organizational values, analyzing your team using the STARS framework, get connected with resources, and foster situational mindfulness for impactful and supportive management.

This course is for supervisors who want to learn how to better support your LGBTQ+ staff.

Learn about key components like effective communication, healthy boundaries, conflict resolution, and recognizing signs of unhealthy dynamics.

This practical workshop empowers leaders to apply VBL principles effectively through interactive exercises and role-playing.

Elevate your leadership with our Values-Based Leadership course by fostering self-reflection, balance, confidence, and humility.

It's never too early to start planning for a secure retirement. Learn how to maximize your WRS benefits.