The Civil Service Advisory Council (CSAC) is pleased to announce that Chancellor Susan Koch has made FY 2020 funding available to assist Civil Service Employees (CS) at UIS with professional development. Each status CS employee employed at least 50% time may apply for up to $1200 for use toward any aspect of professional development during the FY 2020 award year (September 1, 2019- June 30, 2020). Examples include subscriptions to journals, conference and meeting registration, conference travel, workshops, and online training materials. We have provided some links to popular trainings from last year below.

The applications and instructions are listed below. Applications must be typed.

Professional Development Guidelines and Instructions (FY 2020)

Professional Development Application

The Professional Development Applications will be reviewed and granted by members of your elected Civil Service Advisory Council.

The Professional Development Committee members are:

Jo Barnard, Brookens Library, jmccr01s@uis.edu

Toni Langdon, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, tauma1@uis.edu

Jason Noyes, Information technology Services, jnoye2@uis.edu

Evan Barber, Brookens Library, ebarb2@uis.edu

Jeff Sudduth, Information Technology Services, jsudd3@uis.edu

If you have questions, please feel free to ask any of the Professional Development Committee members.

Applications must be received by 5:00 pm August 23, 2019. Applications may be sent through campus mail to Jo Barnard (MS BRK 140), hand-delivered applications may be brought to BRK 204, and electronic applications may be emailed to csac@uis.edu. (Electronic applications must include the applicant’s signature and the supervisor’s signature; therefore, applications submitted electronically should be completed, printed, signed, and then scanned. Scanned electronic versions must be emailed in a PDF format. Electronic applications without the appropriate signature(s) will not be accepted). If you have questions, please contact any of the professional development committee members.

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Popular past professional development requests:

http://www.skillpath.com     This group offers seminars in the Springfield Area

http://www.nationalseminartraining.com/join/the-pass/digial.cfm     Star 12 Membership  Train on your time and at your own pace with the STAR12 Digital Edition. This cloud-based software as a service gives you access to the entire STAR12 online library of on-demand training. Watch webinars to learn new skills…participate in an on-demand seminar for more in-depth training…or watch a quick-tip vide for a fast-paced refresher. One-year membership is $199.00.

http://www.llcc.edu/community-education/current-offerings/     Lincoln Land Community Education offers professional skill classes.

http://www.llcc.edu/career-training/cctc/     Capitol City Career Center offers various professional skill classes too.

http://www.iwil.biz/join-iwil.htm     Illinois Women in Leadership Membership

http://www.aauw.org/membership/     American Association of University Women

If you find anything else, please share with us so we can tell others!