Winter Break Courses
Winter Break Courses Offered
These courses will take place December 16 - January 17th. Each course costs $10.
Conflict Management
Description: Focuses on the role of communication in conflict and dispute resolution. Examines several settings including interpersonal relations, small group decision-making, intergroup conflict, organizational conflict and cross-cultural conflict among others.
Communication Essentials
Description: Effective communication is essential to any organization’s continued success and ongoing relationships with agencies and suppliers. This self-paced online course offers tools to maximize effective communication by outlining key concepts related to customer service, conflict resolution and presentation skills.
Building a Better Mindset
Description: Mindset training helps employees develop a growth mindset, improve their skills, overcome challenges and boost their performance in the workplace. Focuses on the research that shows the view people can adopt for themselves profoundly affects the way they live their lives.
Active Listening
A leader's listening ability has a tremendous impact on their effectiveness. This course will offer a model of listening that provides a comprehensive method of listening improvement. In this course, you will assess your listening skills, set personal goals, and plan a development strategy. The application of listening principles to Servant Leadership and the development of emotional intelligence are emphasized.
You assess your personal listening skills then solicit feedback from your colleagues to compare your self-assessment results to their perceptions. You will then reflect on the results and create a SMART — specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound — listening goal.
Instructor Information
Dr Dana Eversole
- PROFESSOR
Media Studies
Bio
Dr Renee Cambiano
Bio
Dr. Renee Cambiano has taught in higher education for 25 years in online, blended, and traditional delivery formats. She is a professor of education. She holds a doctorate in adult and vocational education from the University of Arkansas, an M.S. in instruction and curriculum leadership from the University of Memphis, and a B.S. in biology with a fisheries emphasis from Northeastern State University. She currently serves as program chair for the Master of Science in Leadership and the Master of Education in Instructional Leadership programs. She has received the Faculty Mentor of the Year Award in 2019, Centurion recognition in 2018, Model the Way award in 2016, Outstanding Faculty in Research in 2011, Innovation in Teaching and Learning award in 2008, and Circle of Excellence Award in 2005. She has published and presented at regional, national, and international conferences.