Grow at Middlebury

Program Overview

The Grow at Middlebury program offers a regular series of professional development workshops and resources to build foundational and specialized skills.  Learning opportunities and resources will be available across multiple participation formats, including in-person, online, and asynchronous.

Foundational & Specialized workshops offered during the 2024-2025 year:

Foundational Level Workshops

*For the 2024-2025 academic year, we are rolling out the ten foundational skills one per month and offering workshops specifically to supervisors. After completing the pilot in July, we will review and update our approach to include all employees going forward. 

• Managing Self: 
  • In-person on October 15, 2024
  • Zoom on October 17, 2024
• Managing Teams:
  • In-person on November 19, 2024
  • Zoom on November 21, 2024
• Supervisor Fundamentals:
  • In-person on December 17, 2024
  • Zoom on December 19, 2024
• Organizational Design:
  • In-person on January 14, 2025
  • Zoom on January 16, 2025
• Recruiting:
  • In-person on February 18, 2025
  • Zoom on February 20, 2025
• Onboarding:
  • In-person on March 18, 2025
  • Zoom on March 20, 2025
• Feedback and Recognition:
  • In-person on April 15, 2025
  • Zoom on April 17, 2025
• Coaching for Development:
  • In-person on May 20, 2025
  • Zoom on May 22, 2025
• Coaching for Corrective Action:
  • In-person on June 17, 2025
  • Zoom on June 19, 2025
• Managing the Institution:
  • In-person on July 15, 2025
  • Zoom on July 17, 2025

Specialized Workshops

• Skill Matrix:
  • Zoom on March 12, 2025 - all employees
  • Zoom on March 13, 2025 - supervisors

Employees can register for a workshop through the Human Resources Booking website. Registration links open approximately 3 weeks prior to workshop.  When registering, please make sure to use your Middlebury email address which will allow you to receive an Outlook invite with the workshop location and other necessary details.

For questions or help with registering, please email us at HR@middlebury.edu and the appropriate staff member will be able to assist you.