Working Remotely

Middlebury employees have 24/7 access to helpful information about their work at Middlebury.

We will update this site regularly and also let you know as new remote learning opportunities are available. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with questions or comments.

Flexible Work Options

At Middlebury, we understand the increasing demands that staff members face in their personal and work lives, and we recognize that their careers are just one of many aspects of their lives. We also recognize that the current pandemic can add further challenges to this delicate balance. Finding ways to accommodate these demands can help provide an atmosphere where we can thrive personally and professionally.

Middlebury offers a variety of flexible work arrangements. Supervisors and staff have historically worked together to find creative ways of meeting business needs while providing more flexibility than traditional work arrangements. Middlebury has now developed formal request processes to help support supervisors and employees in establishing these arrangements.

Flexible work options offer alternative approaches to getting work done through nontraditional work hours, locations, and/or job structures. They offer creative approaches for completing work while promoting balance between work and personal commitments and can result in a more positive and productive work environment.

There are several flexible work options available at Middlebury, including flextime (flexible work hours), telework (flexible work location), and an abbreviated schedule or reduction in one’s full-time equivalency (FTE). Although not all options may be available in all departments or for all positions based upon operational needs, employees and managers are encouraged to explore these pathways in an effort to help manage work schedules while continuing to meet business needs.

Flex Time

Managing and Working Remotely

Helpful Tips: 20 tips for working from home.
Working From Home: Advice for managers and employees during the coronavirus pandemic.
Maintaining Focus and Motivation: Free webinars about working remotely.
Middlebury Guidance: Guidelines for working remotely.
Leading Remote Workers: The impact of coronavirus on effective management.
Managing Your Team: Helpful tips for management while social distancing.
Managing a Remote Workforce: Tips for remote management during coronavirus—and beyond.
12 New Habits for Leading in a Virtual Environment: From Ken Blanchard Companies—12 key habits for leading in a remote world
IGNITE Resources! IGNITE is a leading coaching and managerial consulting practice. Sign-up for their newsletter for tips, tricks and best practice
How to Persuade People to Change Their Behavior: Harvard Business Review article that tackles behavior and how to use persuasion to help folks change their behavior

Online Tools for Working Remotely

Zoom

Zoom is the recommended video conferencing software available to all Middlebury users.

If Zoom is down or not working, please try one of our other backup solutions listed below in recommended order:

Google Meet

Video conferencing software available to all Middlebury users.

Instructions from Google
Sign in with Middlebury credentials

Microsoft Teams

Video conferencing software available to all Middlebury users.

Instructions for starting or joining video meetings
Instructions for using Microsoft Teams
Sign in with Middlebury credentials to download

Mural

MURAL is a digital workspace for visual collaboration.

Loom

With Loom, you can capture your screen, voice, and face and instantly share your video in less time than it would take to type an email.

Chat Options

The Zoom application offers chat functionality outside of meetings between any users who have a Zoom account. Users can have individual or group chats and can create public or private channels.
Download Zoom
More information on Zoom Chat

Taking Care of Yourself

Useful articles to promote well-being.

Employee/Family Assistance Program

Middlebury is pleased to offer employees and their families a local, free, independent EAP to support employees and their household members with InvestEAP. The EFAP has a plethora of resources to include (but not limited to):

Financial and Legal Help
Counseling
Behavioral Health
Life Resources (childcare, eldercare, adoption, housing, etc.)

InvestEAP Information

Managing Change

Staying Connected

To stay up to date with all of the Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium Events - please check out the calendar on the GMHEC Well-being (password is GMHECWell-Being), join their Facebook group or subscribe to the “All Things Well-being” listserv by sending a request to Rebecca.schubert@gmhec.org

Family/Parent Resources

Covid-19 Support: Supporting managers and employers, working parents with young children, and new and expecting parents.
Parent/Caregiver Guide: Helping families cope with the coronavirus disease.
Working from Home with Kids: When it feels unsustainable, here’s how to ease the burden.
10 Tips for Working from Home with Kids
How School Closures Can Strengthen Your Family
Simple Activities for Children and Adolescents
Information for Pet Parents

Schooling Children from Home

LinkedIn Online Learning Resources

Don’t know about Linked In Learning? Here’s what you need to get going!