Professional Learning

The following opportunities include in-person, virtual, and independent learning, as well as professional networks that can support your growth as a human capital leader.

Training Sessions

Spring 2024: ADDRESSING EDUCATOR WORKFORCE NEEDS: ENGAGE & RETAIN

How effective is your organization’s process for engaging and retaining employees?

This free training in June is being sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to help you learn from experts and network with other human capital leaders in education. It is designed to help Ohio educational organizations develop and implement effective strategies for retaining top talent in a competitive talent market.

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 6 contact hours.

IN-PERSON TRAINING

  • Date and Time: Friday, June 7, 2024 (9 a.m.–4 p.m.) 

  • Location: Washington State Community College, 710 Colegate Dr, Marietta, OH 45750 

VIRTUAL TRAINING

  • Dates and Times: June 4, 2024, 12–2:30 p.m. AND June 18, 12–3:15 p.m.

  • Location: Zoom links will be shared prior to both days.

Professional Learning Cohort

Applications Open for 2024–25!

We already have multiple teams active in our Professional Learning Cohort for the current school year. If you are thinking about this opportunity to enhance your human capital skills and collaborate with colleagues from your district to make a lasting impact, please take a look at this flyer to learn more.

Through this experience, teams from educational organizations across the state are unlocking their potential by learning about and applying human capital best practices. The application window is now open for the 2024–25 school year.

With questions, contact hcrc@education.ohio.gov.

Winter 2024: ATTRACTING AND HIRING TOP TALENT

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce sponsored winter trainings designed to help Ohio schools and districts develop and implement effective recruitment and hiring strategies in a competitive talent market. Hundreds of HR professionals, principals, assistant principals, hiring committee members, communications professionals, and district leaders heard about these topics :

  • Responding to Educator Shortages

  • Identifying Recruitment Needs

  • Creating a Positive Candidate Experience

  • Finding and Developing Teacher Candidates

  • Hiring Process Improvement

  • Employee Value Proposition

  • Hiring Deep Dive

  • Intro to Social Media Recruiting

  • AI for Recruitment and Hiring

All trainings are brought to you in partnership with Experience Management Institute and the American Institutes for Research (AIR).

Interested in hosting trainings for districts in your area?

Networking Sessions

Connecting with peers who have similar human challenges and solutions can build relationships and drive change. We are offering these virtual networking sessions this school year. Register for a session in the future, or refer to the resources from a session that’s already completed.

Tues, Jun 25, 2024 (12–1 p.m.)

The Art of Listening: Using Stay Surveys to Uncover Employee Needs and Preferences

Stay surveys are a valuable tool for K-12 organizations to collect feedback from their employees on their job satisfaction, engagement, and areas for improvement. By regularly conducting stay surveys, districts can identify and address potential problems early on, improve employee morale, and create a more positive work environment.

Fri, Dec 8, 2023

Winning the Race for Talent: Strategies to Increase your Candidate Pool

In an era of shortages, it’s important to have recruitment strategies that attract the best talent to your district. In this session, participants learned how to expand their horizons for the recruitment process, all while keeping the focus on a positive candidate experience.

Resources from the session include this recorded content, a checklist handout to audit your practices, and presenter slides.

Tues, Mar 12, 2024

Designing Onboarding Experiences to Engage and Retain 

Learn how to avoid common mistakes when designing employee onboarding experiences. Discover tools you can use to improve how your organization onboards employees. 

Resources from the session include presenter slides and video.

Online Learning: Human Capital Essentials

The Department recently released the “Human Capital Essentials Video Series” in the Learning Management System. This learning series will equip principals and district hiring managers with foundational knowledge and practical strategies to enhance human capital practices, and provide resources, reflection, and action planning to propel meaningful change in their people system.

The free self-paced series consists of these five courses:

  • Introduction

  • Align Your Human Capital System to Your Instructional Vision

  • Find Talent

  • Grow Talent

  • Keep Talent

Participants who complete the course will receive four clock hours. For questions about the course content, email hcrc@education.ohio.gov.

The Human Capital Essentials Video Series Access Guide provides the steps to access this series. 

Educators interested in taking this course can find additional information about the Learning Management System and other courses on the Department’s LMS page. For questions about the Learning Management System, contact LMSsupport@education.ohio.gov.

Recorded Webinars

Here are recorded webinars from our archive on key areas of human capital management: 

Connect with Human Capital Organizations

Regional, state and national organizations provide professional learning opportunities to help you lead strategic human capital systems management in your school or district.  

Ohio’s Regional HR Networks 

State and National Networks