Training & Professional Development
The Office of Human Resources offers multiple trainings to the Graduate School and University Center community. Certain trainings are mandatory and others are provided for general professional development.
Additionally, the Office of Human Resources is compiling training and professional development workshops offered by CUNY Central and other local resources.
Mandatory Trainings
As a CUNY and Graduate School and University Center employee, certain trainings are mandatory. Learn about the mandatory trainings, including who is required to attend and how often the training must be done, as well as find links to complete online trainings and dates for upcoming trainings in the descriptions below.
Starting Monday, July 20, all employees must do two things before they enter our 365 Fifth Avenue building. These are required by New York state, and we must enforce them by state mandate and for the health and safety of everyone in the building.
1. You must watch a 12-minute safety video before you come to the building.
This course can be accessed by logging into CUNY Blackboard (found under My Organizations section).
2. Before coming to the building each day, you must fill out a short health screening form.
The form is on The Graduate Center’s website here, and you must fill it out prior to entering the building. You will not be permitted access unless you have proof that you completed the form for that day.
The Employee Sexual and Interpersonal Violence Prevention and Response Course (ESPARC) provides information on CUNY's policies on sexual and interpersonal violence, how to report incidents, and resources to assist in these situations.
In accordance with New York State Law, CUNY employees are required to complete ESPARC upon first hire and annually thereafter. The course must be completed by the end of each academic year (July 30).
This course can be accessed by logging into CUNY Blackboard (found under My Organizations section).
Office of Human Resources instructed ESPARC trainings are found on the OHR Events page.
The Workplace Violence Prevention online course reviews CUNY's work place violence prevention policy, and provide employees with campus specific violence prevention information.
CUNY employees are required to complete the Workplace Violence Prevention course upon first hire and annually thereafter. The course must be completed by the end of each academic year (July 30).
This course can be accessed by logging into CUNY Blackboard (found under My Organizations section).
This course familiarizes employees with the resources offered by CUNY Computing & Information Services.
The course takes approximately 40 minutes and all users should complete the course within the first 30 days of employment and annually thereafter.
Access the Information Security online course.
Executive Law § 94 and Legislative Law Article 1-A require mandatory ethics trainings for State officers and employees whose annual salaries surpass the threshold ($101,379) or who are designated policy-makers.
Mandated Ethics Training Requirements
- Online Ethics Orientation (“OEO”): The OEO is the first ethics class required for new FDS filers and should be taken within the first 90 days of your employment. OEO is available at https://jcope.ny.gov/online-ethics-orientation-oeo
- Comprehensive Ethics Training Course ("CETC"): The CETC is an ethics training mandated for New York State officers and employees who file an annual Financial Disclosure Statement ("FDS"). The CETC is a two-hour, live, instructor-led training that covers the Public Officers Law and other related ethics laws and regulations. Upcoming CETC trainings offered by the GC or JCOPE will be posted below.
- Ethics Refresher Seminar: Everyone who has taken the CETC is required by law to take an ethics refresher every three years thereafter. Upcoming CETC trainings offered by the GC or JCOPE will be posted below.
Learning and Development Courses
The Office of Human Resources conducts trainings throughout the year for the professional development of our community. We encourage staff and faculty to attend trainings of interest to them.
Dear Faculty and Staff,
We are happy to announce that we will be offering a virtual Leadership Academy Week, which will run from April 5th - 9th. Leadership Academy is open to current and up-and-coming supervisors, managers, directors and executives of the Graduate Center, Macaulay Honors College, and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. If you are interested in attending any of the workshops/trainings that will be offered during Leadership Academy Week, please reach out to your supervisor to receive their approval to attend Leadership Academy.
The event will provide a wide array of opportunities for directors, managers, and supervisors to focus on and expand their leadership skills in building successful, productive, and inclusive teams.
Please find below a detailed schedule of the Leadership Academy. The deadline to register for the workshops via Eventbrite is April 1st.
Should you have any questions, please email us at HR@gc.cuny.edu. We look forward to your participation in this upcoming event.
External Trainings
Trainings offered by CUNY Central and other local resources which may be beneficial to the entire Graduate School and University Center community can be found here.