Courses
March 12, 2010
Continuing Nursing Education
- March 17, E-Learning event: Becoming A Mentor
- March 18, E-Learning event: Empowering Health Consumers: Discovering HealthLine Online
The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness
For more informatiom or to register go to www.usask.ca/gmcte
- March 16, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, Introduction to Classroom Research: Finding ways to learn more about your own teaching and student learning with Angela Ward, College of Education, and Marcel D’Eon, College of Medicine
- March 17, 2:30 - 4 pm, Picture Perfect: Producing Useful Charts and Graphswith Melissa Spore, EMAP
- March 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm, Selecting Evidence for Your Teaching Portfolio with Kim West, GMCTE
- March 23, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Teaching Effectiveness Afternoon (TEA) with Rick Schwier and Anurag Saxena, College of Medicine
- March 24, 2010, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Embedding Graduate Attributes (or Professional Skills) in your Undergraduate Courses with Brad Wuetherick, Gwenna Moss Centre
- March 25, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, Introduction to Classroom Research: Finding ways to learn more about your own teaching and student learning with Angela Ward, College of Education and Marcel D’Eon, College of Medicine
- March 26, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Teaching in Canada Discussion Group with Mel Hosain, Engineering
- March 31, 2:30 - 4:30 pm, Imagine that! Using a Habermassian perspective to optimize the classroom learning environment with Phillip Lee, Dept. of Sociology
- April 1, 1:30 - 4:30 pm, Documenting Teaching and its Improvement with Kim West, GMCTE
- April 6, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, TEA with Rick Schwier and Robert (Buck) Buckingham, School of Public Health
- April 20, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, TEAwith Rick Long, Teaching and Learning Committee of Council
- May 4, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, TEA with Lea Pennock, University Secretary
- May 3 to May 7, Spring Teaching Week (visit GMCTE website for details)
- May 10 to May 14, Course Design Mini Course(visit GMCTE website for details)
- May 18, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, TEA with Karen Chad, VP research
- May 26, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, TEA with Mary Buhr, dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources
Safety Training Courses
Register at www.usask.ca/wsep/web_course
- Biosafety: March 18, 8:30 am-4 pm; April 14, 8:30 am-4 pm
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention: May 26, 9-11 am
- Standard First Aid with CPR A: May 19/20, 8 am-4:30 pm
- First Aid Certification: April 8, 8 am-4:30 pm
- Fire Safety: May 18, 1:30-3:30 pm
- Laboratory Safety: April 27/29, 1-4:30 pm
- Laser Safety: April 12, 1:30-3:30 pm
- Radiation Safety: March 22/23/25, 1-4 pm
- Safety Orientation for Employees: March 24, 1-3:30 pm
- Safety Orientation for Supervisors: March 16, 1:30-4:30 pm; April 15, 9-noon
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods (Receiver): June 23, 11-noon
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System: April 15, 1:30-3:30 pm
Information Technology Services (ITS) Training Services
For info or to register, call 966-4866 or go to http://training.usask.ca.
- Access 2007 Introduction, March 16 & 18, 9-noon, $125 for faculty, staff & students; $160 for others
- Adobe Flash CS4 Introduction, March 16 & 18, 9-noon, $250 for faculty, staff & students; $300 for others
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Introduction, March 29 and 31, 1:30-4:30 pm, $150 for faculty, staff & students; $185 for others
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Intermediate, March 23 and 25, 1:30-4:30 pm, $150 for faculty, staff & students; $185 for others
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 Introduction, May 10 and 12, 6:30-9:30 pm, $150 for faculty, staff & students; $185 for others
- Apple iLife Introduction, April. 7, 9-noon, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $90 for others
- Creating Research Posters, March 23, 9-11:00 am, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $100 for others
- Creating U of S Web Surveys, March 24, 9-11:30 am, $0 for faculty, staff & students; n/a for others
- Dreamweaver CS4 Introduction, March 29 & 31, 1:30-4:30 pm, $150 for faculty, staff & students; $185 for others
- Excel 2007 Introduction, March. 15 and 17 or April. 5 and 7, 1:30-4:30 pm, $125 for faculty, staff & students; $160 for others
- Excel 2007 Intermediate, March. 22 and 24, 1:30-4:30 pm, or April. 13 and 15, 9-noon, $125 for faculty, staff & students; $160 for others
- HTML Basics, March. 22, 1:30-4:00 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $100 for others
- PowerPoint Introduction, March. 30 and April. 1, 9-noon, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $130 for others
- PowerPoint Intermediate, March. 17, 9-noon, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $100 for others
- SPSS Introduction, March. 23 and 25, 6:30-9:30 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $130 for others
- Using the U of S Wiki, March. 26, 1:30-3:00 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; n/a for others
- Word Styles & TOC, March 19, 1:30-3:00 pm, $0 for faculty, staff & students; $70 for others
- Word Intermediate, March. 30 and Apr. 1, 9-noon, $125 for faculty, staff & students; $160 for others
Centre for Continuing & Distance Education
For information, www.ccde.usask.ca or 966-5539
Business & Leadership Programs
- Emotional Intelligence: The Other Side of Smart, March 24
- Leadership for Frontline Supervisors, April 14-15
- Almost There? Effective Ways to Get It Done!, April 20
- Business Writing & Grammar Workout, April 21-22
Adult & Continuing Eduction
- Train the Trainer: A Short Course in Adult Learning, April 20-22
- Developing Your Presentation Skills, April 27 and May 11
Community Music Education Programs (CMEP)
communitymusic.usask.ca
Parenting with music classes
For classes beginning April 28-May 26 inclusive
- Tues 9 am – Suzuki Babes/Toddlers (mixed ages 0-3 yrs) 45 min/ week x 5 weeks = $70
- Tues 10 am – Suzuki Babes (same as above)
- Wed 10:30 a.m. – 1-11 months (30 mins x 5 weeks) = $60
- Wed 11:15 a.m. – 12-23 months (40 mins x 5 weeks) = $65
Language Centre Programs
- English Language Part-time classes start April 8:
- Spoken English
- Pronunciation
- Effective Writing and Grammar
- Effective Reading Skills
- TOEFL & CanTEST Preparation
- TEFL Intensive Program July 12 – Aug. 7. Ladders into CERTESL for Canadian Certification.
Ecological Education Programs
- Home School Ecology Club, March 17, 31, April 14; fee is $120
- Easter School Break April 5-9: Rainforest Camp for Kids, ages 8-12, 9 am-4 pm, before and after care 8-9 am and 4-5 pm; fee is $200 (before or after care is $25)
HR Skills Series
To register, call 966-5539
- March 25, Achieving a Representative Workforce Through the Values of Diversity
- April 13, Competency Based Recruitment — Getting Started
- April 20, Competency Based Recruitment — Behavioural Interviews and Reference Checks
- April 22, Defining Accountabilities
- March 18 or April 23, Giving and Receiving Feedback
- April 5 or May 3, Creating Action Plans to Engage and Retain Employees
- April 8, Creating Positive Work Environments Through Respectful Workplaces
Lunch ‘n Learn Series
Noon-1 pm. To register, call 966-4300
- March 23, Healthy Eating Habits
- March 31, Practicing Resiliency
- April 6 or April 27, Understanding Substance Abuse
- May 11, Understanding Mental Illness
- May 19, Ergonomics – Fitting the Task to the Worker
ESB Courses & Seminars
For information, call 966-8686 or visit www.edwards.usask.ca/programs/bas/
- March 15-17, the Project Management Course
- March 25-26, Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers
- April 19-21, the Business Analyst’s Course
- May 7, 1:30-4:30 pm, Friday Seminar Series—Business Writing
- May 28-June 4, the Effective Executive Program