Learning & Development
General Professional Development
When you work in education and research, it’s especially important to remember your own professional development. That’s why Penn encourages you to fuel your personal growth and career mobility by taking advantage of learning opportunities that will take your career to the next level.
Along with access to online learning tools such as LinkedIn Learning, Penn brings customized and nationally recognized training programs to campus. Courses are offered through the Human Resources Learning and Education department, as well as in-house presentations, to provide you and your colleagues practical, effective training programs and career coaching at times that fit your schedule.
Please see below for more information about these offerings as well as other relevant resources:
- KnowledgeLink: University training platform
- Penn Profiler: online assessment to determine required training
- Penn HR's Learn & Grow Resources
Performance Management
- Introductory Period (Penn HR)
- Annual Performance Appraisal Program (Penn HR)
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
- Overall Resources
- Google's Unbiasing Guide
- Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences
- PAUSE model - 5 step process to disrupt unconscious bias from Cook Ross
- Skills for Inclusive Conversations
- Build a More Equitable and Inclusive Workplace- LinkedIn Learning webinars
- Show Up: Your Guide to Bystander Intervention (from Public Access Design)
- *Hollaback! Bystander Intervention Resources
- *NEW* NameCoach - accurate audio name pronunciations shared in the tools you use (including for email signatures)
- GSE Resources
- Racism
- Racial Equity Resource Guide - Glossary
- Anti-Racist Resources from Greater Good (Berkeley)
- Anti-Racism Resources for White People and Parents
- Disability
- Disability Inclusion at Work
- Disability Inclusion Glossary
- Workplace Etiquette Tips for Disability Inclusion
- LGBTQ+
- Guide to Using Pronouns and Other Gender-Inclusive Language
- Penn LGBT Center
- Answers to Commonly Asked LGBTQ+ Ally Questions
- Strategies for Being an Effective LGBTQ+ Ally
- LGBTQ+ Vocabulary
- LGBTQ+ Inclusive Language—Dos and Don’ts
- Trans Student Educational Resources Infographics
- Remote/Hybrid Work
