Professional Development

We’re here to help you on your professional development journey! Dr. Porter has set an aspirational goal for each employee to engage in 40 hours of professional development annually, for the purpose of continuous improvement and growth. The Learning Academy wants to make it easier for you to track your hours.

Watch this video to learn how to add your development activities that do not occur in Workday Learning to your Workday profile.

Any event that you access and attend through the Learning Academy in  Workday Learning, complete in SkillSoft, or finish in LinkedIn Learning will be applied automatically to your Workday Learning transcripts. There is no need to add those, we will do that for you! However, if you complete a development activity on your own or attend a relevant conference, use the steps in the video to add that development to your profile and track your progress! Hours are accumulated and align with your respective performance evaluation period.

Staff hours are tracked from September 1 – August 30.
Faculty hours are tracked from January 23 – January 22.

Tracking Professional Development Progress

Faculty and staff can monitor their progress toward their annual professional development goal in several ways:

• View completed learning activities through the Transcript page in Workday Learning.
• Run the HCM RPT My Training’s – Employee Professional Development report by entering the report name in the Workday search bar.

This report displays both professional development activities entered by the employee and training completed through the Learning Academy in Workday Learning.

For Managers

Managers can track their team members’ progress toward professional development goals using:

• My Team’s Learning
• My Team’s Learning Assignments

Both reports are available on the Workday Learning Dashboard under Links.

Managers can also run the HCM My Teams Training Professional Development report by entering the report name in the Workday search bar. This report provides a consolidated view of professional development activities and training completed by team members.

Please Keep in Mind

• Managers are to use their best judgment on whether an employee’s submission is professional development. If it does not qualify, send it back to the employee with a note stating why.
• All training courses that are accessed through Workday Learning will be automatically added to your Workday Learning Transcript. This includes LinkedIn Learning and Skillsoft.
• Multiple sessions should be submitted as one training submission with total time added together for the duration, and the last date of the training should be used as the completion date.
  • No training should be submitted with the same title – if the training needs to be submitted separately, distinguish one from the other in the title so that they are different.
  • If there is a department wide training series, email the Lindenwood Learning Academy with the title, date(s)/time(s)/modality, brief description and duration of the training so it can be placed in Workday Learning as a course or program. Indicate if you wish the Learning Academy to enroll your employees or email your employees with instructions to enroll themselves.

Need some ideas on how to achieve your goal?

• LinkedIn Learning offers a wide variety of self-paced lessons that are absolutely free! You can search for and enroll in courses in LinkedIn through Workday Learning.
• Register and attend a training through the Learning Academy in Workday Learning, for free!
• Attend a webinar on a topic related to your field.
• Take a class online or on campus related to your field.
• Read the Ideal Team Player and have group discussions with your colleagues. You can view the PDF on EBSCO.
• Research existing articles and present to your department on a topic related to your field.
• Work toward earning a new certification in your field.
• Engage in on the job development with a colleague.
• Work with your supervisor to complete a stretch assignment.