Other Ideas for Professional Development

Suggested Reading

• UC San Diego’s Strategic Plan
• UCOP's Advising Strategies to Support Timely Graduation from December 2015 (PDF)
• NACADA Resources & Publications (available free to non-members)
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Inside Higher Ed
• UC San Diego Library offers books, journals, slides, Library Express, and web, database and other resources

Videos

• Watch an educational TED Talk:
  • Empathy vs. Sympathy
  • Psychology of Self-Motivation
  • Skill of Self-Confidence
• Student Retention: What do we know? What can we do? 
• Watch “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” on Netflix

Mental Health Topics

• Mental Health First Aid Training Program, San Diego County: 8-hour certification course designed to give participants the tools to respond to psychiatric emergencies until professional help arrives and improve mental health literacy
• Jason Foundation — Youth Suicide: Access this 2-hour module by clicking on Training → Professional Development → In-Service Training

Technology Skills

• PluralSight: Free online technology training
  • Click "log on" and then "log on with your company email"
  • Type in your @ucsd.edu email and it should sign you in
• Spend time learning a computer skill (Excel, Adobe, Access, Canvas, Publisher)
• Join UCSD's Cognos Developers Community of Practice

Free Courses

• Coursera
• EdX - check out UCSD's EdX offerings at UC San DiegoX
• Study a language (try DuoLingo/Babble apps)
• Sign up for a free month of LinkedIn Learning. Military community members get a free year!