The University of Arizona is committed to creating a safe, equitable and ethical campus environment. As part of this commitment, employees are required to complete training about important federal, state, and University compliance obligations. Please note:
- For the trainings listed below, “employees” include all faculty as well as undergraduate and graduate student employees.
- This is not an exhaustive list. There may be additional trainings that individuals are required to take based on their roles and responsibilities.
- To access trainings through EDGE Learning, after you select the EDGE Learning links below, you will see a box on the right-hand side of the page that says "Go to EDGE Learning." After you select that box, you can log in with your NetID.
- For trainings in EDGE Learning, Firefox is the recommended browser.
|
Training |
Population |
Initial Requirement |
Recurrence |
| Preventing Harassment and Discrimination | All employees inclusive of Faculty, Staff, Designated Campus Colleagues, and Student Employees. | Within 30 days of hire | Every two years |
| Arizona Public Service Orientation | All employees. | Within 30 days of hire | None |
| Security Awareness | All employees and DCCs who access University data. | Within 30 days of hire or prior to receiving access to a University Information Asset | Every year |
| FERPA | Employees or DCCs who access student information systems or other student records. | Before accessing student information or records | None |
| Safety Preparedness Training: Active Shooter | All part-time and full-time faculty and staff members, student workers, graduate assistants and associates, and postdoctoral fellows are required to complete the training. | Within 30 days of hire | Every year |
For University of Arizona Staff
Please visit the Compliance Professionals Resource Library for access to materials from past Compliance Office events, FAQs about campus compliance and other helpful resources to support your work across campus.
Programs & Resources for Teaching
The Provost Faculty Affairs Office's programs draw on research about what faculty find most helpful in advancing their work, including Robert Boice’s influential The New Faculty Member, which examines how the work patterns of new faculty, who are highly productive researchers, differ from those who take longer to get started. Here is a convenient summary of Boice’s findings: The New Faculty Member.
Other useful orientation pieces are How to Prepare New Courses While Keeping Your Sanity and Teach Better, Save Time and Have More Fun.
Principles of Instruction: Research Based Strategies that All Teachers Should Know is a short overview of active learning strategies supported by cognitive science research on how we learn.
The early career faculty resources provided by On the Cutting Edge are very helpful materials to support junior faculty. While this NSF-funded site focuses on Geoscience faculty, you will find outstanding resources on teaching, research, and career development that are broadly useful.
Tips for New Faculty on Teaching from the Teaching Center at Washington University provides a set of resources conveniently coordinated with getting started at UA:
- Take Advantage of the Resources Available to You
- Before the Semester Starts: Course Planning
- Before Each Class Session or Office Hour
- During Each Class Session
- After Each Class Session
- Working with Students
- Recommended Reading
The University Center for Assessment, Teaching, and Technology is the place to start when considering resources here at UA.
The MERLOT Pedagogy Portal from California State University includes a wide range of materials on topics beginning with what to do in your First Day of Class.
MENTOR Institute
The Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs launched the MENTOR Institute to enhance mentoring practices to improve outcomes such as career advancement, timely promotion, academic milestones, etc.
The training was created with expert consultation from University of Arizona faculty, post-docs and graduate students. It also integrates current best practices from well-established mentoring organizations including the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences (CIMER), the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), and the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN).
This training has two levels:
Level 1: MENTOR Institute Online Training is a completely asynchronous training that can be found in EDGE Learning and takes 60-75 minutes to complete.
- If you would like to complete the Level 1 training only (you don't ever plan to take the Level 2 training), please register here.
- If you plan on getting the MENTOR Institute certification by taking both Level 1 AND Level 2 training, please register here.
Please note that Level 1 of the MENTOR Institute training helps to meet the newly expanded National Science Foundation (NSF) requirement in the responsible conduct of research (RCR). For more information regarding this new requirement, please visit the Research, Innovation and Impact compliance website.
Level 2: MENTOR Institute Synchronous Training can be taken either in-person or virtually (Zoom) and takes 60 minutes to complete. This discussion- and activity-based training focuses on the application of the concepts from the asynchronous training where participants will discuss their personal mentoring philosophy and practice positive communication. Please note that the Level 1 training is a prerequisite for taking the Level 2 training.
Registration for the Zoom offering of this training is found in EDGE Learning or you may schedule an in-person training by reaching out to Tara Chandler, assistant director, MENTOR Institute, at chandlet@arizona.edu or 520-626-4559.