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Mailing Address: 118 College Drive #5136
Physical Address: International Center - Fifth Floor
Phone: 601.266.4186 Fax: 601.266.5839
pdeo@usm.edu

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Short Courses and Workshops

 

The True South Economic Development
September 19-22 - Daily schedule varies - Hattiesburg

The New South Economic Development course focuses on exposing participants to the tactics, techniques and strategies associated with effective economic development. Noted experts and distinguished faculty in the field of economic development will offer insights into doing business in an increasingly global economy. More info.>

DuBard Association Method® Course
September 20-22/October 18-20 (two-part) - 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. - Hattiesburg

The DuBard Association® Method is a phonetic, multisensory teaching strategy that benefits children with severe language disorders and/or hearing impairments, learning disabilities, dyslexia, communication disorders, and other issues. It is also used with nondisabled children to establish a code-breaking system for reading skills. The Southern Miss DuBard School for Language Disorders has utilized it since 1962. The DuBard Association Method® training courses of The University of Southern Mississippi DuBard School for Language Disorders holds accredited status from the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC) for its instructional programs at the Teaching, Instructor of Teaching, Therapy and Instructor of Therapy levels. More info.>

Performance Coaching T.I.P.S.
September 23 - 8 a.m.-noon - Hattiesburg
Leaders today are confronted with enormous challenges and dilemmas as organizations strive to do more with delivery, enhance services, and improve quality and productivity while trying to recruit talented people and keep them motivated, focused, and challenged. This workshop will give you the knowledge and help you develop practical and effective skills to develop others, build creativity, instill values, communicate, build trust, motivate performance, and empower others to dedicate their talent and energy. Registration form.

Coaching Skills for Counseling: Effective Discipline
September 23 - 1-5 p.m. - Hattiesburg
This workshop is designed to provide you with the tools to improve employee
performance by improving daily/regular communication of job performance
expectations and accomplishments using consistent process and resources or to legally terminate employment. Registration form

Essentials in Human Management Professional Certificate
September 29-30 - 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Hattiesburg
This program offers a complete overview of human resource management roles and responsibilities, utilizing current real-life human resource issues that are vital to effectively managing the day-to-day human resource challenges. This program is developed by leading HR experts, practitioners and legal counsel. More info.>

World Famous Customer Care (Internal Customers)
September 30 - 8 a.m.-noon - Long Beach
This session will provide employees with understanding and resources to work more
effectively with internal customers, leading to a better understanding of each others’ roles and responsibilities, how to solve problems, and how to better serve external customers. This seminar will offer insight on how to improve departmental and interdepartmental communication, provide resources for greater job satisfaction and employee morale, and share information on how to work with various personalities to achieve “world famous” customer care. Registration form

World Famous Customer Care (External Customers)
September 30 - 1-5 p.m. - Long Beach

This seminar is designed to give employees a unique perspective on how each of them contributes to the overall success of the organization and their own work environment. It provides insight into how individuals who work together contribute to the success of a business by providing the type of customer service that creates a customer dynasty. Employees see the value and benefits to each of them as well as the company and the customer. Ways to recognize needs of each customer, how to have fun at work, and how to interact with external customers to provide “World Famous Customer Care” will be addressed. Registration form

Missing Links in Academics
November 3-4 - 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. - Hattiesburg
April 12-13, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. - Hattiesburg
This seminar will cover multisensory techniques for teaching the National Reading Panel five areas of reading.
• Learn syllable types and syllable division rules.
• Learn to use morphemes as a way of increasing comprehension.
• Learn and demonstrate ways of building reading fluency. More info.>

 

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The instructor was very professional…enjoyed his style and humor…enjoyed the class
– Industrial Audiometry Workshop Participant, Aug. 2009

Office of Professional Development and Educational Outreach ll 118 College Drive #5136 ll Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Physical Address: International Center - Fifth Floor
ll Phone: 601.266.4186 ll Fax: 601.266.5839 ll pdeo@usm.edu
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