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A: Yes, as of September 2014, the Blanton has a new benefit for staff – free admission for you and a guest when you show your UT ID. Go to http://blantonmuseum.org/ to learn more about the museum.
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A: This is something a UTSC committee could look into, particularly staff demand vs. revenue needs of services/venues. They would have to find solutions to meet the needs of both sides.
Professional Development
Q: I'm interested in professional development. What are my options?
A: There are several options available to you at no charge:
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Staff Educational Benefit (SEB)
Q: Can staff use the Staff Educational Benefit (SEB) for family members?
A: No. The Staff Educational Benefit (SEB) is for active university employees that are appointed full-time (40 hours a week). The SEB isn't available to faculty or to students employed in positions that require student status as a condition of employment. However, If you're in a regular position that doesn't continue for 12 months you may be eligible on an exception basis (e.g. elementary teacher, University Health Services). If you're in such a position you can contact the Human Resource Service Center at 471-HRSC (4772) to request an exception.
Q: Can staff use
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for other courses – extension courses, PDC, etc.?
A: No. The SEB only for active university employees that are appointed full-time (40 hours a week). The SEB isn't available to faculty or to students employed in positions that require student status as a condition of employment. However, If you're in a regular position that doesn't continue for 12 months you may be eligible on an exception basis (e.g. elementary teacher, University Health Services). If you're in such a position you can contact the Human Resource Service Center at 471-HRSC (4772) to request an exception. For more information about SEB, go to http://www.utexas.edu/hr/current/career/seb.html
Q: Can staff use SEB for other courses – extension courses, PDC, etc.?
A: No. Staff Educational Benefit Doesn't Cover:
- Courses through the Division of Continuing Education (including Extension Credit Courses)
- Courses through Executive Education
- Courses offered through Option III programs
- Online courses
- Courses at any other college or university
Q: Can I use the SEB for dissertation hours?
A: SEB cannot be used for dissertation courses with numbers ending in 99No. Staff Educational Benefit does not cover:
- Dissertation courses with numbers ending in 99
- Courses through the Division of Continuing Education (including Extension Credit Courses)
- Courses through Executive Education
- Courses offered through Option III programs
- Your admissions application fee. (You must pay the application fee when you apply for admission. Fee waivers are available in certain circumstances. If an employee applies for admission and is not accepted, the fee will be refunded. For information call the Office of Admissions at 512-475-7325.)
- Online courses
- Optional fees such as Longhorn Sports and Cactus yearbook
- Auditing courses
- Reimbursement for previous semester's courses
- Courses at any other college or university
- Student services, such as the Counseling and Mental Health Center and University Health Services, excluding the Forty Acres Pharmacy
- Costs associated with required vaccines for entering students are not covered by the SEB. Please see Required Vaccinations for more information.
- Recreational Sports membership - You must purchase a RecSports membership to access classes that meet at a RecSports facility (Gregory Gym and Aquatic Complex, Caven Lacrosse and Sports Center at Clark Field, Whitaker Fields and Tennis Complex and the Recreational Sports Center).
Q: What statute allows us to provide the SEB?
A: The State Employees Training Act in the Texas Government Code allows the university to provide a benefit such as the Staff Educational Benefit. Subsections C and D specifically talk about the requirements and restrictions of the benefit.
Q: Does the course have to be related to my job?
A: As of February 2019, the coursework does not have to be related to your job, but that will change soon. The State Employees Training Act section 656.044 specifically says "The training or education must be related to the duties or prospective duties of the administrator or employee." HR is currently working on creating an HOP that will address some of the discrepancies between the way we administer the program and the way the State says it must be administered.
Professional Development
Q: I'm interested in professional development. What are my options?
A: There are several options available to you at no charge:
- HRS's CareerSmart program offers the Management Essentials and Managing Beyond the Basics certifications. For those not interested in management, it offers the Essentials for Developmental Excellence certification.
- University Operations offers Professional Development for its employees including a Reading Group, a Breakthrough Workshop, and an extensive Leadership Growth Program for those who have completed the Breakthrough Workshop and met other criteria.
- UT Austin has a campus-wide subscription to Lynda.com, the #1 online training site. If you can think of it, Lynda probably has a course for it. You can log in here.
- There's also the Staff Education Benefit (SEB), which covers the cost of in-state tuition for staff.
Q: How do we address lack of computer skills with staff?*
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- Provide a forum to present interests, concerns, and issues affecting staff;
- Pose advisory recommendations to UT leaders as a representative advocate;
- Create a sense of community by forging effective partnerships with campus stakeholders, including selecting nominees for University standing committees;
- Maintain honest and transparent communications and processes.
Also see UTSC accomplishments and our orientation for new reps.
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- Metrics for specific projects
- Staff awareness of UTSC and its accomplishments
- Access to/influence on Campus leadership
- Continuing funding for projects from the President’s Office
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A: Your manager must support at least 4 hours per month, per our Bylaws, HR, and the President’s Office. Beyond that, it will be up to your manager. Showing them UTSC accomplishments (https://wikisutexas.utexasatlassian.edunet/wiki/display/utsc/UTSC+Accomplishments) may help, as these accomplishments have benefited all staff and oftentimes all of campus.
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A: UTSC reps can raise their constituents’ awareness of available campus resources for handling staff issues and professional development.
Q: Why is the UTSC general meeting structured the way it is?
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- The How to Succeed as a Rep handout.
- Regroup email system: https://utexas.regroup.com/
- Regroup documentation: https://wikisutexas.utexasatlassian.edunet/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=11233071771696411
- Also flyers, posters, talking to constituents, and/or hosting a brown bag lunch to talk about issues.
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