IT Academy - Training & Events (June 2022)

Hosted by the IT Staff Development team, Yale’s IT Academy consists of a robust speaker series, recommended online training offerings, and learning events to support the professional growth and staff development of Yale’s IT community.

FY22 IT Diversity and Inclusion Training (Required for ITS staff)

Following a successful pilot with ITS leaders, managers, and staff supervisors, we are ready to offer Diversity Monologues training to all ITS staff. This training builds on the Unconscious Bias curriculum we launched in FY21, supporting our IT Competencies and the Workplace of Choice strategic anchor.

In support of the IT Workplace of Choice strategic anchor, IT FY22 Diversity and Inclusion Training assists employees to better work with others of differing abilities, backgrounds, nationalities, and genders. This emphasizes being inclusive of all employees and explains the benefits of doing so.

In this course, we will explore a diversity monologue, review the diversity leadership model, and discuss ways in which they can create a more inclusive culture for persons within the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer community. The skills learned in this course can help to establish an organization-wide culture, which can aid in cultivating healthy relationships with everyone we work with.

Access the FY22 ITS D&I training through Yale’s Training Management System (TMS). Login to Yale’s Virtual Private Network (VPN).

Upcoming Class Dates/Times

• Thursday, June 16 - 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, July 13 - 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

FY22 IT Balanced Scorecard Training (required for ITS staff)

The ITS Balanced Scorecard training (approximately 15 minutes) provides employees with an understanding of ITS strategic initiatives and highlights key areas of focus for the fiscal year. This session includes both insights from our CIO on the Balanced Scorecard as well as an in-depth review of the FY22 goals.

Access the FY22 Balanced Scorecard training through Yale’s Training Management System (TMS). Login to Yale’s Virtual Private Network (VPN) may be required.

Weekly Dynatrace Training

• Weekly Enablement Sessions - Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - noon, via Zoom
• Bi-Weekly Coaching Sessions - Second and Fourth Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., via Zoom

Tech Talks

“Globus: High Performance File Transfer at Yale” with David Backeberg, YCRC, High Performance Computing Administrator

Wednesday, June 15
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Register for the May 11 Tech Talk (VPN required)
Join us on Zoom

In this talk, David Backeberg from Yale Center for Research Computing will be presenting about Globus, a platform for high-performance file transfer.

Over the years, Globus has transferred more than 1.5 Exabytes of data among thousands of institutions worldwide. At Yale, Globus helps the research community meet their goals by automating large transfers with an intuitive point-and-click interface.

Attendees will learn vocabulary used by Globus, minimum requirements for running a Globus client, and see live demos of the product in use.

Pre-register for these Tech Talks through the TMS IT Staff Development pages (login through Yale’s VPN may be required).

“Practical Guide to Seeing and Not Knowing” with Justin Berry, Critic at the Yale School of Art and Core Faculty at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media.

Wednesday, August 3
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Register for the August 3 Tech Talk (VPN required)

When it comes to technology and innovation most of us look to the present and extrapolate on what we already know in order to predict the future. This works fairly well in the short term, mostly because predictions based on what we already know tend to reinforce each other. At the same time, the future is, by its very nature, grounded in the unknown.

In order to understand what a technology is likely to become, it is important to understand what it actually is. By referencing the way that a photographer takes pictures, I would like to talk about what it means to set aside our preconceptions and try to look without seeing and to see without knowing. Sometimes the best way to arrive at a meaningful answer is to stop asking questions.

IT Academy staff development training resources

• Check the IT Academy Event Calendars and TMS IT Staff Development pages (login through Yale’s VPN may be required) for additional details on future Tech Talks, InfoSec Chats, Café IT, and other IT events and training.
• A myriad of training courses and opportunities are available on Yale’s LinkedIn Learning website, and It’s Your Yale Learn and Grow Calendar.
• If you missed a past Tech Talk, InfoSec Chat, or Café IT event, most were recorded and are available either through the IT Academy Speaker Videos Microsoft Stream Channel or via the IT Staff Development (Public) Box folder.
• View our IT Academy Curriculum web page to search and find courses, trainings, speaker series videos, and more. Use the filtering capability to find trainings supporting our ITS Organization Priorities, IT Competencies, IT Academy Goals, IT Roles, and by topic. We welcome input and other trainings to add to this tool, please contact paul.gruhn@yale.edu.

Get involved

IT Staff Development welcomes speaker series presenters and other training topics to add to IT Academy - please contact paul.gruhn@yale.edu for more information.

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