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career development

Training Classes and Workshops

Consult the most recent GSFC and HQ Employee Development Guide for up-to-date course information. Note: training offerings change frequently.

Inquire into the on/off-site training related to the following fields. The TECHNICAL training includes engineer, specialist and management training. Under the CLERICAL training you will find the secretarial, administrative, and information management systems. Use the Clerical Crossover Training to help you cross over from the Clerical field to Resources or Project Support or move between Resources and Project Support.

Topic/Organization	Web Address	Additional Information
Academy of Program/Project Leadership (APPL) curriculum (formerly PMDP)	http://appl.nasa.gov/businessunits/career/pmdp/index.html
America's Learning Exchange	http://www.alx.org/	Links to training, employers, and specialty databases
Brookings Institute	http://www.brook.edu/	Executive Training and Seminars
Business Management Information Center	http://bmic.gsfc.nasa.gov/	Accessible only from on-site NASA computers Links to career development and training, resources, finance, project support, procurement, personnel, new initiatives, and general related web sites
Center for Applied Financial Management	http://www.fms.treas.gov/tas/index.html	Provider of a wide range of finance-related courses.
Federal Acquisition Institute	http://www.gsa.gov/staff/v/training.htm	Acquisition-related training. Provides self-paced and instructor-led courses delivered via computer.
Fellowships:	http://education.nasa.gov/edprograms/fellowgrants/
Federal Learning eXchange	http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/rlib_doc.cfm?docn=6039	Links to education and training resources for the federal workforce
GSFC and HQ Employee Development Guide	http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/	Links to GSFC and NASA HQ training, policies and procedures, Learning Center site, a variety of development programs and opportunities, training forms, organization development consulting services, quality management system training, special programs and initiatives, agency-wide training, and a contact list
GSFC Learning and Work-Life Office	http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/contact/LWOContacts.htm	Learning Center
GSFC Training Opportunities	http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/ trngopps.htm	GSFC's training catalog
Leadership and Management Development Calendar	http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/DevPrograms/ALP/overview.htm
Local Colleges and Universities	http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/ DevPrograms/COLLUNIV.htm
Management Concepts	http://www.mgmtconcepts.com/courses/courses.asp	Links to training curricula in Federal Acquisition and Contracting, Management, Federal Grants and Assistance, Financial Management, and Project Management
NASA Agencywide Training and Development Program	# Home Page: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codef/ welcome.html # Mission Support training: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codef/ codeft/mst.html # Finance & Resources Management training: http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/Hq/ Finance/home.htm	Links to APPL, Leadership and Management Development, NASA Engineering Program, SOLAR, Fellowships, Mission Support, and Career Development Models and Roadmaps
NASA Headquarters Training	http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/DevGuide/Hq/ hqtrngopps.htm	Training for HQ employees located at HQ or nearby (e.g., GSFC)
Professional Development Program (PDP)	http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codef/ codeft/pdp/ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codef/ codeft/pdp/pdpops.html	Program information and links to NASA installations that have identified work assignments as part of PDP
Resources and Financial Management Training	http://cfo.gsfc.nasa.gov/training.html	Course material, Schedule, course descriptions, and links to GSFC and Agency training opportunities
Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidate Development	http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codef/ codeft/sescdp.html
U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School	Homepage:http://grad.usda.gov/ Catalog:http://grad.usda.gov/Catalog/ alpha_courselist.cfm?alphachar=A Nationwide Programs:http://www.grad.usda.gov/programs services/reg/np.cfm Center for Applied Technology - Washington DC:http://www.grad.usda.gov/programs services/cat/cat.cfm Correspondence and On-line Courses: http://www.grad.usda.gov/programs services/corres/cop.cfm Evening Programs: http://www.grad.usda.gov/programs services/evening/evening_weekend.cfm
Government Audit Training Institute:	http://www.grad.usda.gov/programs services/auditing/gatp.cfm
National Capital Training Center:	http://www.grad.usda.gov/programs services/reg/national_capital_reg.cfm
National Independent Study Center:	http://www.grad.usda.gov/programs services/nisc/nisc.cfm

Clerical Crossover Training Information
These training classes can help you cross over from the Clerical field to Resources or Project Support or move between Resources and Project Support

RESOURCES (Resources Analyst)	PROJECT SUPPORT (Project Support Specialist)
Budget Development Career Transition Workshop Individual Development Plan Institutional Management Introduction to FMD Systems Introduction to Microsoft Excel Oral Presentation RAMIS I and II Resources Management Overview SPS/ASAP Time Management	Career Transition Workshop Configuration Management - entry level Individual Development Plan Introduction to Federal Procurement Systems MS Office-entry level: (Word/Excel/Access/PPT) Oral Presentation Strategies Property Custodian-CHIRPS/NEMS RAMIS I and II Scheduling - entry level SPS/ASAP Time Management