More Development Opportunities

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning offers programs and workshops designed to foster teaching and learning knowledge and skills. Workshop topics include active learning strategies, active listening in the classroom, learner-centered assessment, strategies for teaching large classes, and more. Workshop participation counts toward the TLOS: Professional Development Network (PDN) computer refresh program.

Virginia Tech has a unique partnership with Gallup, and we’re offering the CliftonStrengths® assessment free of charge to all Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff.  Join more than 33,000 Hokies who have discovered their strengths.

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) supports employee efforts to maintain a safe and healthy workplace by providing training, education, and consultation on environmental, health, and safety topics necessary for maintaining a safe and healthy living, learning, and working environment. 

LinkedIn Learning is a program that provides you with just-in-time learning through videos, tutorials, and activities with experts in their fields. You can go in for a whole certificate course, or for just what you need. You can start, stop and come back to it as needed. There are thousands of courses that can be viewed on any device.

To activate your free account, register using this link and use your Virginia Tech username and password. You may need to log out of your personal LinkedIn account. 

A centralized, cross-discipline professional development program available to all Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and graduate students. As a unit of Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies (TLOS), PDN facilitates and leverages campus-wide partnerships to offer programming and training opportunities designed to foster technology integration and increase digital fluency for faculty, staff, and students at Virginia Tech. In addition to the Faculty Computer Refresh Program, PDN hosts hundreds of sessions and special events throughout the academic year and over the summer.

Salaried employees who have been with the university for at least 90 days are eligible to apply for tuition assistance. The Tuition Waiver Program applies to full-time and part-time salaried employees who wish to take credit courses at Virginia Tech or other accredited institutions.

Employees have access to all of the resources offered by the University Libraries. Using a Hokie Passport card as a library card, employees (and their spouses and children with a valid photo ID) may check out any of the libraries' circulating items, which include books, journals, videos, dvds, cds, laptops, and iPads. Employees may also visit the libraries to access the internet and/or use computers, take advantage of support and other services.

The Virginia Tech Police Department strives to enhance the safety and quality of life for students, faculty, staff and visitors through effective law enforcement, proactive crime prevention, education, and training in partnership with the university community.