Other in-service programs and staff development conducted from July to November are listed table

Table 7. Other Completed Staff Development Programs

The 2010 General Assembly of non-teaching personnel held at the University Funct ion Hall on July 07,2 010

Title	Date	Participants
Communication Skills Development Program Basic English Intermediate English Advance English	July 30, August 27, October 1, 2010	202
Physical Fitness Development Program	July 30, August 27, October 1, 2010	202
Seminar-Workshop on Records Disposition and Administration	August 20,2010	28
Echo Seminar on Leave Administration Course for Effectiveness	August 27, 2010	33
Career Service Review Class for Selected Staff who will take the Career Service Examination Mathematics English Vocabulary Philippine Constitution RA6713	September 17, October 1, 8, 15, 2010	17
Dance Workshop Singing Workshop Sports Development Workshop	October 29 - December 17, 2010	198
Personality Development	October 29, 2010	178
Health Care Seminar	October 29, 2010	15
Emotional Quotient and Emotional Intelligence	November 26, 2010	195

· In response to the urgent need to address the declining language ability of students, English faculty across the ten campuses were gathered in the Audio-Visual Educational Center in Morong campus on June 03, 2010 to participate in a seminar-workshop in designing Alternative Task & Assessment in the Language Classroom. Prof. April Fernandez of Ateneo Center for English Language Teaching served as the workshop facilitator/lecturer (photos below).

· No less than the University President herself served as facilitator of the annual seminar on the Institutionalization of Completed Staff Work (CSW) as a Standard in the Operation of URS held at Gusaling Sibol on June 3, 2010. New and existing administrative personnel from all the ten campuses who have not attended last year’s seminar were the participants in the workshop.

Dr. de Leon presents the value of adhering to CSW principle and demonstrating its application

Kick-off Meeting on Human Resource Information System (HRIS)

The University Human Resource Office organized a Kick-off meeting to finalize the business processes and other HR procurement and maintenance development last May 13, 2010 at URS Morong campus. All campus HR officers were invited in the meeting. Once finalized, Multifold Link which is the winning bidder of the HRIS will start the development of HRIS software and will present the developed system to the key administrative officials and unit heads of the university.

Technical staff from Multifold Link discuss the proposed development of HRIS

Other University-funded Faculty Seminars and Training Programs

With respect to relevant trainings sponsored by the University in coordination with other government institutions, the following are conducted based on needs assessment and as requested by faculty and staff and thus highly participated:

· Seminar on Preparation of Class Schedule & Faculty Workload was facilitated by Professor Armando M. Carlos who is the Admission Head of Tarlac State University. The seminar was attended by campus registrars and secretaries of Deans on April 23, 2010 (photos below).

· An Orientation on the Policies & Guidelines on the Creation and Upgrading of Positions with DBM Assistant Director Edgardo Macaranas as speaker was organized on May 27, 2010. Dr. de Leon gave the welcome remarks and explained the importance of having an adequate knowledge on the existing DBM policies.

Deans and Directors listen intently to Dr. de Leon and Mr. Macaranas of DBM

· To upgrade and enrich the basic technical writing skills of the non-teaching personnel, the University Language Center thru its English Enhancement Program (EEP) conducted an In-house Technical Writing Seminar on June 2, 2010. URS Professor Jocelyn Gagalang was invited to serve as the lecturer. The workshop was participated in by all secretaries of Deans, Directors and Unit Heads.

The EEP participants and lecturers