Depending on the roles and responsibilities of your student workers, certain trainings may be required, necessary, and /or helpful. Providing high quality and relevant training for your student workers promotes their professional development and career readiness.
We’ve gathered a list of trainings offered across campus that are applicable to student employees. In the chart below, examples are given of student positions for whom each training would be relevant or required; these examples are not exhaustive. Please reach out to the contact listed to see if your student employee(s) should get trained. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to ensure their student employees have access to and have completed all trainings required to do their jobs.
We recommend contacting the training facilitators 3 months in advance to book the necessary training courses to coincide with your student employee on-boarding. For more information and resources on developing an on-boarding plan visit the Manage and Support Student Employees page.
If students are participating in required training or training assigned by their supervisor, they must be paid.
Does your department facilitate training that might be useful for on-campus student employees? Or are you an on-campus employment supervisor and have a request for a new training topic? Let us know!
| Training Topic | Facilitated by | Applicable for | Availability | Contact to book or learn more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workplace Professionalism for Student Employees | Center for Career Engagement | All student employees | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| How to Articulate the Value of your On-Campus Work | Center for Career Engagement | All student employees | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| Making the Most of Your Paycheck | Office of Financial Well-being | All student employees (especially first time workers) | Individual registration every fall (see calendar) | financialwellbeing@washu.edu |
| Navigating Taxes | Office of Financial Well-being | All student employees (especially first time workers) | Individual registration every spring (see calendar) | financialwellbeing@washu.edu |
| Green Dot Bystander | Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center (RSVP) | Especially recommended for students working in roles where they interact with other students in any capacity (ex: WUSAs, Rec Center, Peer Mentors, etc.) | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) | Office of the University Registrar | Recommended for students who may have access to student data (ex: teaching assistants, etc.) | On-demand Workday Learning course or for groups by appointment | registrar@wustl.edu |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) | HIPPA Privacy Office | Required for students with access to Protected Health Information (ex: students in research roles, Student Health Center employees, etc.) | On-demand Learn@Work modules, live Zoom refresher sessions, or customized group trainings by appointment | hipaa@wustl.edu |
| Mandatory Reporting of Sexual harassment and assault, domestic and dating violence, and stalking | Gender Equity and Title IX Compliance Office | Especially recommended for students working in roles where they interact with other students in any capacity (students working in the roles listed on this page are mandatory reporters) | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| Preventing and Reporting Suspected Child Abuse | Youth Protection | May be required for employees working with minors (ex: Pre-College Program, Athletics camps, Campus Y programs, etc.) | On-demand | youthprotection@wustl.edu |
| Emergency Preparedness (by building) | Emergency Management | Recommended for all student employees to understand the emergency protocols within the building(s) they work. | For groups by appointment | WashUReady@wustl.edu |
| Introduction to Dialogue | Dialogue Across Difference (DxD) | Especially recommended for student employees who work in teams and/or interact with others’ with differing perspectives. | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| Managing Implicit Bias | Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) | Especially recommended for student employees who work in diverse teams and/or interact with customers with backgrounds different from their own. | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| Cultural Humility | Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) | Especially recommended for student employees who work in diverse teams and/or interact with customers with backgrounds different from their own. | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| Supporting International Students | Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) | Especially recommended for student employees who work with international students (OISE, OISS, WUSAs, Peer Mentors, Teaching Assistants, RAs, etc.) | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| LGBTQIA+ at WashU | Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) | Especially recommended for student employees who work in diverse teams and/or interact with customers with backgrounds different from their own. | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| Suicide Prevention Training: Question, Persuade and Respond (QPR) | Health Promotion Services | Especially recommended for student employees who work in close relationship with other students (WUSAs, Peer Mentors, RAs, etc.) | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form for a live training. Or complete the online training here (organization code for students: WUSTL) |
| Mental Health | Health Promotion Services | Especially recommended for student employees who work in close relationship with other students (WUSAs, Peer Mentors, RAs, etc.) | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |
| Marketing, Branding, and Design Basics | Student Affairs Marketing & Communications | Student workers who contribute to a department’s communications or marketing including email newsletters, websites, social media accounts, print media, etc. | Annual training in September. Supervisors will register their student workers via a form shared on this page in the summer | studentaffairscomms@wustl.edu |
| Research Skills | WashU Libraries | Recommended for student employees who conduct research. | Dozens of Research workshops offered each semester available for individual registration every fall (see calendar) | Please view the event description in the events calendar. |
| Data Analysis and Visualization | WashU Libraries | Recommended for student employees who gather, analyze and present data. | Dozens of Data Labs workshops offered each semester available for individual registration every fall (see calendar) | Please view the event description in the events calendar. |
| American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR | WashU Emergency Support Team | Suggested for student employees who work with groups, large events, or in activity based situations (Rec Center, RAs, etc.) | For groups by appointment. Also offered hands free and in Spanish. Open enrollment classes occasionally available. | estcpr@gmail.com |
| Stop the Bleed | WashU Emergency Support Team | Suggested for student employees who work with groups, large events, or in activity based situations (Rec Center, RAs, etc.) | For groups by appointment. Open enrollment Emergency Response Trainings occasionally available. | estcpr@gmail.com |
| Active Bystander Training | WashU Emergency Support Team | Suggested for student employees who work with groups, the public, and large events. | For groups by appointment. Open enrollment Emergency Response Trainings occasionally available. | estcpr@gmail.com |
| CliftonStrengths: a strength-based model to increase team and job engagement | Campus Life | All student employees | For groups by appointment | Fill out this request form |