As Georgia Tech's campus provider of staff and faculty professional development opportunities, Workplace Learning & Professional Development (WLPD) is dedicated to advancing Georgia Tech’s mission and our community members’ career potential through engaging and applicable learning. Locate values-based skills training, or request a customized learning plan for you or your team.
Professional Development Circles are small, organized groups of people-manager professionals who gather to encourage each other, build connection and enhance their management fluency.
Step out of your comfort zone and into a one-on-one experience designed to elevate your horizons and strengthen your leadership skills; serve as a mentor or participate as a mentee.
Aspire is a four-month program designed to help aspiring leaders, who do not currently manage others, cultivate a leadership mindset and to lead from where they are.
Georgia Tech offers several educational assistance programs for its faculty and staff that provide a tuition and mandatory fee waiver or reimbursement to full-time employees and research titled faculty.
Staff Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement offers six Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support Georgia Tech’s efforts to build community and ensure that employees experience a greater sense of belonging.
Leading Women@Tech program was launched to engage senior and emerging women leaders at the Institute.
The Diversity Symposium provides a forum for robust, informed discussions among faculty, staff, and students, focusing on how we can support the Institute's commitment to inclusive excellence.
The Diversity Symposium provides a forum for robust, informed discussions among faculty, staff, and students, focusing on how we can support the Institute's commitment to inclusive excellence.
The part-time format of our Evening MBA combines the comprehensive and customizable curriculum of our Full-time MBA with the flexibility to complete at your own pace, making it an ideal program for working professionals.
The library offers a wide variety of classes that are available to Georgia Tech employees and students, including multimedia, data visualization, patent, and subject-specific classes focusing on business and company information resources.
Current Faculty and Staff who are paid through the Georgia Tech Payroll Office may borrow items using their BuzzCard, and from other Metro-Atlanta College libraries with an InterLibrary Use card. And don't forget about eBooks, audiobooks, journals, magazines, newspapers, and other services.
Techmasters Club' is a local chapter of Toastmasters International at Georgia Tech formed in 1987, and frequently achieves the annual Toastmasters International designation of 'President's Distinguished'.
LinkedIn Learning is an online subscription library that teaches the latest software tools and skills through high-quality instructional videos taught by recognized industry experts. Georgia Tech provides unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning for all faculty, staff, and students.
Georgia Tech employees who are non-native English speakers may take courses at the Language Institute to improve their English communication skills for both professional and social reasons; resources include the Intensive English Program, short courses, or online courses.
GTRI Organizational Development engages all of their Research Faculty and Staff in developing a sustainable and high achieving workforce within an environment that is conducive to attracting and retaining the “best." Resources include training, coaching, job rotation, and more.
Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE), the Institute’s lifelong learning arm, believes that employees, at every level, should have the opportunity to develop and grow as professionals. Whether you’re looking to gain in-depth expertise through an online master’s degree, update your professional skills with a program certificate, or explore an industry topic with an individual course, GTPE offers a diverse range of hands-on, practical learning opportunities that can be applied to your current position immediately.
Before you decide to enroll, consider how you will fund your GTPE learning opportunities. As a Georgia Tech employee, there are financial savings available through GTPE course-based discounts and educational assistance programs, such as TAP. Additionally, engaging your manager is a key first step to determining how your department can financially support your learning goals.