New Employee Goals, Orientation & Training Schedule / Template

NKU recognizes the importance of providing all new employees (faculty and staff) with a successful transition into their
new career at the University and opportunities to gain the knowledge and skills that encourage excellence in their new
role.
The purpose of this document is to provide new employees with a tool that allows for recognizing what goals to pursue
and trainings required to advance their understanding of NKU and their role / job function, as well as track when required
and completed. There are generally four categories under which these training fall: Foundation, Functional, Advanced,
and Optional. Below depicts a description of each category. On the following pages, you will find a listing of those
categories with applicable trainings, as well as a template for your supervisor / manager (or trainer) to complete and better
inform you of training (topics) required for your role / job function.

Foundational Functional Advanced Optional

• Foundational training are • Functional training, • Advanced training are • Optional training are those
those core courses that typically performed on-the- those courses that further courses that are beneficial
employees are required to job (and potentially develops the employee but may or may not be
complete at an institutional training offered outside of with their role / job necessary to be
level department) are those function, after building successful in the role / job
courses that employees competencies (and function
are required to complete proficiency) with functional
as part of their role / job learning and tasks
function

Note: Faculty must complete the foundational training listed in this document and should refer to an already established
training plan for their functional, advanced, and optional training as established by Academic Affairs and/or College or
Department.

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New Employee Goals

By 30 Days By 60 Days By 90 Days

• Learn the Tools of the Institution / • Begin to Extend Network: This • Reflect on Your Progress: This
Department: This includes policies, includes making connections that may includes your level of success at the
systems, process, procedures and help to expedite your learning and goals listed for 30 and 60 days and
other resources for your role achievement of work and professional your comfort level within your role,
• Become Familiar with Role / Job tasks team, department, and university
Function: This includes expectations • Become Comfortable Speaking Up: • Seek Additional Learning
(short-term and long-term), how This includes contributing to the Opportunities: This includes referring
performance will be evaluated, breaks conversation and sharing your to internal resources and
and lunch, attendance, etc. expertise and thoughts about issues, recommendations from supervisor and
• Become Comfortable With The potential process improvements, etc. co-workers as part of continous
Culture: This includes participation in • Consider Joining a Committee: This learning
required training (e.g. online includes serving any personal interest • Become Comfortable Managing All
orientation, compliance, etc.), that you may have an interest in, such Responsibiities: This includes the
engagement in university events and as an Employee Resource Group, ability to juggle multiple tasks and cope
activities volunteer opportunities, etc. with the daily grind of the role / job
• Build Relationships: This includes • Continue to Complete Required function
meet & greet meetings and/or lunch Compliance Training: This includes • Determine If Ready For More
with co-workers and people to know the next set of assigned course(s) for Responsibilities: This includes
• Accomplish A Small Goal: This this period making sure that you are engaged and
includes determining if there are any • Continue to Work on Small Goal: challenged in a way that keeps your
quick-hits that you can immediately This refers to what you've dedicated motivated and dedicated to your role,
contribute to the team, learning faces your time to as a small goal during your team, department, and institution
and names, etc. first 30 days • Conclude Probationary Period: This
• Check on Your Progress: This • Check on Your Progress: This entails a 90-day check-in meeting with
includes a 30-day check-in meeting includes a 60-day check-in meeting supervisor to determine extent to which
with supervisor to see how things are with supervisor to see how things are expectations have been met or needs
going and for you to provide feedback going and for you to provide feedback to be met and future of work; All
to your supervisor; Refer to the 30-, 60- to your supervisor; Refer to the 30-, 60- supervisors are to complete the 30-,
, 90-Day Performance Evaluation form , 90-Day Performance Evaluation form 60-, 90-Day Performance Evaluation
to assist with the conversation and to assist with the conversation and form as a record and to signify to HR
tracking of current state and future tracking of current state and future the status of an employee's
expectations expectations performance at the end of the 90-day
period

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New Employee Training Schedule

All new employees (faculty and staff) are required to complete the foundational training as listed in the following matrix.

Foundational
Required Completion
Course Platform Date Completed
Timeframe

by end of 1st week of start

1. New Employee Online Orientation Canvas
date

2. New Employee Benefits Orientation within 30 days of start date In-person / webinar by
invitation
3. New Employee Compliance Training -
within 30 days of start date
30-Days Vector Solutions

4. New Employee Compliance Training -

within 60 days of start date
60-Days Vector Solutions

5. New Employee Compliance Training -

within 90 days of start date
90-Days Vector Solutions

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New Employee Training Schedule - Templates

The following pages contain a template for each stage of the new employee’s training. If not already
completed by supervisor or assigned buddy/trainer, collaborate on the development of the templates.

Functional
Required Completion
Course / Topic / Task Platform Date Completed
Timeframe

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Advanced
Required Completion
Course / Topic / Task Platform Date Completed
Timeframe

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Optional
Required Completion
Course / Topic / Task Platform Date Completed
Timeframe

1. Credibility / Character Strengths VIA Strengths Survey

Training
2. PERMA Training PERMAH Workplace
Survey
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Note: Topics already listed may be required for specific programs (e.g., for New Manager Program, etc.).

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