Incentive Credit Courses

Rhode Island College is extremely pleased to be partnering with the Office of Training and Development to offer courses for state employees and others. Please read the payment and registration information carefully if you wish to register for any of these courses.
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Fall 2008 Course Schedule

CONT 380C-82: Grant Proposal Writing ***New Course: Grant Proposal Writing*** Course Call #: 12509 Fee: $95 Dates: 5 Fridays beginning November 14, 2008 – December 19, 2008 (no class 11/28) Time: 9:00AM - 12:00PM Instructor: Jonathan W. Howard, Cause & Effect, Inc. Location: Rhode Island College, Craig Lee 051 Credit:1.5 CEU units (State Employees may be eligible for ½ incentive credit) This course will show you how to compete and win the never-ending search for revenues to support your critical programs and creative new approaches to challenges. We’ll work, step-by-step, through the grant-seeking and application process using real opportunities and examples. With effort, you can have critical elements of your next grant application in hand by the end of the course.  You will learn the basics of proposal development and grant writing as a form of program and organizational planning. It will focus on how to read an RFP, how to develop a program concept for grant funding, how to construct the elements of a basic grant including Project Summary, Problem Statement or Needs Assessment, Objectives, Methods/Action Plan, Budget and Budget Narrative, Evaluation, and Supporting Documents.

CONT 380C-81: Assertive Communications ***New Date for 2009*** (formerly Assertiveness Training) Course Call #: 21969 Fee: $75   Dates: 5 Fridays beginning January 9th, 2009 – February 6, 2009 Time: 1:00PM - 4:00PM Instructor: Nancy-Lee Devane, MA Location: Rhode Island College, Room: Forman Center A Credit: 1.5 CEU units (State Employees may be eligible for ½ incentive credit) Respect yourself as well as others by learning to say “NO” to other’s requests with less guilt.  This usually leads to getting more of what you want and less of what you don’t want!  In this active learning environment we will practice dealing with “real-life” situations; we will discuss and role-play the difficult examples you share from work or home.  We will learn specific communication techniques which will help you to be more clear, direct and honest in your relationships, and take more responsibility for the choices that you make.  In this non-threatening and fun class, learn the key communication strategies that you can use everyday.

Course Locations

(Please See Course Descriptions For RIC Room Location):   

Directions:       http://www.ric.edu/aboutRIC/directions.php

Parking:          See the Campus Map and note the grey areas designated as parking lots. Most are open to faculty, staff, and students. Parking permits are not required.

Campus map: http://www.ric.edu/campusmap/index.php

Registration and Payment Instructions

Online Registration
Secure registration must be completed online.
Please click here to register for a course online.
Registrants will be asked to provide information needed to establish or update their RIC account and to be registered for the class of their choice.  Registration must be completed one week before the first class meeting.

Payment Information
Payment Online or by Mail
In order to reserve your place in a course, payment is due in full one week before the start of the course. Secure online payment by credit card is available through the online course registration form. Payment by check is possible by mail only; please follow the mailing instructions provided on the Registration Form.

Payment Information for State Agency Payment:

If you are a state employee and a state agency is paying, you must submit the following:

1. The Centralized Pay Summary Report showing the invoice number to be referenced for final payment
2. A printed copy of your registration confirmation number provided after submission of your online registration is completed. While completing the online registration please select the "Third Party Payment" check box option and be sure to fill out all required fields.

The Centralized Pay Summary Report and copy of your online registration confirmation number must be mailed or faxed to the address/number below to reserve a seat in any course:

Office of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions
Rhode Island College
Forman Center 207
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Providence, RI 02908
FAX 401-456-8188

Contact Information and Questions:  Lori Martin, 401-456-8909

Please Note:  

Registration forms received without payment by credit card, check, or Centralized Pay Summary will not reserve a seat in the class.

RIC Transcript

RIC does not provide grade reports, but they are available online through RIConnect at www.ric.edu (follow link to Online Services). Please contact the RIC Records Office (Phone: 401-456-8212 or 8213; -e-mail: records@ric.edu) if you need your RIConnect username and password.

Incentive Credit

For state employees interested in incentive credit, all rules regarding each employee's eligibility will apply. For example, the course must be "directly related to the employee s job duties" and be the appropriate level for those duties. CS-365 forms requesting incentive approval must be received by OTD 7 days prior to the start of the course. Each course must be at least 15 hours. If you do not receive verification from OTD that your incentive credit request has been approved, it is your responsibility to check the status of your request, and insure that OTD receives it. State employees with questions about incentive credit courses should call OTD at 401-222-2178. Mailing address: RI Department of Administration, One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908

Guidelines for State Employees

CS-365 Form

Key Points: Incentive In-Service Training Programs