Courses

Effective Supervisory Management Program

After more than 30 successful years of training new supervisors in our Effective Supervisory Managment Program we have reviewed the curriculum and upgraded the content to reflect the knowledge and skills most needed by today's local government supervisors.

The new Fundamental Supervisory Practices (FSP) course can be...

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Will they stay or will they go? Recruitment and Retention Strategies and Patterns in NC

The worker shortage in U.S. local government is at a crisis level, incurring significant impacts on public service delivery and producing high levels of burnout among city and county employees. Accordingly, this session will report local government survey data on recruitment and retention patterns in North Carolina, where local governments are...

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Parent Attorney Conference

This course is co-sponsored by the Office of Indigent Defense Services.

The Parent Attorney Conference provides training for attorneys who represent respondents in abuse, neglect, dependency, and termination of parental rights proceedings. Topics will include legislative and case law updates (with advocacy pointers for defenders),...

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Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

This 3.5 day Judicial College course will be held September 10 – 13, 2024 in Cherokee, NC with an estimated 15.5 class hours. The course focuses on the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law enacted in 1978 that applies to all abuse, neglect, dependency; termination of parental rights; and adoption actions. A small group of district court...

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Local Government Managers Innovation Lab: How to Foster Creativity

This year’s annual Managers Innovation Lab delves into new and different approaches to foster creativity. It will show you how, as a supervisor, you can inspire your team members to approach their work differently, consider fresh approaches, and break with routines.

Come and take a...

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Legitimation under North Carolina Law

This session will provide an introduction to legitimation – what is it, how is a child is legitimated under North Carolina Law, and why does it matter. The primary focus of the session is to review the provisions of the law and the role of the clerk in these special proceedings. Topics to be addressed include who can file, when and where is the...

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Strategic Planning: Linking Strategies to Results

This class will be held online via Zoom from 9am-1pm.

Effective local government leaders not only deal with the challenges at hand each day, but they also anticipate future challenges – a growing population that needs another school; an aging population that needs a senior center; another farm being subdivided that needs water and sewer...

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Compensated Absences Webinar

GASB Statement No. 101, Compensated Absences, will be implemented by North Carolina governments for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. While this may seem to be in the distant future, governments need to begin compiling information and beginning balances by July 1, 2024. This webinar will provide participants with the following:

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Raise the Age Workshop

This course will cover the legal requirements of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act, often referred to as “Raise the Age.” Topics will include new requirements for processing offenses alleged to have been committed by juveniles at age 16 and 17 from first encounter with law enforcement through transfer to superior court or juvenile...

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Advanced Juvenile Law: Delinquency and Mental Health

This North Carolina Judicial College course is intended for judges with experience presiding over juvenile delinquency proceedings. This class will provide an overview of the requirement in G.S. 7B-2502(c), to refer juveniles to an area mental health director for evaluation and mobilizing resources in order to inform certain delinquency...

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Dispositions in A/N/D Court: Structuring Court Ordered Plans

This course focuses on dispositional orders that are entered in an abuse, neglect, or dependency action for respondent parents. The objectives are for judges to understand the respondents’ experiences in meeting expectations and learn how to enter orders that are designed to allow a parent to succeed so that reunification is more likely to be...

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North Carolina CGCIO

After 20 successful years of offering the Certified Government Chief Information Officers’ (CGCIO) program to elevate IT leadership across NC and beyond, we are taking a pause to review the curriculum, upgrade the content, and assess the various ways we can most effectively deliver the CGCIO program to IT leaders. We anticipate the...

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Judicial College Webinar: Motivating Officers to Apply for the Job

Recruitment and retention of police officers is challenging even for the most well-resourced agencies, leading police departments nationwide to "think outside the box" in their recruitment and retention efforts. This session reports on one such effort, a pilot study conducted by the UNC School of Government in parthernship with police...

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Best Practices for Property Tax Foreclosures

Join SOG faculty member Chris McLaughlin and a panel of expert tax foreclosure attorneys to learn about best practices for tax offices who use the foreclosure remedy.

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Top 10 Primer: Use of Social Media for Local Elected Officials

This free course will be held online via Zoom from 10am- 11:15am. Please register ahead of time to access the zoom link.

Does your use of social media change once the campaign is over and you begin to govern? The answer to that question can be complex. Adding to the complexity is the ever-present likelihood that some of your "...

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Single Protective Arrangements and Single Transactions

Do you have questions about single protective arrangements and single transactions under G.S. 35A-1121? Do you want to learn more about how they intersect with—and in some cases replace—the need for a guardian? Have you already dealt with cases involving this new type of relationship authorized by Session Law 2021-53? Then join us for a...

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Contested Hearings for Clerks

This two-day course is offered through the North Carolina Judicial College. It is intended for clerks and assistant clerks of superior court who would like to become more comfortable conducting contested hearings. Topics will include the clerk's judicial authority, hearing procedures, direct criminal contempt, common evidence problems, drafting...

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Performance Management in Information Technology

This class is part of the Performance Management Course Series. To see the full list of courses offered please click HERE

This course will take place online via Zoom from 9am - 2pm and will include around ...

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Managing Family Financial Cases for District Court Judges

This North Carolina Judicial College Videoconference Course is intended for judges with experience presiding over family financial cases including equitable distribution, alimony and above guideline child support. The class will begin with a presentation on the fundamental principles of effective individual case management. Participants then...

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Correctional Facilities Tour - East

This program is designed to give court officials a better understanding of how their judgments are administered by the Division of Adult Correction. Participants tour correctional facilities in eastern North Carolina gaining a firsthand view of the typical places to which they sentence criminal defendants. Each stop includes time for relevant...