Courses

Top 10 Primer: What Local Elected Officials Need to Know about Public Health and Social Services

This is a free online course from 10–11:15 AM on October 19, 2022.

Being an effective local elected official requires a basic understanding of what your local government agencies do. The public health and social services agencies are two public agencies that are touch points for many of the people in your communities. Their services...

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Top 10 Primer on Engaging the Community in Public Issues

This is a free online course from 10:00 - 11:15 AM.

How do your constituents interact with their government? Do the same five or ten people show up at every meeting or hearing? Would you like to learn how to engage more of your community in discussions about important public issues? Effective community engagement creates an atmosphere of...

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Public Engagement: The Vital Leadership Skill for Difficult Times

No matter the size of your jurisdiction or the particular policy issue you are grappling with, there is a growing expectation that effective solutions will require more participatory and transparent processes. How can local governments most effectively engage the full diversity and creativity of their community voices as they navigate their way...

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LELA 201: Top 10 Primer on Capital Budgeting for Local Elected Officials

LELA 201: LELA 201: Top 10 Primer on Capital Budgeting for Local Elected Officials will be offered February 18, 2022 ONLINE via Zoom. The seminar begins at 10:00 a.m. and concludes at 11:15 a.m. This seminar introduces elected officials to the rationale, scope, policy, and process of capital budgeting in local government, including...

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Putting PCI in Perspective – Security & Compliance Aligned

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Orientation for New Senior Resident Superior Court Judges

This Judicial College course is offered for judges who are new to the position of senior resident superior court judge. Both new senior resident and chief district court judges will be together for part of the program, and judges will meet separately for other portions. The program will cover a variety of topics related to administration of the...

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Coping and Resiliency Skills for High Stress Occupations

This program will run from 9 AM- 1 PM.

Burn-out, compassion fatigue, and post-traumatic stress are common occupational hazards in public service careers. Suicide rates across the healthcare community, from dispatchers to emergency management staff, exceeds the general population. This training will explore five positive coping...

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Experienced School for Registers of Deeds

This course reviews the basic operations of the office of register of deeds and is intended for those with several years of experience in a register of deeds office. It is different from the Basic School in that it offers more opportunities to ask questions about difficult issues encountered in practice, and it does not include an exam for...

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Leading Your County Governing Board

This class provides an overview of the role of the chair, including information on how to lead commission meetings and how to plan commission business for the long-term. Presenters from the NC Association of County Commissioners and School of Government are joined by an experienced county commission chair.

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Redistricting for Local Governments after the 2020 Census

Due to COVID-19 precautions and travel restrictions, this course will be held in an online format using Zoom. The course will feature some asynchronous content, such as pre-recorded video segments, and synchronous live sessions with instructors.

Across North Carolina, many cities, counties, and school units elect the members of their...

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IAAO 500: Assessment of Personal Property

The Assessment of Personal Property is designed to provide the students with an understanding and working knowledge of the procedures and techniques required to assess personal property. This course concentrates on the skills necessary for listing, appraising and assessing the market value of properties using the three approaches to value: the...

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LELA 201: Bridging Divides: Techniques for Productive Governing

This course has been canceled.

Elected officials today must navigate a host of diverse political perspectives when confronting challenges in their communities. To foster productive conversations and create policy solutions to local issues, they must learn to find commonalities amongst differences of opinion with their neighbors, build a...

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Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say

*Instructors from the Department of Communication have pivoted their popular course “Say What you Mean” to help address crisis communication needs in the context of governing in a pandemic. The workshop will focus on best principles in crisis and risk communication as backed by evidence, and will be followed by break out and/or coaching...

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Appellate Advocacy Training

Using their own cases, participants will learn to develop a cohesive theory of defense on appeal and use that theory in writing a persuasive statement of facts and legal argument.

This program is open to assistant appellate defenders and attorneys on the appellate appointment list maintained by the Office of the Appellate...

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NC Environmental Health Law and Ethics

This required workshop for North Carolina environmental health specialists is administered by the North Carolina Environmental Health State of Practice Committee (SOP).

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Make the Right Hire

This course will take place online via Zoom from 9am - 4pm.

The cost of hiring and training new employees impacts local government budgets and services, and the wrong hire or promotion can lower the morale and productivity of an entire workgroup or organization. This course is designed to help you make the right hire the first time around...

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Parent Attorney Conference

The Parent Attorney Conference provides training for attorneys who represent respondents in abuse, neglect, dependency, and termination of parental rights proceedings. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Changing the Narrative.’ Speakers will highlight assumptions that are made at various points in proceedings that can...

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160D Jumpstart Workshops

This hands-on workshop will help jumpstart local government staff beginning to draft ordinance amendments to comply with Chapter 160D, the comprehensive re-write of the planning and zoning statutes in North Carolina. Through guided instruction, peer-learning, and customized drafting practice, participants will explore ways to update their...

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Strategic Public Leadership: Planning Amidst Uncertainty

This is an online class, offered via Zoom from 8:30 am-4 pm.

You had a plan...but now what? When you have no clear idea what the future holds, how can you plan responsibly? Futurist Rebecca Ryan will facilitate this interactive, remote workshop where you will:

Complete a 6-step process to get clear on the most...

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LELA 201: Top 10 Primer on Tools for a Successful Strategic Plan

This course will take place from 10–11:15 a.m. online via Zoom.

Is your community in need of downtown revitalization, or facing rapid housing development pressures? Do you need help moving beyond crisis mode into a more long-term approach to problem solving? How will you marshal forces to organize and create the conditions you really...