UNH Professional Development & Training

10/02/2026

What does leadership readiness look like in education?

Hear from instructor Heidi O’Leary as she introduces Rooted in Knowledge, Women Leading in Education—a six-hour workshop focused on building leadership confidence, identifying your strengths, developing a clear leadership vision, and creating actionable strategies for success.

Through guided reflection, collaborative discussion, and networking, participants will gain practical tools and insights to support their continued growth as educational leaders.

🗓️ Friday, October 23 | 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
📍 Portsmouth, NH

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09/23/2026

✨ NEW PROGRAM! From Insight to Action: Facilitating Sustainable Client Growth

How can coaches help clients turn awareness into meaningful action while preserving client ownership and autonomy?

Join Thea Charles for this live online workshop designed for practicing coaches looking to deepen their skills, strengthen client growth, and support sustainable change. Aligned with ICF Core Competency 8: Facilitates Client Growth.

🗓️ October 28 | 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | 💻 Live Online

Move your coaching practice from insight to action. 👉

From Insight to Action: Facilitating Sustainable Client Growth

09/22/2026

🆕 NEW! Educator Resilience: Practical Tools for Less Stress & More Joy

Educators give so much to their students—but who’s supporting the educators?

This engaging 6-hour workshop with Kelly Hurd gives teachers, school counselors, and paraprofessionals practical tools from positive psychology, behavioral science, and neuroscience to reduce stress, boost energy and optimism, and build resilience.

🗓️ October 14 | 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | 📍 Portsmouth

Build your resilience, support healthier classrooms, and rediscover more joy in your work. 👉 https://training.unh.edu/course/educator-resilience-practical-tools-less-stress-more-joy

09/16/2026

Managing without micromanaging starts with finding the right balance.

How do you provide the oversight your team needs without taking away their autonomy? In How to Manage without Micromanaging, learn to recognize micromanaging behaviors, set clear expectations, provide actionable feedback, and create the conditions for greater accountability and autonomy.

🗓️ October 1 | 9:00 AM–3:30 PM | UNH Manchester
👤 Instructor: David Lee
✅ Approved for SHRM PDCs

Build your management skills and learn how to help your team do their best work. 🔗 https://training.unh.edu/course/how-manage-without-micromanaging

You’re responsible for the results of your team and you want to get the best quality and productivity from them. You know that requires oversight, but when does it become micromanaging?

09/15/2026

🗣️ NEW at UNH Professional Development & Training!

Want to be heard more clearly and become a better listener? How To Talk So People Listen (And Listen So People Talk) combines the art of acting with the science of psychology to help you communicate with greater impact.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to:
✨ Get to the point and hold a room
✨ Navigate difficult conversations without triggering defensiveness
✨ Use your voice and body to communicate with intention
✨ Ask questions that encourage people to open up
✨ Listen in a way that helps you get to the truth

You’ll practice these skills with a partner and leave with practical techniques you can use in your next meeting, one-on-one, or difficult conversation.

🗓️ October 28 | 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Portsmouth, NH
👤 Instructor: Michael Cinquino

👉 Learn more and register: https://training.unh.edu/course/how-talk-so-people-listen-listen-so-people-talk

PD&T

09/09/2026

🆕 NEW WORKSHOP: How to Create & Design a Company Newsletter

Want to create company newsletters that are engaging, professional, and visually compelling? Learn how to turn your ideas into polished newsletters that inform, captivate, and reflect your organization’s brand.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore:
✦ Newsletter strategy, content & audience
✦ Layout, typography, color & visual design
✦ Accessibility and best practices
✦ Print vs. digital newsletters
✦ Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator
✦ Building a sample newsletter and reusable template

📅 November 17 & 24
💻 Live Online | 9:00 AM–12:00 PM ET
🎨 Instructor: Beverly Hodsdon

Whether you’re creating an internal newsletter or looking to strengthen your brand’s communications, this workshop will give you practical tools to create newsletters people want to read.

🔗 Explore the new workshop and register:

How to Create and Build a Company Newsletter

09/08/2026

🚀 Ready to elevate your leadership impact?

Join us for Leadership Excellence, a two-day immersive workshop designed for managers and experienced supervisors ready to lead with greater intention, build high-performing teams, and turn challenges into breakthroughs.

Learn practical strategies to:
✅ Set clear direction and align your team
✅ Build trust, accountability, and collaboration
✅ Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence

🗓️ October 19 & 26
⏰ 9:00 AM–3:30 PM
📍 Manchester
🗣️ Instructor: James McKim

Take your leadership to the next level. Register today! 🔗 https://training.unh.edu/leadership_excellence

09/08/2026

📚 Support student success through a trauma-informed lens.

Join Katie Pagnotta for A Trauma-Informed Lens for School Success (K-12) and gain practical, evidence-based strategies to support student regulation, behavior, mental health, belonging, and learning.

Explore the BBARS of Excellence framework and leave feeling empowered to better support both your students and yourself.

💻 Live Online | October 6
⏰ 9:00 AM–3:30 PM ET

Register today and strengthen your trauma-responsive practice! 🔗 https://training.unh.edu/IntegratingSEL

09/04/2026

📣 Just 2 weeks away!

Where do professionals go to practice communication? Athletes have practice fields. Actors have rehearsal rooms. Now, you have the Communication Dynamics Lab.

Join instructor Michael Cinquino in Portsmouth for a psychologically safe training experience where you’ll practice a simple, repeatable communication framework through exercises, feedback, and real-time learning.

Build communication skills you can use in team meetings, presentations, one-on-ones, performance conversations, and everyday workplace interactions.

🗓️ September 18 | 9:00 AM–3:30 PM

Register today 🔗

PD&T

09/03/2026

🌟 Coming up soon: The Voice of Today’s Woman Leader

Your voice has the power to build confidence, strengthen communication, and increase your influence. Join us for an interactive workshop designed to help women leaders identify and reframe the thoughts and behaviors that may be holding them back and step more fully into their leadership potential.

Explore communication dynamics, perceptions of power, emotional intelligence, and the mind-body connection with instructor Debra Schuler.

🗓️ September 15 | 9:00 AM–3:30 PM
📍 Portsmouth, NH

Ready to find your voice and amplify your impact? Learn more and register today! 🔗

Whether you are just beginning your woman leader journey or are a seasoned veteran, this workshop will help you leverage the power of your voice to increase self-confidence, improve communication and increase influence.