Excel in your current role and advance your career with our Skills for Success courses. We encourage you to work with your supervisor to choose courses that best align with your professional and personal goals.

Free for NYS employees! 

Employees are eligible to participate in Skills for Success courses if they are a:

• CSEA-represented New York State (NYS) employee (ASU/02, OSU/03, ISU/04, or DMNA/47).
• CSEA-represented employee working in a local government, school district, state authority, or the private sector, as space permits.
• NYS employee (previously in an ASU/02) serving a probationary period in a transition title or traineeship supported by the Partnership (MC/06 or PS&T/05) may attend courses or webinars.
• NYS employee in a Management/Confidential (MC/06) clerical or secretarial title as space permits.

(Visit the OER website or view your pay stub to determine your bargaining/negotiating unit.)

You must have supervisory approval for courses taken during work hours. It is important to ensure that your correct supervisor and their current email address is listed in the Statewide Learning Management System (SLMS). Missing or incorrect information in your SLMS profile will delay approval and/or enrollment in requested courses.

After enrolling through SLMS, your supervisor will receive an email notification alerting them to your submission and requesting action. Your supervisor must approve your enrollment for your request to be finalized and for you to be officially enrolled. 

If your supervisor denies your request, you will be notified by email from SLMS. 

Release Time

It is at the supervisor’s discretion to decide if an employee can attend a course without charging leave credits. You may attend on your own time if you are not scheduled to work during the offered course time.  

The NYS & CSEA Partnership prioritizes accessibility across all learning platforms. Courses are offered in a variety of formats including live online classes and webinars, in-person classroom learning, self-paced online options, and recorded courses (offered on request for credit). Resources include closed captioning, pre-printed materials, read out-loud options, and more. 

If you have questions about accessibility, have a request for accommodation, or if you find an issue using an accessibility tool with any of our class formats please call (518) 408-1822 or email [email protected]

Approximately three to four weeks after you complete a course, you will be notified that your class status has been updated to Completed, allowing you to print your certificate.

To print your certificate:

1. Log in to SLMS.
2. Go to My Learning page.
3. Locate the appropriate course/webinar.
4. Click on the Print Certificate button.

If you’re in the two-year Administrative Assistant Traineeship Program, working toward the Administrative Assistant 1 title, you must complete a range of mandatory and elective courses to fulfill your course requirements. You can meet your course requirements through many Skills for Success courses offered this semester.

Visit the Administrative Assistant Traineeship webpage for information on how to fulfill your course requirements or how to get started in the program today.
 

Explore the Administrative Assistant Traineeship

For additional information about Skills for Success, please contact us at:

NYS & CSEA Partnership
(800) 253-4332
[email protected]
 

It is the policy of the State of New York to provide for and promote equal opportunity in employment and equal access to all programs and services without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, creed, national origin, military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability (including pregnancy-related disability or condition), predisposing genetic characteristics, marital/familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or prior arrest/criminal conviction record.