Mid Level Staff

Leadership development programs for rising stars at VA. Both aim to build a diverse, high quality workforce. These programs are based on competencies. They prepare committed staff for more responsibility and leadership.

Learn to recognize and embrace change using tools and techniques to assess risk, build influence and focus on success.

Learn VA’s history and initiatives in an interactive way. For each initiative, you can read engaging stories, listen to audio interviews, watch videos, read about VA’s ground-breaking research, and consider challenge questions. Whether you’ve worked at VA for two months or 20 years, the CLM will take you on a multimedia journey to help you:

• Better serve Veterans
• Collaborate with other VA employees
• Place VA’s future challenges in a historical context
• Understand why change matters to our mission at VA
• Learn how the work you do each day helps transform VA 

As you spend some time with this fun, interactive online tool, VA’s avatars show you how your on-the-job decisions help make VA more people-centric, results-oriented, and forward-thinking.

All available courses for VA employees to learn practical and functional skills. Updated quarterly, this training focuses on:

• Career and Technical Training (for all employees)
• Manager & Supervisor Training
• Transformational Leadership Training

A year-long corporate leadership development program to develop high-performing leaders and foster lasting relationships among them. Open to VA employees from GS13 to GS15 (or title 38 equivalent). The application season for LVA 2012 is now closed. Thank you for your interest.

All VA employees are required to take the following two courses. There is other mandatory training for each Administration. Contact your local TMS administrator for more information. 

VA Privacy and Information Security Awareness Course: This course fulfills the mandatory annual awareness training required by law for all VA employees. It contains annual security information and general privacy training. Certificates of completion apply to the Information Security and Privacy Awareness requirements and the Rules of Behavior. 

Prevention of Workplace Harassment Course: The Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation (NO FEAR) Act of 2002 requires that all Federal employees receive training on their rights and responsibilities in the areas of equal employment opportunity, non-discrimination and whistleblower protections. In our effort to cultivate a fair, diverse, harassment-free work environment, we have combined previously separate mandatory training courses into one single course.

Supervisors & Managers: For those with no TMS access (e.g., contractors), you can print a PDF version of this course. This PDF is located under Related Documents on TMS. 

As part of VA’s Succession Planning Model, ADVANCE is offering this mentor certification program for those who wish to serve as mentors in VA leadership development programs and/or enhance their overall leadership effectiveness in developing others. As a learning organization, mentoring is one way that VA employees demonstrate their commitment to the growth of individuals and sustaining a high-performance workforce dedicated to serving Veterans and their families.

Innovative tools help you match your career interests and goals to a rewarding long-term future at VA.

• Career Planning – Align your goals and experiences to VA career options in four steps
• My Career Mapping Tool – Map a career path using your knowledge and skills
• My Career Fit Tool – Discover your career “fit” at VA through a questionnaire that helps you define your work preferences
• VA Career Guides – Find the skills and education required for VA jobs

VALU’s Dean Alice Muellerweiss talks about how to develop your career. She discusses how MyCareer@VA can help you reach your full potential.

TMS: learning just got faster, easier and friendlier at VA.

• Sign up for courses
• Plan your career development
• Track your goals, objectives & Individual Development Plans
• Quickly access catalog search and calendar

For those who require 508 assistance on TMS..

• Request 508 review of documents, videos, online learning, or audio
• 508 Checklists 
• Courses on Web Accessibility
• VA Section 508 Office
• Alternative navigation
• Get assistive technology products and services
• Guide to access TMS with JAWS (PDF)

Instructions for all VA employees looking for help getting started on TMS.

• Navigate the VA TMS (Video) 
• TMS Tip Sheet (DOC)
• TMS Common Tasks Reference Guide (PDF)
• Reset TMS Password

Some mandatory courses require plug-ins you will need to install.

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