Short Takes

August 2, 2018 | Katherine

Habitat Work Days at UHCL

Help maintain the beauty of the University of Houston-Clear Lake campus by volunteering with the Environmental Institute of Houston at Habitat Work Days 9 a.m. on Tuesdays, Aug. 14, 21, and 28. Volunteers assist in clearing paths, cleaning the pond and other conservation tasks.

Meet at the North Office Annex, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston. Take Middlebrook Drive to Entrance 3. For more information, call UHCL Environmental Institute of Houston at 281-283-3950 or email eih@uhcl.edu. To learn more, visit www.uhcl.edu/environmental-institute. 

Sharpen supervisory skills at Center for Executive Education

Supervisors at all experience levels are invited to learn more about how to apply their leadership skills to improve their organization. In the course “Effective Application of Supervisory Techniques” – part of University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Management and Leadership Certification program – attendees will use Insights Discovery to learn about their personality to help boost supervisory awareness to effectively manage today’s workforce.

Course fees are $850, which includes both sessions, and group discounts are available. To complete the course, participants must attend both sessions on Aug. 10 and 28, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., in Bayou Building room 2230. To learn more about the course or to register, call the Center for Executive Education, 281-283-3120 or email cee@uhcl.edu. 

Grow your IT career at UHCL Cyber Security Institute

Grow your career in information security with the Network Management and Security certification from University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston. Presented through the university’s Cyber Security Institute, classes are Aug. 24, 25 and 31 and continue Sept. 1,7, 8, 14 and 15 Fridays, 3-8 p.m., and Saturdays, 9 a.m.- 2p.m.,  with “Fundamentals of Information Security,” which covers the basics of security technologies.

Attendees will learn more about secure access, risk management, and secure operations management, among other concepts. Courses continue through November with “Introduction to Network Technology,” “Cisco Routing and Switching” and “Implementing Network Security.”

The first course costs $1,250. Four courses comprise the full certificate program, but students who complete individual courses will be awarded a certificate for that course. For more information or to register, visit www.uhcl.edu/cyber-security-institute. 

UHCL master’s in teaching offers career-changers great option

Changing careers after a few years in a certain field isn’t easy, but it’s possible. Monster.com, a global job-searching website, reports that 59 percent of working adults say they’re interested in pursuing a different career and would like to make the leap. If you’re among them and your career aspiration happens to be teaching, University of Houston-Clear Lake’s College of Education is offering a new Master of Arts in Teaching degree, open to students in fall 2018.

Suzanne Brown, associate professor of mathematics education and chair of curriculum and instruction in UH-Clear Lake’s College of Education said there are many people in the workforce who have undergraduate degrees and have always wished to work in education, but somehow ended up on a different career path. “This M.A.T. is perfect for career-changers,” Brown said. “The program is designed so that it’s possible to receive teacher certification as well as obtain a master’s degree in just 36 credit hours, which is about four semesters.”

The highlights of the program, said Brown, are that students who are currently employed can take the necessary classes in the evening. “There’s no problem continuing your job while you’re taking classes,” Brown said.

This advanced degree, continued Brown, qualifies educators for leadership positions as department chairs, curriculum writers, and other roles.

For more information, visit www.uhcl.edu/academics/degrees/teaching-mat.