Available courses
Introduction to Leadership and Workforce Development -
This course is a series of three modules that together provide research-based foundational knowledge...
7 Behaviors of Adaptive Leadership
(5 Minutes)Â Â Do you solve the same problems over and over again? Learn how technical problems and ...
Giving Work Back
Heifetz and his co-authors identified seven major behaviors that can help you address challenges suc...
Open to All Voices
Being open to all voices, especially those who have often not been heard in the child welfare system...
Leadership Foundations
This leadership module first explores different leadership styles, including strengths-based, adapti...
Leading in Permanent Whitewater
Change is constant in our environment and in child welfare, in particular. Just under 8 minutes, thi...
Think Politically
This microlearning (2 1/2 minutes) explains ways to think politically, one of the seven behaviors of...
Your Guide to Holding Steady
This microlearning (3 1/2 minutes) explains ways to hold steady, one of the seven behaviors of adapt...
Orchestrating Conflict
Heifetz and his co-authors identified seven major behaviors that can help you address challenges suc...
Get on the Balcony
Leadership requires assessing the overall environment which can be done by stepping back to view the...
Leading Change with Vision
At just over 2 minutes, this short course explains how to develop effective vision statements for ch...
Adaptive Leadership
(10-45 minutes) This course explains the difference between adaptive challenges and technical work a...
Adaptive Leadership - UP version
This course for Social Work students explains the difference between adaptive challenges and technic...
Screening Strategies
Once you have a pool of candidates to choose from, what tools are available to help you screen them ...
Recruitment Strategies
Finding qualified workers who are likely to stay is a major challenge in child welfare. This one h...
Coaching Strategies
Coaching is a critical strategy in transfer of learning and implementation of change. This one hour ...
Creating an Inclusive Team Culture
To keep track of the eLearning you've completed, log in to your MyNCWWI account before taking this c...
Performance Managment In Child Welfare
The quality of supervision, clear performance expectations and a coherent, consistent performanc...
Creating a Supportive Community Context
People need to feel that as child welfare professionals, they are a valued partner in the larger com...
Creating a Learning Culture
Helping staff grow professionally is a key workforce development strategy. This includes both a comp...
Dealing With the Effects of Secondary Trauma
Secondary trauma is a predictable and frequent occurrence in child welfare. This short module, j...
Creating a Supportive Culture
People are motivated to stay on the job when their basic safety and security needs are met, and when...
Selecting the Best
Competency-based, standardized interviewing processes provide insight into candidates’ potential â...
Attracting the Best
(5 minutes)Â People feel more competent and are likely to stay when they have realistic expectations...
Education & Professional Preparation
People who come to the job with the right educational preparation and skills are more likely to succ...
Understanding Job Requirements
Clear information about the job requirements is a fundamental building block in implementing a workf...
Why People Stay and Why They Leave
Our workforce is our most important resource and yet recruitment and retention continues to be an is...
Strengths Based Teams
This course explains...
Workforce Development Framework, Part 2 - The Components
This is the last of three online learning modules to provide NCWWI’s research-based foundational k...
Workforce Development Framework, Part 1 - The Process of Implementation
This is the second of three online learning modules to provide NCWWI’s research-based foundational...
Implementing Change
When working in an environment of constant change, it is helpful to use a framework to help us navig...
3 Tools To Guide Change Efforts
This microlearning (2 minutes) explains the 3 most popular tools used by those managing change effor...
Partnership for Sustainable Change
Has your agency ever implemented an initiative, only to be surprised that others disagree with the s...
Stages of Implementation
Talking about a change initiative is one thing, but actually making it real is quite another. An imp...
Regulating Distress
Heifetz and his co-authors identified seven major behaviors that can help you address challenges suc...
Change & the Roles People Play
At just over 2 minutes, this short course provides an overview of the different stages people buy in...
Cultural Humility Strategies
Supervisors have a key role to play in promoting cultural responsiveness and leveraging diversity. T...
Cultural Openness
This short (3 minute) module provides an overview of the ways we can learn from the people with whom...
Cultural Identity and Situational Factors
This short (7 minute) module, also explores two situational factors that affect our ever-changin...
Results-Oriented Culture
Leaders in a results-oriented culture look at data, interpret it, and take action to make changes to...
The Caseworker's Role in a Results-Oriented Culture
Designed for caseworkers, this 7-minute Quickbit explores how workers can contribute to, and benefit...
Leading for Results
Learn how to explain the dimensions of a systems perspective and think politically to address inter...