University Associates Intern Program
in Organizational and Human Resource Development
Applications NOW being accepted

For Dates of program, contact:
Jack Knight - President
University Associates, Inc.
PO Box 37255
Tucson, AZ 85740-7255
Phone - (520)322-6700, extension 3#
Fax - (520)322-6789
Email to jknight@universityassociates.com

Introduction

With approximately 1,000 graduates, the highly acclaimed UA Intern Program in Organization and Human Resource Development is an intensive professional development certificate program designed for organizational development and human resource practitioners, consultants and managers.
Featured in the OD Practitioner, the Organization Development Network Journal, the Intern Program is best described as a carefully integrated sequence of organizational development technologies. Participants are exposed to intensive personal growth work, group/team dynamics and functioning, facilitation, experiential training design, consulting skills development, leadership and managerial skills, and organizational development and change practices.

Intern Program Model

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Experiential Learning

UA emphasizes the value of learner involvement and understanding. The foundation of the program is The Experiential Learning Cycle – widely acknowledged as a fundamental adult learning model. The process of experiencing, publishing, processing, generalizing, and applying allows learners to become involved both cognitively and affectively to make maximum use of their own insights, obtained from actual experience.
Program curriculum is based on the integration of sound business practices and adult learning technologies to improve bottom-line results. Participants gain and expand their knowledge of techniques and skills to increase their impact within an organizational environment.

How The Program Is Structured

The UA Intern Program is delivered in three five-day phases. Each phase begins on a Monday and ends the following Friday – consequently, participants are away from the workplace for only five days per phase.
As a residential program, participants are afforded the opportunity to glean the maximum amount of learning by establishing long lasting, rewarding and collaborative relationships with other professionals from an extensive variety of industries. Historically, participants have come from many states and several countries.
All phases involve intensive sessions incorporating presentations, structured experiences, opportunity for practice, small and large group work, readings, pre-work, and individual reflection. Each phase of the program concentrates on different aspects of individual, group/team, and organizational development. Participants are required to complete all three phases as scheduled within each year.

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Schedule (Applications NOW being accepted)
For Dates of program, contact:
Jack Knight - President
University Associates, Inc.
PO Box 37255
Tucson, AZ 85740-7255
Phone - (520)322-6700, extension 3#
Fax - (520)322-6789
Email to jknight@universityassociates.com

Certifications and Materials Included

• Participant Manuals – create your own learning journal and reference manual for each phase of the program including related articles, training techniques and tools for “back-home” use.

• Certification in Extended DISC System – Extended DISC is an assessment tool that identifies individual personal styles to improve performance. Extended DISC assessments provide a practical model that improves individual, team and organizational performance.

• Complimentary one-on-one coaching for back “home” applications of Extended DISC

• FIRO™Element B™Instrument – Instrument utilized during overview of Dr. Will Schutz’s famous “The Human Element” program and “FIRO” theories.

• C & RT Instrument (Creativity and Risk Taking) – Instrument used to assist participants in discovering their propensities to creativity and risk taking.

• Career Anchors Instrument – Instrument designed to help people uncover their real values and use them to make better-informed career choices.

• A number of additional instruments dealing with change, management, leadership, etc. are introduced

Benefits of Attendance for Participants

• Instructional design that originates with the building blocks of individual awareness, group/team dynamics and enhanced organizational skills

• Hands-on, practical application, functional skill-development

• Exposure to a diverse group of professionals in many different industries

• One-on-one coaching and mentoring from Intern faculty

• Certifications

Benefits of Attendance for Organizations

• Participants obtain skill-sets for immediate use - in addition to theories and concepts

• Practical applications, tools, and techniques for organizational development efforts

• Immediate return on investment (ROI)

• Qualified, competent, experienced instructors…UA Intern Faculty members all have graduate degrees, and many have doctoral degrees, combined with years of practitioner experience.

Resource and Public Workshop Discounts

• Intern participants receive a 10% discount on all training resources offered by University Associates during the year of the program they attend. This includes discounts on books, instruments, off-the-shelf workshops and software.

• Intern participants receive a 50% tuition discount for one public workshop and a 25% tuition discount for a second public workshop during the year of the program they attend.

Certifications and Materials Included

Participant Manuals - create your own learning journal and reference manual for each phase of the program including related articles, training techniques and tools for "back-home" use.

Certification in Extended DISC System - Extended DISC is an assessment tool that identifies individual personal styles and team styles to improve performance. Extended DISC assessments provide a practical model that improves individual, team and organizational performance.

Extended DISC software and User's Manual - Intern participants who choose to use this valuable tool receive fully functional Extended DISC software for entering data, scoring and analyzing assessments, user's manuals, and extensive facilitator guide.

Learn to use FIRO™Element B™: Behavior - This assessment tool, based on the FIRO™model of interpersonal behavior, is one of the most powerful and widely used psychometric instruments throughout the world today. FIRO™Element B™has applications for understanding behavior in personal and work relationships, enhancing self-awareness in leadership and management development, and in analyzing and improving team performance.

FIRO™Element B™, F™, and S™ Instruments - Instruments utilized during the overview of Dr. Will Schutz's famous "The Human Element®" program and "FIRO™" theories.

C& RT Instrument (Creativity and Risk Taking) - Instrument used to assist participants in discovering their orientation toward creativity and risk taking.

Career Anchors Instrument - Instrument designed to help people uncover their real values and use them to make better-informed career choices.

Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) - Learn to use this 30 item inventory to evaluate your performance and effectiveness as a leader.

Comments from Past Graduates

Graduates of the UA Intern Program are essential to the process of creating a competitive edge through "people development" within their organizations. Participation in the program enhanced their abilities to recognize their organizations’ management and organizational style - they are ideally positioned to provide guidance and leadership in organizational development efforts and in ensuring that new ideas mesh with the culture of the organization

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Faculty of The UA Intern Program

The Intern Program draws on the expertise of interdisciplinary faculty leaders. Core faculty members have involvement in sessions throughout each of the three weeks, and are drawn from the following senior consultants and trainers. In addition, a number of other prominent scholars and practitioners serve as visiting faculty for periods ranging from one to two days.

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Tuition and Location

Tuition for the program is $6,995.00 – This includes certifications, manuals, instruments, handouts, scoring and processing. This also includes all breakfasts, lunches and breaks during the entire program. The $200 application fee is included in this tuition.

Program Location:
Town & Country Resort
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA
Phone: 619-291-7131

Application Process

• A completed Application Form.

• A copy of your latest resume.

• A brief history of your current and past involvement in HRD and/or OD.

• A written statement of your expectations and goals for the program.

• A paid $200 non-refundable application fee.
  
  
   

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