The National Park Service has many training centers as well as connections with partner training centers. Learn more about each one in this resource.
Workforce and Inclusion’s Office of Learning and Development is employing a holistic approach to our agency’s response to sexual harassment.
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Promising practices for engaging diverse youth and their families in national parks.
The Employees for the Advancement of People with Disabilities ERG serves to provide an environment that is inclusive of all people and abilities.
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What We Do
"The National Park Service is committed to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, family medical history (including genetic information), status as a parent, marital status, and political affiliation.ÂÂ Â - Directors Order #16E (4-19-2018 update)
Employee-led groups advancing relevancy, diversity, and inclusion throughout the NPS. Find and join a group!
Real life examples and best practices that have proven successful at parks and offices across the Service.
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Simon Sinek, a management theorist, explores what makes a great leader in the context of trust. What are the benefits of creating a circle of safety?
This project, created in partnership with MTV and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, aims to help people overcome implicit biases.
Allies groups foster a more open, inclusive, and innovative NPS culture.
Youth Programs
L&D leadership formed a new project team, the LEAP team, to assess the current state of learning and performance in the NPS.
This whitepaper lays a foundation for further innovation into new ways to leverage all that we know about learning to improve workforce performance.
Discover the direction learning and development in the National Park Service is moving towards and how change is being championed and implemented.
10 current trends affecting human learning and performance to consider as you work with your colleaguesas you meet the challenges of the 21st Century
Forging our Future presentation providing some clarity around informal learning and how to asses whether informal learning is right for your organization
Examine learning theories and their implications for the design of training and human performance ecosystems.
Learn how you can integrate job aids into your learning strategy to promote learning comprehension.
This study investigated the immediate impacts of the EVER day (Shark Valley and Royal Palm) and residential/camping (Loop Road and Hidden Lake) programs.
The Common Learning Portal (CLP) as a powerful tool for informal and social learning. This presentation gives an overview of the best social learning tools.
Knowing what job aids and when to use them is critical to finding the balance between performance support and learning
Learn how to use experiential learning theory in CLP Knowledge Park resources in order to improve learning outcomes for the people who use those resources.