Free Courses for State Employees
Exclusively for Washington state executive agencies, these sessions are designed to help you learn, develop, and succeed. Use the links below for course registration information.
Note on eligibility: These courses are only free to executive state agencies that contribute to the Personnel Service Fund (PSF). Review the Personnel Services Fund Participating Agencies List to confirm your agency's eligibility.
Accessibility-Related Courses
- WA State Microsoft Outlook Accessibility
- WA State Microsoft PowerPoint Accessibility
- WA State Microsoft Word Accessibility
- WA State Microsoft Excel Accessibility
Change Management
- Introduction to ADKAR
- Introduction to Change Management
- Introduction to Leading Change
- Thriving through Change
Communications
- Plain Language Writing & Design (eLearning)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- A Path Toward Equity: Disrupting Structural Racism through Awareness and Belonging (virtual, instructor-led)
- Recognizing and Mitigating Bias in Hiring
- Reducing Bias and Noise with a Competency-Based Approach (virtual, instructor-led)
- Reducing Bias and Noise with a Competency-Based Approach (eLearning)
Government Efficiency
- Hiring Process: Reducing Bias and Noise with a Competency-Based Approach
- Ethics in State Government
- WA State Resolving Performance Issues
Human Resources
- WA State Recognizing and Mitigating Bias in Hiring
- Reducing Bias and Noise with a Competency-Based Approach
- WA State Recruitment and Interviewing Preparation
- Interview Skills for Panelists
- WA State Unlawful Employment Discrimination
- WA State Reasonable Accommodations for Supervisors
- WA State Workplace Behavior for WFSE Represented Employees
- WA State Respect in the Workplace
- Ethics in State Government
- WA State Resolving Performance Issues
Leadership Development
Leading Others Part 1
Registration for Leading Others Part 1 is now open. The eleven e-learning prerequisites are:
- Preventing Workplace Violence for Supervisors (30 min)
- Reasonable Accommodations for Supervisors (30 min)
- Recognizing & Mitigating Bias in Hiring
- Recruitment and Interviewing Preparation
- Family Medical Leave Act for Supervisors (20 min)
- Civil Service Rules & Labor Relations (20 min)
- Pay, Leave & Time (20 min)
- Resolving Performance Issues (20 min)
- Performance Plans & Reviews (25 min)
- Unlawful Employment Discrimination (20 min)
- Paid Family and Medical Leave (30 min)
Leading Others Part 2
View more information on Leading Others Part 2.
- Module 1 – Exploring Leadership: Balancing Organizational, Team, and Individual Needs (virtual, instructor-led)
- Module 2 – Leading Effectively: Skills, Abilities, and Behaviors (virtual, instructor-led)
- Module 3 – Cultivating Self-Awareness: Using Agility and Influence for Meaningful Change (virtual, instructor-led)
- Module 4 – Creating Inclusive Culture: Care, Communication, and Collaboration (virtual, instructor-led)
- Module 5 – Measuring Success: Criteria, Standards, and Competencies (virtual, instructor-led)
- Module 6 – Driving Performance: Expectations, Feedback and Coaching (virtual, instructor-led)
Sexual Harassment Prevention
Contact us
Equity and Employee Development
Email traininginfo@des.wa.gov