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General interest -Courses- <br />New Employee orientation: <br />You don't have to be a new employee to attend this session! This <br />orientation covers important personnel information such as position <br />classification, salary administration, EEO and Sexual Harassment <br />policies, Work Planning and Performance Review (WPPR), <br />Disciplinary Action and Grievance Procedures, employee training and <br />development, customer service orientation, wellness and payroll <br />information. <br />This is a good opportunity to ask Personnel staff any <br />questions you may have about county policy or <br />procedures. This class is required for all new employees! <br />Personnel and Finance staff are the instructors. <br />Conversational Spanish 1: <br />This beginning. Spanish course assists participants learn the language <br />using real life and work "survival" situations in the Spanish - speaking <br />world. The course is built around key topics and concepts, which <br />provide a unified, progressive and integrated approach to learning the <br />Spanish through: <br />• Vocabulary related to the theme of the lesson. <br />• Conversation using short situational dialogues. <br />• Grammatical Structures in their most commonly used forms. <br />• Exercises designed to maximize opportunity for direct interaction <br />between participants and teacher and participant interaction in <br />pairs. <br />• Cultural notes on specific themes used to ' describe Hispanic <br />culture. <br />Note: Employees are expected to make a commitment for the full <br />ten -week series of classes. The Personnel Department is assuming a. <br />portion of the course fee and departments will be expected to assume <br />the cost of the books at $20 per participant. <br />�r <br />Karin Vander Elst, the instructor is originally from Argentina. She is <br />fluent in four languages including Spanish. She has extensive <br />background in teaching both French and Spanish and is currently <br />teaching Spanish classes in continuing education at Duke University. <br />When: (Select One) <br />Tuesday, January 26 <br />9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. <br />Friday, February 26 <br />9:00 am 2:00 pm <br />Where: Government 'Services <br />Center Meeting Room <br />When: Tuesdays & Thursdays <br />2:00 pm - 3:00pm <br />February 2 - April S <br />Where: Department on Aging <br />Conference Room <br />N <br />