Leadership & Supervision   

Project Managers are in high demand. In this free information session, our project management instructor will discuss the project management industry, the project management profession and Green River’s newly revised Project Management Certificate Program. If you have been thinking about taking courses to formalize your PM understanding, making a career change or learning tangible skills to help you stand out in your current role, join us for this informational session. Registration is required in order to attend this FREE information session.

A Zoom link will be sent to your email on file no less than 24 hours before the start of the course. Please check your spam & junk folders or call us at 206 934 5339 for assistance.

This course is offered in partnership with Green River College Continuing Education.

This mini-series is a practical leadership development course designed to develop the essential skills needed to lead with confidence, strengthen team performance, and foster a positive workplace culture.

These 5 courses will equip current and aspiring supervisors with practical tools to communicate effectively, manage conflict constructively, apply emotional intelligence, plan and prioritize work efficiently, and foster teamwork and collaboration.

Participants will gain actionable strategies to build strong working relationships, navigate workplace challenges, improve productivity, and lead teams more successfully.

• Communicate Effectively (4hrs): Demonstrate clear, concise, and respectful communication in both verbal and written forms, while actively listening and adjusting communication styles for diverse audiences.
• Manage Conflict Constructively (4hrs): Identify sources of workplace conflict, apply resolution strategies, and foster a positive environment through mediation and problem-solving.
• Emotional Intelligence (4hrs): Helps leaders recognize and manage their own emotions, understand the emotions of others, and use that awareness to communicate effectively, resolve conflict, and lead teams more successfully.
• Plan and Prioritize Work Efficiently (4hrs): Set clear objectives, manage time and resources effectively, and prioritize tasks based on urgency, importance and alignment with strategic goals.
• Foster Teamwork and Collaboration (4hrs): Promote team cohesion, shared responsibility, and collaboration by leveraging individual strengths, encouraging diverse perspectives, and facilitating inclusive practices.

Acquire the skills to manage projects in a variety of industries. Our seven required courses give you the tools and techniques to deliver projects on time and within budget. In Part A, you’ll get a broad overview of project management and then delve deeper into the five project management processes: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling and Closing. Courses include team activities, insightful discussion and a toolkit you can immediately utilize. 

Part A includes the first three of seven required courses. Project Management Part A is offered each Fall & Spring quarter. This can be a stand-alone class or students can apply it toward a full Project Management Certificate by also enrolling in and completing Project Management Part B (offered in Winter quarter).

Project Management Part A includes (51 total hours)

• Project Management Basics: Initiating the Project– 15 hours
• Project Planning and Scheduling Essentials– 21 hours
• Project Execution to Closing– 15 hours

To earn the Project Management Certificate, you must take all seven required courses; attend 80 percent of the first six courses (based on number of sessions in each course) and 100 percent of the Capstone course; and participate in class. Please note: Saturday sessions over four hours in length count as two sessions.

Click on this link for details about the complete Project Management Certificate offered in partnership with Green River College. South Seattle College will open enrollment for Part B approximately two months prior to the start date. 

Recommended textbook: The PMBOK® Guide - 7th Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2021, ISBN-13: 978-1628256642

PMBOK® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

A Zoom link will be sent to your email on file no less than 24 hours before the start of the course. Please check your spam & junk folders or call us at 206 934 5339 for assistance.

This course is offered in partnership with Green River College Continuing Education.

Whether you lead a team, run a business, or manage projects across departments, you already know: the work is rarely the hard part—the people part is. This course introduces eight practical, easy-to-use "Habit Bricks" that help you build trust, improve communication, and lead more effective teams.

You'll learn how to turn vague conversations into clear agreements, address tension before it becomes conflict, and ask the kinds of questions that make people feel heard and engaged. As you progress, you'll develop the skills to run stronger meetings, draw out quieter voices, surface disagreement early, and know when to step in—or step back—to help your team succeed.

Through theatre techniques, improv, neuroscience-informed practice, and live simulations, you'll build leadership muscle memory before the stakes are real. You'll also learn how to use AI as a personal practice partner, rehearsing difficult conversations in a safe environment until confidence becomes second nature.

By the end, these eight Habit Bricks won't be techniques in a notebook—they'll be reflexes you'll use every day. No prerequisites, no textbook. Students should bring a laptop, phone or tablet for the AI exercises.