Registration for Spring 2012 online courses and webinars is now open. Before registering for the courses, you must register for the matteam.org website. If you have not previously done so, please <register here>. Once you are logged into the MAT website, you will be able to see your course registration history, and the registration process will be simplified.

Important notice for all students:

The Multi-state Conservation Grant that funds the Management Assistance Team was renewed in September 2010 and now requires that student fees cover the instruction costs for MAT online courses; therefore, there will be an increase in the online course costs beginning with the Winter 2011 term. MAT contracts with and trains a number of certified course facilitators to meet the demand for its online courses; the increased costs to the students will not in any way be a profit-making endeavor for the MAT Team. The courses remain a tremendous bargain for state fish and wildlife agencies, and the MAT Team is committed to their continuous improvement and new development. 

Online courses offered during the 2012 Spring Term:

Secrets of Agency Assessment and Development

Power

The Adaptive Leader

Leader as Supervisor

Going from Good to Great

Visionary Leadership

Applied Adaptive Leadership

Webinars

Creative and Critical Thinking

Problem Solving and Decision Making

Perseverance and Leading through Change

Registration Schedule:

• Registration opens: January 30, 2012
• Registration closes: March 16, 2012
• Last day to drop course without charge: April 2, 2012
• Online Student Tutorial begins: April 2, 2012
• Courses begin: April 9, 2012
• 4-Week courses end: May 6, 2012
• 6-Week courses end: May 20, 2012

Courses are typically limited to 15 participants and are available to anyone who works for a state fish and wildlife agency, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, or other AFWA member organizations, when space is available. Registration is on first-come, first-served basis. All participants will receive a Course Certificate upon successful completion of the course (a certificate can be sent for your personnel file on request).

Required course books are the responsibility of the student to purchase and/or obtain. You may order books online from vendors such as Amazon.com, buy them from your local bookstore, or borrow them from someone in your agency who has previously taken the course. This new policy does not include XanEdu access codes for articles from periodicals which will still be invoiced and distributed to you through the MAT team.

Each course requires payment of either a $44 technology fee and a $50 instructor fee (4-week courses) or a $63 technology fee and $60 instructor fee (6-week courses). Invoices are emailed to students during the first week of the course(s).

Some webinars are offered at no cost to the student during the beta testing phase. After the beta testing phase, a small instructor fee may apply. Enrollment for webinars is open until 72 hours prior to the webinar start time.