Workday HCM fluency, funded class makeup, zero tuition floor.
Workday is the HRIS behind most municipal, ISD, and large-employer HR teams in North Texas. This pathway stitches together the best free Workday training on the internet and pairs it with named funding lanes that cover class makeup, instructor time, and credential fees for Denton County operators.
Workday HCM is the system of record behind most municipal, healthcare, and enterprise HR departments in North Texas — fluency is a baseline workforce credential.
Business processes, security groups, and report writing are the skills employers actually post for — and exactly what the free curriculum stack below covers.
Pairs with the Google Project Management and Data Analytics certs to produce a deployable People-Ops operator for EDC, ISDs, and Wistron-tier hires.
Five providers · stitched into one operator pathway
None of these alone is a credential. Stitched together they are the most complete free Workday HCM on-ramp available — and MCMS sequences them so operators don't waste hours guessing what to watch next.
Native Workday video walkthroughs — UI, navigation, common HCM transactions.
Operators register through a partner/customer sponsor (MCMS will broker access via Denton County and ISD partners).
Core HR, business processes, organizational structures, system navigation, supervisory orgs.
Solid first stop for total beginners; no Workday tenant required.
Foundational instruction for beginners and prospective administrators — staffing, compensation, security basics.
Best fit for the future-admin lane; pairs well with the CloudFoundation intro.
Foundation-level walkthroughs, role demos, Q&A with practicing consultants.
Use for live exposure to consultant-style delivery and Q&A.
Hands-on tenant walkthroughs, business process basics, report writer intros.
Bite-sized supplement — strong for visual learners.
Five modules · stackable artifacts · operator portfolio
Each module pulls from the right free source above and ends with a portfolio artifact — not just a watched video. Operators graduate with proof of competence, ready for paid Workday Pro pathways.
Tenant navigation lab
Operator LiteracyOperators can describe Workday roles (employee, manager, HR partner) and complete a basic worker lookup task.
Org structure brief
Municipal FitMap a sample ISD or county org into supervisory orgs — the same shape Denton ISD and the county HR teams use.
Hire-to-terminate walkthrough
HR FluencyOperators step through hire, job change, and termination flows in narrated screen recordings.
Position vs. job profile cheat sheet
Employer-ReadyA one-page artifact that proves the operator can explain the staffing model in plain English.
BP redesign exercise
Admin TrackModify a sample hire business process — the #1 task on entry-level Workday admin job postings.
Security group mapping
Risk & ComplianceMap who-can-see-what for a small county department — directly transferable to county HR projects.
Custom report build
Data ValueBuild a workforce report (headcount by org, turnover, comp ratio) deliverable to an HR director.
Dashboard mockup
Executive OutputPackage reports into a dashboard pitch — the artifact that lands EDC and ISD People-Ops interviews.
Public portfolio (Notion or GitHub)
Job-ReadyRecorded walkthroughs of every module artifact — proves competence even before the operator sits a paid certification.
Workday Pro / partner pathway map
Career LadderOperators leave knowing exactly which paid certification (Workday Pro, partner-sponsored) to target next, with cost and timing.
Six lanes that pay for what free video can't cover
Free curriculum gets operators 70% of the way. These lanes cover the rest — instructor hours, proctored exam fees, cohort infrastructure, and stipends — already moving through Denton County and Austin.
Tuition, materials, and required exam fees at a community / technical college (NCTC) for Workday-adjacent coursework and proctored exam prep.
MCMS routes operators through NCTC as the training provider; TWC reimburses the employer of record for class makeup costs.
Individual Training Accounts (ITA) for eligible adults to attend approved provider courses, including HCM / HRIS technical training.
Workday HCM training delivered through an eligible training provider qualifies; covers tuition gap when free modules are insufficient for credential prep.
Equipment, instructor stipends, and cohort delivery costs at NCTC for in-demand technical curricula like Workday HRIS administration.
MCMS partners with NCTC SBDC to submit a cohort proposal — this is the funding lane that pays for live class makeup, not just self-paced video.
Stipends for local participants, kiosk-based study space, and instructor hours not covered by state lanes.
Type B economic development funds can underwrite the local 'makeup class' time around the free self-paced content.
Countywide expansion of cohort delivery, including instructor backfill, proctored exam fees, and reporting infrastructure.
Anchors the program at county scale — the lane Rina Maloney's office reviews alongside the broader MCMS workforce play.
Co-branded cohort sponsorships when Workday operators are routed into the Wistron / NVIDIA-adjacent People-Ops pipeline.
Closes the loop: trained Workday operators become hireable People-Ops staff for the Wistron $687M manufacturing build.
Three audiences · one funded Workday operator
Hireable HRIS skills, zero tuition floor
- Stackable free curriculum from Workday Community, CloudFoundation, ERP Cloud Training, ZaranTech, and UpTalk.
- Portfolio artifacts that prove competence to HR directors before any paid certification.
Funded backfill for class makeup
- TWC Skills for Small Business + WIOA ITAs cover paid exam prep and credential fees.
- JET and Chapter 381 dollars cover instructor and cohort costs at NCTC.
Measurable workforce ROI
- Every cohort produces a public portfolio + a placement metric for the 2026 budget cycle.
- Plugs directly into Wistron's $687M anchor and the Little Elm Type B workforce play.
Seven weeks. Five free providers. Six funding lanes.
The Workday pathway is delivered alongside the NVIDIA DLI, Google Career Certificate, and Learn Claude tracks — producing People-Ops operators ready for ISD, county, and Wistron-tier hires.