DEI
Foundations
A team-building training where staff explore concerns around DEI trainings and collaboratively create training norms.
Course Description
The DEI Foundations™ Online Training creates a safe and courageous space for staff to discuss their needs, fears, and concerns about engaging in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion trainings with their colleagues. This training starts by engaging in an exploratory activity designed to confidentially identify and discuss the fears and concerns staff personally have or have heard about. Staff will then explore training, discussion and workshop sessions that are being planned, what those learning objectives are, and what staff participation expectations are. Staff will then use both the information gained from the fears and concerns and exploring expectations activities to create and communicate their needs to one another and our trainers.
Length
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2.5 hours long
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Customized - can be broken into two 1 hour
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15-minute sessions.
Issues Addressed
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Fear and anxiety around discussing discrimination with colleagues
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Worry about being what participant expectations will be during trainings
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Wanting to start slow because staff may not be ready or are nervous.
Learning
Outcomes
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Training Norms & Agreements - Create norms and agreements that reflect the needs, fears, and concerns that staff have about discussing DEI topics
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Concerns Exploration -Staff can communicate considerations and past challenges around DEI trainings to our team
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Setting Expectations - Discuss and clarify the staff’s role in the training and what will and will not happen during the DEI trainings.
Structure
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Secure Zoom Meeting Format
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Audio and Video required during meeting.
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Paper and Pen Needed
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Between 30-50 participants Minimum per class (Larger sessions available upon request)