The workshop series is open to the Duke community, in particular to staff interested in increasing skill and workplace culture in their departments. This fall, each workshop will be held in Smith Warehouse, Bay 6, B177. Directions, parking, and other logistical information may be found here. Registration is required for each session. Please see each workshop description below to register.
Fall 2024 Workshop Series
Jump to a workshop:
Equitable Hiring Practices • DEI Building Blocks • Discrimination & Harassment • Generational Differences • Recognizing and Interrupting Ableism • Trauma Informed Approaches
Generational Differences
This session will cover general information about generational diversity. Participants will learn about the general characteristics attributed to generational differences and how they may impact workplace engagement. Particular attention will be devoted to more recent generational and workplace developments related to changes in technology, access, values, and skills. Participants will engage in activities that will help them develop capacity for identifying assumptions and expectations that may be connected to their generation, build skills for addressing any generational differences that cause concern or conflict, and examine strategies for creating more inclusive and effective intergenerational workplaces.
Facilitated by Elizabeth Jones, Ph.D., Director for Education and Alternative Resolutions
- Tues., October 15, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Register here
Note on the online registration form: Microsoft may ask you to sign in to access the form. Please use your alphanumeric NetID@duke.edu email (not an alias like jane.doe@duke.edu) and log in using your Duke credentials. The form will recognize you as a Duke employee or student and it will give you the option to receive a receipt of your submission, which will go to your Duke email inbox.
Registrants will receive additional information about the location, including parking, prior to the session. Please contact oie-education@duke.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Equitable Hiring Practices: Strategies for increasing the diversity in your unit and beginning to create a positive climate in which to bring new staff
This workshop engages with search practices, including search committees on equitable practices throughout the search process. Participants will be better equipped to proactively implement beneficial strategies pertaining to:
- Recruiting a diverse candidate pool
- Assessing positive and negative biases
- Understanding resources OIE can provide to support your search
- Incorporating equitable evaluation measures
- Exploring best practices that are congruous with departmental and institutional priorities
The topics and techniques covered in this workshop are beneficial for those tasked with making recruitment and retention decisions.
Designed for staff and faculty learners.
Facilitated by Elizabeth Jones, Ph.D., Director for Education and Alternative Resolutions; Grant Scoggins, Senior Employment Equity Analyst
- Mon., November 4, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Register here
Note on the online registration form: Microsoft may ask you to sign in to access the form. Please use your alphanumeric NetID@duke.edu email (not an alias like jane.doe@duke.edu) and log in using your Duke credentials. The form will recognize you as a Duke employee or student and it will give you the option to receive a receipt of your submission, which will go to your Duke email inbox.
Registrants will receive additional information about the location, including parking, prior to the session. Please contact oie-education@duke.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Trauma Informed Approaches for Leadership and Supervision
This session will cover the basic principles of a Trauma Informed Approach in the workplace. Trauma Informed Approaches have been shown to reduce turnover, build team cohesion and productivity, reduce health concerns and disparities, and contribute to equity/inclusion in the workplace. Participants will learn about the foundational principles of Trauma Informed Approaches and how they can be useful in leadership and supervisory roles. Participants will learn of examples for employing trauma informed approaches in their supervision and leadership. Participants will also have opportunities for practice and skill building utilizing a trauma informed lens.
Facilitated by Leigh-Anne Royster, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Education Development
- Wed., October 23, 2024 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Register here
Note on the online registration form: Microsoft may ask you to sign in to access the form. Please use your alphanumeric NetID@duke.edu email (not an alias like jane.doe@duke.edu) and log in using your Duke credentials. The form will recognize you as a Duke employee or student and it will give you the option to receive a receipt of your submission, which will go to your Duke email inbox.
Registrants will receive additional information about the location, including parking, prior to the session. Please contact oie-education@duke.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
DEI Building Blocks: Creating meaning, shared language and manageable action
This interactive workshop focuses on foundational concepts related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and skill building toward culture change. Participants will:
- Engage terms and definitions related to building inclusive and equitable communities
- Understand how DEI concepts relate to workplace culture and community building
- Apply understanding of concepts to real-world examples
- Develop individual and collective action strategies for implementing change
Designed for staff, student, and faculty learners.
Facilitated by Leigh-Anne Royster, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Education Development
- Mon., October 21, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Register here
Note on the online registration form: Microsoft may ask you to sign in to access the form. Please use your alphanumeric NetID@duke.edu email (not an alias like jane.doe@duke.edu) and log in using your Duke credentials. The form will recognize you as a Duke employee or student and it will give you the option to receive a receipt of your submission, which will go to your Duke email inbox.
Registrants will receive additional information about the location, including parking, prior to the session. Please contact oie-education@duke.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Recognizing and interrupting ableism in the workplace
This session will cover the foundational concepts of ableism. Ableism is the structural oppression of groups and individuals based on ability and/or disability. This session will discuss how ableism exists as a system and manifests in the workplace and our communities. Types of diversity in ability such as neurodiversity and physical differences will be discussed. This session will also touch on disability justice. Participants will engage activities to deepen their knowledge about ableism and approaches to disrupting structural barriers that persist to exclude groups based on different abilities.
Facilitated by Elizabeth Jones, Ph.D., Director for Education and Alternative Resolutions
- Tues., November 12, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Register here
Note on the online registration form: Microsoft may ask you to sign in to access the form. Please use your alphanumeric NetID@duke.edu email (not an alias like jane.doe@duke.edu) and log in using your Duke credentials. The form will recognize you as a Duke employee or student and it will give you the option to receive a receipt of your submission, which will go to your Duke email inbox.
Registrants will receive additional information about the location, including parking, prior to the session. Please contact oie-education@duke.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Discrimination and Harassment: What do I do when I am confronted with a problem in my unit that might be discrimination, harassment or sexual misconduct?
The Office for Institutional Equity provides several resources related to compliance, including strategies to support alignment with the provisions of the Duke Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment and Related Misconduct (the Policy). One resource is training and educational workshops that focus on the Policy, its procedures and its reporting obligations. In this workshop, participants will receive content, as well as opportunities to engage in an interactive manner that reinforces the learning content. Participants will receive relevant information about the Policy’s scope, what are various types of prohibited conduct, how to recognize conduct that might implicate the Policy, prohibited retaliation, reporting obligations and how to encourage a work and/or learning environment that aligns with the Policy. The workshop will also include an overview of the various complaint handling procedures.
Participants will:
- Engage in a variety of interactive exercises that involve real life scenarios
- Engage in opportunities for real time responses to Policy-related situations and/or video content
- They will receive material designed to equip them with the knowledge to utilize resources (such as OIE)
- And they will learn techniques to initially respond to reported concerns or conduct in an appropriate manner
Designed for staff, student, and faculty learners.
Facilitated by Kimberly Hewitt, J.D., Vice President for Institutional Equity & Chief Diversity Officer; Cynthia Clinton, Assistant Vice President for Harassment & Discrimination Prevention
- Wed., November 20, 2024 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Register here
Note on the online registration form: Microsoft may ask you to sign in to access the form. Please use your alphanumeric NetID@duke.edu email (not an alias like jane.doe@duke.edu) and log in using your Duke credentials. The form will recognize you as a Duke employee or student and it will give you the option to receive a receipt of your submission, which will go to your Duke email inbox.
Registrants will receive additional information about the location, including parking, prior to the session. Please contact oie-education@duke.edu if you have any questions or concerns.