• Instructor: Kopenhavn

LEADING AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE INITIATIVE

Course Overview

The mandatory cultural diversity training is one of the most challenging courses to facilitate. Political issues, differences in attitudes towards cultural diversity training, the mandatory requirement, and cultural differences among the participants are just some of the factors that require specialized training. The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the skills needed to successfully facilitate cultural diversity training.

• Instructor:   TBD
• Length:  10 Modules
• Office hours:  TBD
• Grade:  Pass/Fail (78%)
• Course Access:  365 days/ 24 hours per day/ 7 days a week
• Format: Online
• Contact:  (415) 692-0121 (Business Office);  admin@dtui.com

Course Objectives

• Increase your awareness and understanding of the pitfalls of facilitating diversity training.
• Increase your ability to facilitate diversity training with a particular focus on managing emotionally charged topics.
• Provide you with facilitation skill feedback.
• Increase understanding of how to enhance your audience’s engagement and learning.
• The overall goal is to offer solutions for engaging your audiences in ways that increase engagement and learning.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Appraise their training and facilitation skills
• Illustrate the use of adult learning techniques
• Demonstrate the use of active learning techniques
• Demonstrate an ability to manage “hot topic” discussions.
• Create a video of using facilitation techniques with an audience.

Materials

Textbook

• The Accelerated Learning Handbook: A Creative Guide to Designing and Delivering Faster, More Effective Training Programs. Dave Meier (2000), McGraw-Hill, New York.
• Other Resources include Instructional videos, articles, worksheets and templates.

Topics

• The diversity practitioner’s role & responsibilities
• Self-Assessments
• The Stage of Inclusive Competence Framework™
• Designing & Developing a High Impact Diversity & Inclusion Initiative
• Linking the Cultural Diversity Initiative to the Organization’s Bottomline
• Assessing Inclusion Competence Gaps & Barrier Analysis
• Sustainable Diversity Initiative Implementation

Grading

The online course requires completing ten modules. Homework is assigned for each module. The types of assignments include:

• Discussion board assignments that require sharing your answers with the other participants to learn from each other.
• Application assignments that require using what is learned to design and develop training project.

Certified Diversity & Inclusion Professional (CDT) Certification Requirements

• DELA 200A & 400A
• DELA 200B & 400B
• DELA 200B & 400A 

The classroom course is typically 4 consecutive days. The first two days cover DELA 200A and the last two days covers DELA 400A. A blended training format option is available, which includes:

• DELA 400A online course can substitute for 400B which requires attending the last two days of the classroom training.

Technical Needs

• Computer with high-speed internet access
• Access to the online meeting platform (Please try this at least two days before the first lecture/discussion session to manage any technical difficulties beforehand).
• Telephone access (preferably with earphones)
• MS Word (Do not submit files in pdf, please)