University of Missouri
PAE-T2-2: Employee Training Opportunities

Training and Development **Cultural Competency and Leadership Development Program -A program of the Chancellor's Diversity Initiative, this program delivers customized professional development sessions, workshops and coaching for faculty, staff and students to become culturally-competent leaders. **Difficult Dialogues Faculty Development Program —This program helps faculty learn and practice classroom techniques in conflict resolution and deliberation; encourage cross-cultural empathy through interactive theatre; and gain awareness of diversity issues in higher education related to race, gender, sexual orientation and religious literacy. **Equity and Hiring Training and Consultation —The MU Equity Office offers customized training and consultation on effective strategies and best practices for faculty search committees as well as training on equity issues such as sexual harassment and hostile workplace. **Safe Space Training —Participants in the training learn about the challenges of homophobia, campus resources, and how to be supportive to members of the LGBTQ community. At the conclusion of the training, participants have the option to display a Safe Space symbol as a signal to LGBTQ individuals that they maintain a safe and affirming environment. **Sexual Harassment Prevention Training —This online training program educates faculty and staff about the sensitive and often-misunderstood topic of sexual harassment and its effect on workplace morale and productivity. ** Diversity 101 --- This 4-week online class is a highly interactive introduction to diversity particularly as it pertains to working at MU. A core aspect of the course design is peer-to-peer learning through discussion boards in order to draw upon the rich and diverse experiences of colleagues across campus. Other aspects of the class include videos, reflection journal, and self-guided activities. ** Workplace Diversity Series --- Offered 9 times per year, the Workplace Diversity Series provides staff, supervisors and faculty an opportunity to learn about and discuss various workplace diversity issues with colleagues from across campus. These sessions focus on a wide variety of diversity-related issues and are led by experts from across campus. Session take place during the lunch hour so that more people may be able to attend. ** Training by Request --- Any unit or department on campus can request a customized training related to a variety of diversity issues. CDI has enhanced capacity to accommodate requests for trainings on specialized issues through the Diversity Trainers’ Collaborative, which consists of area experts from across campus.