Q - Does anyone have recommendations
for good Train the Trainer type workshops or programs with a specific
focus on diversity issues and skills training?
A - The following programs
were suggested as ones that provided good training facilitation
techniques and/or diversity content. Where possible, a website link,
brief program description or participant comment has been added.
In no particular order,
The Standing
Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness
(among others) of the ACPA (American College Personnel Association)
offers a wide selection of programs at the annual, national ACPA
meetings. Many of these are essentially 75 minute train the trainer
sort of programs that one could adapt for use on your own campus.
While the content is not predictable from year to year, the quality
is usually quite high and many people have successfully used material
shared at these meetings in their own work.
See: http://www.geocities.com/sclgbta/
The National
Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) has a three-day
Train-the-Trainer workshop and a five day Leadership Training Institute.
The Train the Trainer workshop provides concrete training skills
facilitation and takes participants through, and teaches them to
lead, the NCBI's Prejudice Reduction Workshop and the NCBI Controversial
Issue Process. The five day Leadership Training Institute teaches
further skill and leadership building and conflict resolution techniques,
as well as the NCBI's two workshops, above.
See: http://www.ncbi.org/trainingprograms/
Comments on NCBI from Consortium members:
"I personally don't recommend the NCBI workshops.
They don't teach skills that can be applied in varied settings;
they only teach their own program. They are extremely dogmatic about
their program and do not want it used partially or adapted -- they
only want it done exactly as they teach it through official NCBI
chapters."
"We just had NCBI do a train-the-trainers here and
it was EXCELLENT! I highly recommend them. [Our institution]
has become an affiliate."
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, has
developed a train the trainer model that is used with their chapters.
They offer Homophobia 101 (Teaching Respect for All) and Homophobia
201 (Advanced Anti-Homophobia Training) workshops. In addition to
teaching basic awareness about sexual orientation and the impact
of prejudice, Homophobia 101 offers tools and skills for use in
the K-12 classroom. Homophobia 201 offers advanced training to help
participants learn further how to respond to homophobic incidents
in the classroom.
See: http://www.glsen.org/templates/resources/index.html
The
Anti-Defamation League offers programs through their
A World of Difference Institute to help participants explore prejudice
and stereotypes, improve critical thinking, expand awareness and
value of diversity and take leadership roles. They offer on-site
workshops (full-day, half-day or multi-day Train-The-Trainer programs)
on anti-bias education and diversity awareness for students, faculty,
administrators, support staff or any combination of these groups
See: http://www.adl.org/awod/awod_institute.html
The Social Justice
Training Institute offers training to facilitate the
expansion and further development of educators' diversity training
program design and delivery skills and capabilities. Each year's
institute gives participants an opportunity to focus on a different
area of diversity and to develop their training skills in this area.
It offers in-depth information in a particular area of focus and
offers opportunities for personal exploration and growth. This learning
is then applied to your role as a trainer.
See: http://www.sjti.org/
Visions-Inc
offers workshops and training seminars that explore internalized
oppression and barriers to cross-cultural communication and offer
creative ways to address (and foster appreciation of) issues of
diversity in the workforce.
See: http://www.visions-inc.com
ACUI
has a STOP THE HATE! Campus Hate Crime Prevention Train the Trainer
Program that teaches participants how to address and prevent hate
and bias-motivated crimes on campus. This program offers resources
on hate crime issues as well as skills and information that can
help you train others in this area.
See: www.acuiweb.org
The Society
for Human Resource Management (SHRM) offers a Diversity
Train the Trainer certificate program. This is a 3 1/2 day workshop
is designed to give trainers the skills, materials and methods to
effectively facilitate diversity training sessions.. The program
explores issues of facilitator self-assessment and foundation building;
understanding stereotypes, prejudices and cultural differences;
developing flexibility as a trainer; and recognizing and overcoming
pitfalls in training. Included with the training are the following
guides: Managing Diversity Survival Guide, The Diversity Tool Kit,
Diverse Teams at Work, and Managing Diversity.
See: http://www.shrm.org/seminars/certificate/diversity.htm
Although not a training program per se, but rather a resource, Chuck
Stewart's manual, "Sexually Stigmatized Communities: Reducing
Heterosexism and Homophobia: An Awareness Training Manual",
was offered as a valuable tool. This manual has lots of exercises,
class plans, recommendations and overheads. Though primarily a training
manual designed as a resource to help reduce homophobia and heterosexism,
it can be adapted to address many issues of exclusion and discrimination.
It is available
from SAGE Publications, email: order@sagepub.com
See: http://www.sagepub.com
Comments on this manual:
"I will add to [this] endorsement with
the exception that it is written for the U.S. context so some translation
is required [for use in the Canadian context]. It is $95.00
U.S. though."
Contributors to this FAQ
Gwendolyn Alden Dean, Coordinator, Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center, Cornell University
Carolyn Anderson, Social Work Program, Mount Royal
College
David Barnett, Former director, Office of Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual & Transgender Concerns, University of Illinois at Chicago,
currently working as a consultant/diversity trainer
Saralyn Chesnut, Director, Office of Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender
Life, Emory University
Anne-Marie Long, Equity Advisor, University of BritishColumbia
Tony O'Rourke, Northeast Field Organizer, GLSEN
Jude Tate, Coordinator, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
Queer Resources & Programs, University of Toronto
Shaun Travers, Coordinator, Gender Issues Education
Services, Texas A&M University
Bev Tuel, former Director, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
Transgender Resource Center, University of Colorado
Shane Windmeyer, Lambda 10 Project National Clearinghouse
for GLB Greek Issues
This answer was compiled by Anne
Maie Long, Equity Advisor, University of BritishColumbia. If
you have additions for the above list, please contact Ms. Long or
write to webmaster@lgbtcampus.org.
Last updated January 13, 2003.
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