| The Office of Institutional Diversity is seeking participants for the summer 2023 Dialogue Facilitation Lab. The organizing topic for the summer 2023 cohort is: Confronting Racism in Higher Education The Dialogue Facilitation Lab is a professional learning experience for faculty, staff, and graduate employees looking to grow as a dialogue facilitator and integrate dialogue practices in their professional responsibilities related to teaching, research, leadership, or service. Program goals We hope our lab will shape our university by: Raising confidence and capacity of faculty, staff, and graduate employees to facilitate dialogue on topics that are intellectually and emotionally complex. Dynamically training facilitators to support strategic diversity efforts and respond to emerging community needs. Increasing the occurrence of dialogue in teaching, research, leadership, and service contexts. Participant outcomes We intend for participants to develop essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes so they may effectively facilitate DEI related dialogue, including: Creating space for different perspectives on a contentious topic. Stimulating complex thinking on a contentious topic. Fostering connection among polarized dialogue participants. Demonstrating patience and understanding. Modeling courage and vulnerability. Affirming diverse points of view. Establishing confidence and credibility with dialogue participants. Developing illustrative and relevant examples. Addressing participant questions effectively. Program expectations Lab participants are expected to: Attend weekly lab sessions via Zoom, with no more than one absence. Actively participate in each lab session. Co-design and co-facilitate a dialogue experience for at least one lab session. Complete pre-session tasks including video lectures, readings, and reflection activities. This summer term, the lab will meet weekly for eleven sessions, Thursdays, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, June 29th – September 7th. Application If you’d like to participate, submit your participation intentions here: Summer 2023 Dialogue Facilitation Lab participant application Schedule Application deadline is Friday May 5, 2023 at 5:00pm. Participant selection will be announced the week of May 8, 2023. Please reach out if you have any questions. Sincerely, Carina Buzo Tipton, Ed.M.Assistant Director of DEI Education DFL Application: https://beav.es/SPQ |
