Training Programs

 
WHAT

The Dialogue Across Difference program and the Office of Civic Engagement are pleased to welcome Essential Partners to campus, September 6-7, 2019, for two days of training in their Reflective Structured Dialogue methodology. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a three hour introductory workshop or a one-and-a-half-day intensive program. Participants in the intensive program are eligible to apply for funding to support their work incorporating dialogue into teaching, programming, or leadership on campus.

More about funding opportunities for: faculty, staff, and students.

Questions?

Email Cassie Meyer, Director of Dialogue Across Difference programs.

Register

Space is extremely limited, so sign-up now to reserve your spot. 

WHO

Faculty, staff, and students looking for opportunities to:

  • Learn more about dialogue across difference 
  • Develop skills for dialogue on campus or in the classroom
  • Receive funding for incorporating dialogue into teaching, programming, or leadership on campus (must participate in the intensive training to be eligible for funding)
WHEN 
INTRODUCTORY Workshop
  • September 6, 2019: 12:30p.m.–3:30 p.m. (includes snacks)
  • Overview: This three-hour large group workshop will expose students, faculty, and staff to the basic principles and methods of Reflective Structured Dialogue in the classroom and on campus. The training will cover: the dynamics of stuck conversations; dialogic structures that break destructive or silencing patterns; an experience of dialogue; and some basic tools for reflection and inquiry that can be used in everyday interactions.
INTENSIVE TRAINING
  • September 6, 2019: 12:30–3:30pm (includes snacks)
  • September 6, 2019: 5:30–8 p.m. (includes dinner)
  • September 7, 2019: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. (times tentative, includes meals)
  • Overview: This one-and-a-half-day intensive training will build on the introductory workshop; participants in this training will be eligible to apply for funding to support their work. Through the training, students, faculty, and staff participants will:
    • Learn how to establish the conditions for dialogue through the use of agreements, preparation, design, and the use of space;
    • Build connections and trust to support difficult classroom and campus conversations;
    • Structure difficult dialogues in the classroom and on campus and design dialogue questions to invite narrative, value-based discussion, and complexity;
    • Use dialogue as a pedagogical tool for reflection, self-authorship, and the development of conviction and intellectual humility;
    • Invite and encourage discussions on diversity and inclusion;
    • Use curricular and co-curricular activities as a pathway to more civic engagement and dialogue throughout campus and local community.

Sign-up now to reserve your spot in the introductory or intensive trainings.