Training Course Descriptions
The UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion Training Program is one of the most prolific in higher education. You can pursue certificates and training individually or as a departmental effort to improve performance and our learning and work environments.
- Five-year training impact: 26,550 participants
- Total participants last academic year – 7,386
- Total UCF Inclusion Champions – 91
Workshop and Training Schedule
Please see this semester’s Unity Star for the Summer 2018 workshop and training schedule. For detailed descriptions of the diversity workshops offered, click on the course titles below. All workshops are free unless otherwise noted. Please note that locations vary. Other opportunities for diversity workshops may be scheduled by calling the UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion at (407) 823-6479 or by emailing diverse@ucf.edu.
Registration Instructions
- Faculty, A&P, and USPS: Register online at my.UCF.edu > Employee Self Service > Learning & Development > Request Training Enrollment
- Students and OPS: Email your name, requested course name and date, and UCFID number to diverse@ucf.edu.
Be a UCF Inclusion Champion
The UCF Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) offers the Inclusion Champion program to provide colleges, divisions, and departments with training and education designed to explore foundational concepts in diversity and inclusion. Participants will gain a common body of knowledge and skills to contribute to an inclusive learning and professional environment at UCF.
The program consists of nine hours of core workshops required for all participants, plus a minimum of six hours of training on elective topics selected to meet the particular needs of a group or interests of the individual. ODI offers multiple elective options each semester. Participants (faculty, staff and students) can pursue certification individually or as part of a departmental effort, and can complete the program over a three-year period or less.
Have you completed the requirements for the Inclusion Champion program? Fill out a short questionnaire to let us know! After we verify your training records, you will receive a certificate and pin!
Submit verification questionnaire here
UCF Certificates
ODI offers several certificate options for faculty, staff and students:
- Inclusion Champion: complete 9 hours of core workshops and 6 hours of elective topics
- Diversity Certificate Series: complete all four Diversity Certificate modules
- Continuum of Learning Certificate: complete four elective or stand-alone DIV workshops not in a series or towards another certificate program
- Latino Americans Certificate: complete all three Latino Americans modules exploring the history of Latino Americans from 1565 – 2000
- Half the Sky Certificate Series: complete the two-part series based on the book and documentary
- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Certificate Series: complete the four-part comprehensive workshop series looking at race relations in the United States between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement
- We Shall Remain Certificate Series: complete the five-part/three session workshop series exploring the history of Native Americans and their resilience
Please note: students must keep track of the DIV workshops they have attended and verify their training history with us in order to receive any completion certificates
Course Descriptions Log
Read about the variety of diversity workshops that have been offered over the years.
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ABCs of Diversity
ABCs of Diversity
Course number: DIV008
Thursday, June 7, 1:30pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Rachel Luce-Hitt
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Human diversity impacts each of us on a daily basis. Gaining an understanding of differences and similarities is essential for effective functioning in today’s work environment. This workshop focuses on how stereotypes and biases can get in the way when creating a diverse and inclusive space for all employees.
Diversity Certificate Series
Diversity Certificate Series
Must attend all four modules to receive completion certificate.
Module 1
Tuesday, July 3 from 2:30-4:30pm
Facilitator: Rachel Luce-Hitt
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Module 2
Tuesday, July 10 from 2:30-4:30pm
Facilitator: Rachel Luce-Hitt
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Module 3
Tuesday, July 17 from 2:30-4:30pm
Facilitator: Rachel Luce-Hitt
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Module 4
Tuesday, July 24 from 2:30-4:30pm
Facilitator: Rachel Luce-Hitt
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
This four-module program is designed as an introductory overview series of workshops to provoke thought with respect to diversity in general, and more specifically, with respect to several important dimensions of diversity. Participants must attend all four modules to receive completion certificate.
Modules
- Introduction to Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
- Race and Faith/Non-Faith Perspectives
- Sex, Gender (Identity and Expression), and Sexual Orientation
- Ability, Accessibility, and Age
Inclusive Communication
Inclusive Communication
Course number: DIV053
Tuesday, June 26 from 1:30-4:30pm
Facilitator: Rachel Luce-Hitt
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
This workshop identifies some common mistakes made when communicating about age, class, disabilities, ethnicity, gender, language, looks, race, religion, and sexual orientation. It also highlights words, phrases, and behaviors that can enhance the process of communicating about and across various dimensions of difference.
Safe Zone Series: Advocates
Safe Zone Series: Advocates
Course number: DIV241
Tuesday, June 26 from 10:00am-12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Wednesday, July 25 from 10:00am-12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
The Safe Zone Advocates training is the second in the series and was created to further individual knowledge and understanding of LGBTQ+ issues. The training is geared toward helping attendees explore, identify, and expose cultural biases and acquire skills necessary for advocating for marginalized populations.
Participants who complete both trainings (LGBTQ+ 101 and Safe Zone Advocates) are designated as Safe Zone Advocates and can be identified by a Safe Zone placard.
Training Objectives:
- Increase insight into personal and cultural biases
- Increase awareness of the impact these biases have on interactions with LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase comfort in addressing systemic oppressions that affect LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase ability to identify micro-aggressions that impact LGBTQ+ individuals
- Increase comfort in discussing power, privilege, and oppression
- Acquire skills and knowledge to increase ability to advocate
- Increase understanding that being an ally is an ongoing and active process
Safe Zone Series: Coming Out
Safe Zone Series: Coming Out
Course number: DIV242
Wednesday, June 20 from 10:00am-12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
The Coming Out workshop explores the process and challenges of coming out as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender. Participants will learn more about theories and concerns about the coming out process for LGBTQ+ individuals. The workshop will allow those who attend to explore their LGBTQ+ identity or to support a family member or friend who may be coming out.
Training Objectives:
- Provide a space for individuals to ask questions about the coming out process and gain a better understanding of what coming out means to an LGBTQ+ person.
- Educate individuals on different coming out models and theories to better understand the diversity of the coming out process.
- Explain the barriers and challenges faced by those who go through the coming out process and provide tips on how to be part of a support system.
Safe Zone Series: Gold
Safe Zone Series: Gold
Course number: DIV243
Thursday, July 19 from 1:00pm-3:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center Room 140
The GOLD Knights workshop aims to provide education on topics concerning language specific to gender and sexual/romantic orientation within the LGBTQ+ community. Participants will learn more about contemporary ideas of gender, sexual orientation, biological sex, romantic orientation, and gender presentation.
Training Objectives:
- Increase the ability to articulate the differences between sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex.
- Increase familiarity with various terms that relate to sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex.
- Increase understanding about the ways in which to respect people regardless of their identity.
Safe Zone Series: LGBTQ+ 101
Safe Zone Series: LGBTQ+ 101
Course number: DIV033
Tuesday, June 5 from 10:00am-12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Wednesday, July 11 from 10:00am-12:00pm
Facilitator: LGBTQ+ Services
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Learn about issues affecting LGBTQ+ people, homophobia, and heterosexism, and the benefits and responsibilities of being an Ally.
The Allies Advance program is now called ‘Safe Zone,’ and has two distinct workshops both 3 hours in length. The Level 1 class will be called LGBTQ+ 101 and can still be used to meet an elective requirement for the SDES Diversity Certificate Series.
The Level 2 class will be called Safe Zone Advocate Training. LGBTQ+ 101 is a mandatory pre-requisite to attend this class. Upon completion of this training, participants can officially identify themselves as a Safe Zone Advocate which will be designated by a placard/pin/patch with the new logo.
Individuals who have already completed Allies training prior to Summer 2013 are welcome to keep their old placard identifying them as an Ally, but must attend both workshops of the new format in order to receive the Safe Zone Advocate designation. Individuals cannot swap out their old placard with a new one, as the material has been significantly changed and expanded from previous years.
The Power of “Hidden” Biases
The Power of “Hidden” Biases
Course number: DIV232
Wednesday, June 13 from 1:30-4:30pm
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
A fundamental quality of the human mind is to group objects into categories based on a wide range of discernible characteristics. This ability helped early people to distinguish friend from foe and was instrumental in our ancestors’ survival. As adaptive as this response may sometimes be, it also is the foundation of the biases, stereotypes, and prejudices that are present in our conscious and unconscious thinking.
Even when we believe that we have eliminated these biases from our thinking, they still lurk in our heads as a sort of “hidden” residue. We may deliberately strive to behave without prejudice and may be consciously committed to equal and fair treatment of other people, but studies indicate that we continue to possess preconceived notions and stereotypes. These “hidden” biases influence our perceptions and actions.
This workshops provides examples of how “hidden” biases may manifest themselves and, through a self-reflective activity, offers participants a way to examine possible stereotypes they may have been exposed to in their lifetimes from four different sources of information – the people who raised you, school, the media, and friends.
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Must attend all four programs to receive completion certificate.
Course number: DIV201 (Parts 1 & 2), DIV202 (Parts 3 & 4)
Facilitator: Barbara Thompson
Based on the four-part DVD series, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, this workshop offers a comprehensive look at race relations in the United States between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. This workshop documents the context in which the laws of segregation known as the “Jim Crow” system originated and developed.
Dates
- Programs 1 & 2: Friday, June 22 from 1pm-5pm
- Programs 3 & 4: Friday, June 29 from 1pm-5pm
Programs
- Program 1: Promises Betrayed (1865-1896)
- Program 2: Fighting Back (1896-1917)
- Program 3: Don’t Shout Too Soon (1917-1940)
- Program 4: Terror and Triumph (1940-1954)
Understanding Power and Privilege
Understanding Power and Privilege
Course number: DIV016
Prerequisite: Either ABCs of Diversity completed or Diversity Certificate Series (Modules 1-4)
Thursday, June 28 from 1:30-4:30pm
Facilitator: Rachel Luce-Hitt
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
This session looks at the concepts of power and privilege in detail and describes actions that can be adopted to mitigate the effects of social injustice.
Performance Standards for UCF’s Cultural Competencies
Performance Standards for UCF’s Cultural Competencies
Course number: DIV150
ONLINE COURSE
Visit https://diversity.ucf.edu/training/online-workshops/ for registration instructions. You must complete all three sections with a score of 75% or higher to receive credit.
This is a three part online workshop:
- Cognitive Domain
- Affective Domain
- Skill-Building Domain
Cultural competency is the ability to function effectively in the presence of socio-cultural diversity. In 2008, Diversity Track (Summer Faculty Development Conference) scholars proposed 21 “core” cultural competencies as learning objectives for the University of Central Florida’s students, as well as potential areas of growth for faculty and staff. These cultural competencies encompass three domains of learning, cognitive, affective, and skill-building.
The purpose of the Diversity Track of the 2013 Summer Faculty Development Conference was to expand and refine the cultural competencies to include details that would facilitate infusion into curricula. In particular, Diversity Track scholars developed Performance Standards for each of the 21 “core” cultural competencies. This learning object presents the Performance Standards for the Cognitive, Affective, and Skill-Building Domains. The ultimate goal of this work is the development of culturally competent individuals equipped to function in today’s global workplace.
Atheism and Humanism
Atheism and Humanism
Course number: DIV353
Friday, June 1 from 3:00pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Tee Rogers
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
This is an InterWorldview advanced workshop focusing specifically on Atheism. We define Atheism, Humanism, and other non-faith identities and explore the values and inner-life of non-religious individuals. We learn about the specific challenges the non-faith demographic faces and consider ways to build bridges across our differences.
InterWorldview Respect and Inclusion
InterWorldview Respect and Inclusion
Course number: DIV224
This course was formerly known as SRMA.
Thursday, May 31 from 1:30pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Tee Rogers
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
As faith and non-faith diversity increases, incidents of related discrimination, bullying, marginalization, and other challenges continue to rise. Through interactive discussions and games we explore faith and non-faith diversity and the experiences of those facing challenges in our culture because of their minority perspective. We have open dialogue on stereotypes and common questions, and we enhance our personal inclusion toolbox with resources we can use to increase respect and inclusion for people of all worldviews.
Participants will have the option to sign up as Secular Safe Zone allies.
Peace Film Series: Denial
Peace Film Series: Denial
Course number: DIV155
Thursday, July 26 from 1:30pm-4:30pm
Facilitator: Rachel Luce-Hitt
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 140
Oscar winner Rachel Weisz stars in this powerful true story based on the acclaimed book, Denial: Holocaust History on Trial. When Deborah Lipstadt (Weisz) speaks out against Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall) over his falsification of history, she discovers that the stakes are higher than ever in the battle for historical truth. Now faced with a libel lawsuit in British court, Lipstadt and her attorney (Tom Wilkinson) have the heavy burden of proving that the Holocaust actually happened, in a riveting legal fight with stunning consequences.