Campus-Wide Trainings

OEEO works with the individual offices to schedule the training for most of the training offered. All online training programs receive an automated feed that signs up new employees. Duty to report refresher will be assigned by OEEO to all employees in the fall. The following training and workshops are offered by OEEO:

• New Employee Online Training
  • Training for new employee include duty to respond, bias prevention, and diversity and inclusion.
• Duty to Report Training Refresher
  • Open to all employees and offered via Canvas. 
• Annual Duty to Report Training
  • Open to employees and required for specific employees.
• Harassment and Discrimination Training
  • Open to employees and required for specific employees.
• Title IX Training
  • Open to employees and required for specific employees.

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Miami's Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) works to promote diversity and inclusion through the design and implementation of programs, resources, and services that support instructor development in accommodating a diverse group of students with a variety of backgrounds and abilities. Continuous improvement for instructors in inclusive teaching strategies and a deeper understanding of the pedagogical dimensions of DEI topics contribute to an overall inclusive learning environment in which students feel equally valued.

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In an effort to increase, sustain and support diversity within our graduate students, OTIE will be providing inclusive excellence professionalization opportunities to graduate students this upcoming Fall semester. Graduate students will participate in 11 weeks of professional development, four of which will focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. The students will go through workshops on various topics to support their inclusive excellence approach both inside and outside of the classroom.

Email Dr. Amity Noltemeyer for more information.

Intended Audience

• Graduate Students

Pronoun Training

The pronoun training is a 30-minute training to learn what pronouns are, why they are important, recent changes in pronoun use, and how your program/group can be affirming to people of all gender identities. This workshop can be tailored for individual departments or student organizations.   

Intended Audience

• Faculty
• Staff
• Students

LGBTQ+ Basics

The LGBTQ+ Basics training is a 1-hour long training that can be tailored to your group’s needs. This training covers the very basics of LGBTQ+ identities and allyship. This workshop can be tailored for individual departments or student organizations. 

Intended Audience

• Faculty
• Staff
• Students

Intercultural Trainings

The Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion strives to educate the Miami community on topics surrounding race, identity, privilege, and more. Below are some of the current offerings:

• Exploring Identity
• Microagressions
• Race, Power, and Priviledge

Intended Audience

• Students

Safe Zone Training

Safe Zone is a campus-wide program designed to educate students, faculty, staff, and community members on LGBTQ identities and experiences. The goal is to create a community that is inclusive for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Safe Zone aims to prepare individuals to foster an affirming environment in which all people are free to thrive personally, academically, and professionally. Safe Zone has been designed as a multipart training, with each part building upon the concepts introduced in the previous section. Safe Zone 101 is a three-hour training that introduces individuals to basic language and concepts, and also starts the conversation on what allyship looks like. Safe Zone 201 is a two-hour training that focuses specifically on trans and nonbinary identities, as well as how to best affirm trans and enby individuals. The CSDI offers two of these trainings each semester. There are also a series of hour-long trainings focused on specific identities and histories within the broader LGBTQIA+ community. The CSDI offers several electives each semester. This workshop can be tailored for individual departments or student organizations.

Intended Audience

• Faculty
• Staff
• Students

For more information on these trainings and workshops, visit the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion website.

First-Gen Career Readiness Certificate

Calling all First-Generation College Students! Are you interested in furthering your professional development? Do you want to learn how you can become more career ready? Earn your First-Gen Career Readiness Certificate by attending Center for Career Exploration and Success programs.

If you complete this program, you will:

• Increase your career readiness competencies
• Begin to develop or enhance your global perspective
• Make connections that can lead to future experiential learning opportunities

Intended Audience

• Undergraduate Students
• Graduate Students

Inclusive Language Guidelines

These guidelines aim to raise awareness, guide learning, and support the use of culturally sensitive terms and phrases that center the voices and perspectives of those who are often marginalized or stereotyped. The American Psychological Association offer this and many other online resources.

CEO Act!on for Diversity and Inclusion

CEO Act!on is the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. A unique coalition of more than 600 CEOs have signed on to this commitment, agreeing to take action to cultivate environments where diverse experiences and perspectives are welcomed and where employees feel comfortable and encouraged to discuss diversity and inclusion.

Organization employees are also urged to commit themselves to the cause by taking the pledge to support inclusion.

Equal Justice Initiative

Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is a private organization that works with marginalized communities to challenge racial and economic injustice, and protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

In addition to such resources as discussion guides and other educational materials, EJI provides research and recommendations to assist advocates and policymakers in the critically important work of criminal justice reform.