Short Courses
Diversity ‘Train the Trainers’ Programme
| Duration: | 10-days |
| Max. Participants: | 14 |
| Facilitators: | 2 |
| NQF Level: | 5 |
About the programme:
The
Diversity Train the Trainers Programme is designed to capacitate participants
to facilitate their own diversity awareness workshops in their own organisations.
Furthermore the programme will enable participants to assist with organisational
change and transformation in their workplace.
The program consist of the following three focus areas:
1. Knowledge creation
2. Skills development
3. Personal development
These
focus areas are given in more detail below.
The approach is an interactive one where participants are actively involved
with the learning during the whole programme.
The workshop outcome:
On completion of the programme participants should have the necessary knowledge, skills and mind-set within the field of diversity, to the level where they will be able to facilitate their own diversity sessions.
Specific outcomes of the workshop content:
1. Knowledge creation:
Participants will achieve the programme outcome by being able to:
- Understand diversity within South African context
- Understand and accept change and transformation processes
- Understand resistance to change on both a personal and organizational level
- Understand the core concepts of diversity dynamics
- Understand differences in terms of perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, prejudices, stereotypes, and discrimination.
- Understand different approaches to the management of diversity
2. Skills development:
Participants will achieve the programme outcome by being able to:
- Demonstrate critical thinking
- Demonstrate open and effective communication
- Do self– analysis and introspection
- Facilitate a diversity session
- Plan, coordinate and facilitate diversity initiatives
- Intervene effectively in stereotypical actions and attitudes
- Facilitate diversity awareness
3. Personal Development:
Participants will achieve the programme outcome by being able to:
- Understand the past, accept the present and commit to the future
- Deal with own identity and difference
- Work towards tolerance and acceptance of diversity
- Accept personal responsibility in the change process
- Interact with the ‘other’ as individuals rather than as stereotypes
- Integrate skills and knowledge in creating a ‘diversity mind set’ and facilitating attitude changes
Training methodology:
A
multi-method approach to training is used. Although the diversity-training
program can be described as a ‘soft skill’ or ‘sensitivity
training program’ because of it’s emphasis on self-awareness,
the self-awareness is done through a systematic process and group interaction.
The degree to which the process is allowed to evolve is limited and the
term ‘experiential learning’ is usually preferred to describe
what happens in the group. Within the experiential group, insight is gained
into various intra-psychic and interpersonal issues. Through the role-plays
the process attempts to prime behaviour. The training method also involves
information-oriented training through the cognitive acquisition of lecture
material, videotapes, slides, transparencies and reading material.
Lastly participants will also be evaluated during the programme in order
to assess their competency level in the field of diversity awareness facilitation.
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