IDEAL Training

IDEAL Professional Development for Students

Program Description:

The DEIB Professional Development for students and student leaders is designed to explore and address the structures and cultures within higher education that impact holistic student learning. The program emphasizes love as praxis, serving as a framework to empower students to create a welcoming and inclusive campus environment.  By centering on the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, the program aims to build a sustainable community where all individuals, particularly those from underserved populations, can thrive.

Through a tailored curriculum that incorporates critical reflection, practical tools, and community engagement, the program seeks to increase student retention and engagement while fostering institutional transformation grounded in love, empathy, and justice.

Structure and Time Committment

OBJECTIVES

STRUCTURE & TIME COMMITMENT

Learning about Diversity and Equity: Equip students with a deep understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion, provide practical skills to identify and address inequitable processes so they can make positive changes in their campus community. Building Confidence and Belonging: Help students feel more confident to engage in equity-related conversations and connected to others by sharing their stories, building a community of support, and developing leadership skills. Student-Driven Campus Change: Foster institutional commitment to equity by elevating student voices, ensuring that their lived experiences and insights are reflected in university practices and policies and inform university decisions, making the campus a better place for all students to thrive. Creating Sustainable Transformation and Positive Change: Create lasting pathways for institutional transformation by engaging students in hands-on projects and research that will lead to lasting improvements in campus life as well as promote a more equitable and inclusive campus.  Leadership Recognition: Upon completion of the program, student participants will earn a Certificate of Completion, acknowledging their contribution to advancing equity and inclusion at Eastern Oregon University.

Session Structure: Each Session is bifurcated into two distinct yet interrelated parts. The first part of each session invites participants to wrestle with DEI/REIJ theories, concepts, and definitions. The second half of each session invites participants to put these DEI/REIJ theories, concepts, and definitions into practice by using the IMPACT Equity Framework* as a tool to vet institutionalized policies, procedures, and pedagogies in order to ensure commensurability with equity and justice. Time Commitment: In order for participants to receive a Certificate of Completion from Rooted in Love, they are required to attend all the In-Person Training Orientation sessions as well as a minimum of three of the four virtual sessions. ——————————- SIX SESSION DATES: Friday, October 25, 2024  – 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (In-person)  Friday, November 15, 2024  – 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Virtual)  Friday, January 17, 2025 – 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Virtual)  Friday, January 31, 2025 – 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Virtual)  Friday, February 7, 2025 – 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Virtual)  Saturday, February 22, 2025 – 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM (In-Person)