Additional Training for Students and Employees

Students, employees, and community members can receive additional training from the Office of Equity through pre-scheduled and/or by-request sessions.

Participants in the Empowering Teaching Excellence (ETE 10) program can earn an Engage or Implement badge by participating in many of the additional trainings provided by the Office of Equity.

Pre-Scheduled Trainings for Employees

Spring Training Schedule

Open to all faculty, staff, and student employees. All trainings are virtual via Zoom and include interactive group discussions. 

Please check back in January for information about the pre-scheduled sessions for spring 2024.

By Request Trainings

By request trainings for groups (employees, students, and community members) are available year-round. If you would like to request one of these trainings for your group, fill out the additional training topics request form at the bottom of the page.

Bystander Intervention

“Upstanding” is a bystander intervention approach for the prevention of a variety of problematic situations. The purpose of the Upstanding training is to prepare members of the USU campus community with the skills and knowledge needed to safely and effectively intervene when they sense a threat or potential harm to another.

Request this program at upstander.usu.edu

 

Group/Employee Relationships

The Office of Equity’s “Boundary Setting” presentation is an interactive program that teaches individuals how to set and communicate healthy boundaries within their relationships, including amongst colleagues, supervisors/administrators, supervisees, students, and peers. Specific emphasis is placed on understanding how boundary setting within relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.

The Office of Equity’s “Conflict Management” presentation is an interactive program that teaches individuals how to identify and reframe conflict to respond more effectively when conflict arises, especially in a workplace or academic setting. Specific emphasis is placed on how navigating conflict appropriately can create healthier relationships. This program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.

The Office of Equity’s “Effective Workplace Relationships” presentation is an interactive program that supports faculty and staff in developing and maintaining effective workplace relationships. Specific emphasis is placed on how boundary setting, conflict management, and effective workplace relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities. The content of this training is a brief overview of multiple topics that can be explored in-depth during the Office of Equity’s other Employee Relationships programs: Power Dynamics, Conflict Management, and Boundary Setting.

The Office of Equity’s “Holding Ourselves and Others Accountable” training provides a space for individuals to discuss how to address harm in the USU community by holding each other (and ourselves) accountable ​with empathy. Group discussions help participants ​identify barriers to accountability and develop skills to better support each other in being accountable.

The Office of Equity’s “Power Dynamics” presentation is an interactive program that teaches individuals how to recognize power dynamics within their relationships, including amongst colleagues, supervisors/administrators, supervisees, students, and peers. Specific emphasis is placed on how understanding power dynamics within relationships can minimize sexual misconduct and discriminatory behaviors. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.

Sexual Misconduct

The Office of Equity’s “Relationship Violence” presentation is an interactive program that teaches individuals how to recognize relationship violence behaviors, why people engage in abusive behaviors, and why people stay in unhealthy and abusive relationships. Specific emphasis is placed on how relationship violence behaviors can show up in the workplace or academic setting and how to help individuals who are experiencing relationship violence. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.

The Office of Equity’s “Sexual Assault” presentation is an interactive program that teaches individuals about sexual assault behaviors, boundaries, and consent. Specific emphasis is placed on how sexual assault impacts individuals who experience it and how to help individuals who have experienced sexual assault. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.

The Office of Equity’s “Sexual Harassment” presentation is an interactive program that teaches individuals how to recognize sexual harassment behaviors and why people engage in them. Specific emphasis is placed on how sexual harassment behaviors can show up in the workplace or academic setting and how to help individuals who are experiencing sexual harassment. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.

The Office of Equity’s “Stalking” presentation is an interactive program that teaches individuals how to recognize stalking behaviors and why people engage in them. Specific emphasis is placed on how stalking behaviors can show up in the workplace or academic setting and how to help individuals who are experiencing stalking. The program includes large and small group discussions and personal reflection opportunities.

Additional Training Topics Request Form

Please submit the Office of Equity additional training request form at least two weeks in advance of your requested date. This will allow time for scheduling a facilitator and venue, if applicable. When given enough advance notice, we can facilitate a custom training that falls within the scope of our office's work (discrimination and sexual misconduct).

The trainings use PowerPoints with videos and sound. If the training is taking place in-person, A/V equipment and a projector need to be made available at the location or laptop hook-ups should be provided for the facilitator(s).

Trainings are best facilitated in groups. All trainings include small group discussion activities. If the training is taking place via Zoom, individuals will be divided into breakout rooms for those activities.

The prevention team may require a brief follow-up conversation via email or phone call/Zoom to discuss your group's training needs more in-depth. The purpose of the follow-up conversation is to ensure the training is impactful for your group.

The below training topics are generally facilitated in single sessions. However, some topics can be combined into a single session. Multiple training topics can be requested as a recurring training series.

If you are interested in combining topics into a single session or scheduling a recurring training series, you can indicate that below.

*Please indicate which training you are interested in
*This training is for
*Training format

Please provide three options for dates and times that would work for your group. This helps us schedule a facilitator and venue, if applicable.

If you’re requesting a training series, please provide date and time options for the first training session in the series. We will work with you to schedule the additional session dates and times.

Please note: Training availability is more limited from July 1 – October 31 during the annual compliance training cycle.

*Do any attendees need a training adjustment or accommodation due to a disability to participate?

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