FACILITATING WITH DIVERSE GROUPS

DATES: (students must attend on ALL dates)

              March 24 & 31
              April 7, 14, 22 & 29

TIME: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EACH of the SIX days

1 CREDIT: SOC 403

CATALOG LISTING: 
              SOC 403 WS: Facilitating w/Diverse Grps

CRN:
              57160

INSTRUCTOR: Linda Sue Nickerson, Ph.D., CPM (Certified Professional Mediator)

LOCATION: JEB 126 & Phinney 102

DESCRIPTION:

This one credit workshop provides 15 hours of instruction and interaction on the topic of facilitating with diverse populations.  The workshop provides basic introduction to the facilitation process and organization and opportunities for students to develop skills through role playing and mock facilitation and includes specific attention to facilitation with diverse populations.  The workshop will count for upper division sociology credit and for the workshop requirements for the Certificate in Diversity and Stratification.  Below is a course schedule.

REQUIREMENTS:

Full attendance during all sessions; Further requirements to be discussed in the workshop.

COURSE SCHEDULE:

        **NOTE location of each meeting

March 24               Welcome and Introduction
JEB 126                  Introduction to Facilitation
                               Self-assessments
                               Role of the Facilitator
                               Facilitation Process
                               Facilitation in Mediation
                               Role plays

March 31               Planning Facilitations
JEB 126                 Focused Conversation
                              Small Group Facilitation
                              Large Group Facilitation
                              Problem Solving
                              Role plays

April 7                    Diverse Populations
JEB 126                 Facilitating in difficult situations
                              Workshop Method of Facilitation
                              Workshop Method Activity and Practice Session
                              Action Planning

April 14                  Professional Concerns for Facilitation
JEB 126                  Facilitation Ethics
                               Mock facilitation session for students
                               Evaluations

April 22                  Facilitating with Diverse Populations
Phinney 102            Low and High Context Cultures
                               Cultural Filters
                               Understanding Cultural Differences
                               Identifying Cultural Conflict
                               Cross Culture Communication
                               Verbal aggression between cultures
                                Role play

April 29                  Facilitator’s role in Diverse Groups
Phinney 102            Addressing cultural values
                               Facilitation and Prejudice
                               Diffusing cross cultural group anger
                               Ethics in working with diverse populations
                               Diversity based mock facilitation session for students
                               Evaluations