Educational Workshops

OIEC provides evidence-based educational programs for students, staff, and faculty that build skills for effectively reducing and addressing discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, intimate partner violence, and stalking to improve the campus and workplace culture and foster safer and more productive environments.

Training can be customized to meet specific department, program, committee, or group needs. Read more about our prevention program's focus here.

To request an instructor-led workshop (facilitated in person or virtually), please contact oiectraining@colorado.edu or call OIEC's main number at 303-492-2127.

This workshop takes a closer look at behaviors that are considered discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct and uses case studies to practice skills for recognizing, responding to, and reporting concerns. The reporting process and support resources are discussed.

This session uses real-world examples to explore factors that promote or impede bystanders from helping. Participants brainstorm strategies for intervening effectively and reducing harm when they witness situations where help may be needed.

We offer sessions to:

  • Undergraduate students – All incoming students in their first semester are required to complete education online. Booster sessions are facilitated in person for classes, student groups, and student organizations.
  • Graduate students – Offered at GTP fall/spring intensive, throughout the academic year through the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), and upon request. Focuses on skills for inside the classroom, among peers, and interactions with faculty.
  • Faculty and staff – Offered throughout the academic year through the Office of Faculty Affairs and upon request by departments. Focuses on skills for addressing concerns in the workplace, among colleagues, and in the classroom.

This session focuses on how to integrate effective classroom practices and norms that foster a respectful and productive environment and minimize problematic behavior. Participants discuss real-life scenarios and practice responding effectively to situations in the classroom.

Attitudes and schemas are developed about people and groups of people that affect our understanding and actions without our awareness or intentional control. This workshop examines common mental shortcuts and key areas where they affect our work, interactions, and decision-making processes. Participants explore personal and group practices that can help reduce mental shortcuts and improve productivity, engagement, and success.

This skills-based session focuses on addressing difficult interactions and conversations with others. It includes practice of effective approaches for when conflicts and concerns arise at work or in an academic setting, and ways to set the stage for more positive and productive interactions.

This session is a group process for defining norms for interactions and making agreements that uphold the values and goals of the department. Establishing ethical communication practices for resolving conflicts is a key component. Two hours is the minimum length and unit leaders and supervisors must participate.

In this discussion-based session, participants explore what ideas and messages influence our sexual decisions and communication. We discuss consent, communication, pleasure, and sexual assault. Information and resources specific to the CU community are provided.