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The DPS Skills program offers a variety of workshops designed to support all DPS team members. During these workshops, you will have the opportunity to focus on personal and professional development while sharing experiences with your teammates from across DPS.
2023-24 Skills Workshop Dates
Disrupting Bias
This session provides experiences in exploring the topics of equity, bias and its impact on school communities and work environments. The content includes the comparison of implicit, explicit and oppression based bias with opportunities for participants to learn about the development of bias and to reflect on their personal bias. To learn how to disrupt bias, participants will discuss and practice the Detect, Reflect and Reject strategy.
- October 11, 2023 In-Person 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Bias 2.0
Implicit and explicit biases are impacting our relationships with self and others every minute of every day. This training is designed for individuals who have already participated in the Disrupting Bias training, as we will continue to build on the self-awareness tools shared in that session. Learners will have the opportunity to examine bias within themselves and the environment they live in. We will then explore strategies to recognize and manage bias. Everyone will leave with action steps to support their work with students and colleagues.
- October 25, 2023 In-Person 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Micro-Aggressions
Micro-aggressions are subtle yet offensive comments or actions directed at a non-dominant group that are often unintentional and can unconsciously reinforce stereotypes. This workshop provides learners an opportunity to explore micro-aggressions at a deeper level through engaging discussions and activities, and provides tools to help you spot and counteract them in your everyday life.
- November 8, 2023 In-Person 1:00 - 4:00 PM
LGBTQ+
Participants will begin to understand the experiences and identities of our LGBTQ+ students and colleagues. We will enhance our ability to create a more inclusive DPS through the language we use, the identities we create inclusion for and the self-awareness of our privilege.
- September 27, 2023 In-Person 1:00 - 4:00 PM
- December 6, 2023 In-Person 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Communicating with Influence
The ability to communicate effectively is an important skill for everyone. Communicating with Influence is a skill that adds the dimension of empowerment, i.e., empowering self and others to act in such a way that change occurs and/or results are achieved. During this workshop, we will discuss theories of communication and style, as well as the driving principles of communication and how being more aware of your communication style and the styles of others can lead to achieving your desired results. Using these skills, you will build and role-play strategies to communicate with influence in your professional and personal lives.
- November 29, 2023 In-Person 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Leading with EQ
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to recognize and manage emotions to enhance our ability to build relationships and strengthen our capacity to make good decisions. Learners will explore theories and models of EQ, as well as the physiology of emotions. We will learn how to identify "triggers" and apply tools to successfully manage interactions with others.
- December 13, 2023 In-Person 1:00 - 4:00 PM
LGBTQ+ 2.0
***PRE-REQUISITE - You must have attended DPS LGBTQ+ 1.0 SKILLS within the last 3 years.
This PD is an opportunity to reflect, look inward and consider what needs dismantling and rebuilding within yourself and your department/team in order to create spaces for LGBTQ+ students can thrive.
The LGBTQ+ 2.0 workshop centers the voices of our students through a documentary film produced over the 22-23 school year. Through the stories and perspectives of 16 students in 13 DPS high schools, Reclaiming the Narrative, reframes commonly held stories about LGBTQ+ youth and celebrates their intersectional identities.
- COMING SOON - 2024
