Workshops & Training

To further its commitment to building and maintaining a fair, equitable, diverse, and accessible university community, the Office for Equity and Accessibility offers a variety of highly engaging, customizable and practical workshops on university's anti-discrimination policies and procedures; the protections and accommodations for individuals with disabilities; affirmative action in hiring; prevention of sex and gender-based harassment and discrimination; and on conflict resolution. Please, contact OEA to discuss your training needs.  

Americans with Disabilities Act: What Everyone Needs to Know

This workshop offers the participants basic understanding of the American with Disabilities Act as Amended and introduces the participants to the reasonable accommodations process at Virginia Tech.  This workshop is available by request.  For more information about this workshop, contact the ADA and Accessibility Team. 

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action Microlearning

This is a seven-minute interactive training that covers the history of affirmative action and the current state of equal employment opportunity. Complete the training.

Search Committee Charge Workshop

This workshop is designed for members of search committees and other Virginia Tech stakeholders who may participate in the search and selection process.  In order to participate in the search and selection process, an employee must have completed this workshop within the last two years.  To register for this workshop, please click here.  For more information about the charge workshop, contact the Office for Equity and Accessibility.

Conflict Resolution

OEA offers conflict resolution workshops to strengthen communication and increase collaboration in the workplace. Several highly customizable and interactive conflict resolution workshops are offered. Contact Henry Yampolsky for more information on these workshops, which include: 

Moving from Conflict to Collaboration

This highly interactive workshop teaches core skills such as active listening, asking open-ended questions, giving constructive feedback, discovering interests and needs, and creative brainstorming. It is designed to empower the participants to build better teams and to use conflict as an opportunity for growth, connection and dialogue.  

Dis-Solving Conflict from Within

Dis-Solving Conflict from Within is a mindfulness-based conflict coaching system that uses the process of self-inquiry to deal with internal aspects of interpersonal conflict and teaches individuals to respond to conflict with strength, clarity and ease, instead of reacting to it with fear, avoidance or aggression.

READ: Respect, Equity, and Anti-discrimination Training

READ: Respect, Equity, and Anti-discrimination Training is a mandatory bi-annual training for all faculty, staff, and non-student wage employees of the university. All new employees of the university must complete this training within first 90 days from their start date.  This highly interactive workshop covers the key information about the university’s anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies, federal civil rights laws, complaint procedures, and employee reporting responsibilities.

Complete READ training by registering through the PageUp LMS for either an on-demand module or for live, instructor-led training.  

Please contact OEA at  oeatraining@vt.edu with any questions about READ training.