West Des Moines Community Schools Community Education

Diverse organizations are found to be more creative, more productive, have higher levels of employee engagement, and experience lower rates of attrition. Diversity is also shown to return higher profits. This unit will guide students in an understanding of why diversity, equity, and inclusion are important to organizational success. Students will learn to appreciate and work effectively with diverse groups, confront unconscious biases that hinder workplace inclusion, and identify essential factors that contribute to an inclusive workplace environment.

Respectable communication in the workplace encourages a cohesive collaborative environment, prevents inefficiencies, and ensures the right information gets to the right person at the right time. This unit will explore how communication differs across cultures. In addition, students will come to understand how communication can impact relationships with others in both positive and negative ways.

Understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to the professional success of any individual or team. This Unit will differentiate diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. In addition, we will discuss how these phenomena show up in the workplace and impact our interactions with others. Students will be able to define and describe various challenges related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.