Managing a Special Emphasis Program
December 3 - 5, 2008 Instructor: Veroneca Burgess Washington, DC $845 January 27 - 29, 2009 Instructor: Calvin Smith Dallas, TX $845 February 4 - 6, 2009 Instructor: Calvin Smith San Francisco, CA $845 February 25 - 27, 2009 Instructor: Norma Warner Denver, CO $845 March 4 - 6, 2009 Instructor: Jerome Nance Kansas City, MO $845 March 16 - 18, 2009 Instructor: Veroneca Burgess Washington, DC $845 March 31 - April 2, 2009 Virginia Beach, VA $845 April 6 - 8, 2009 Instructor: Frances Williams Las Vegas, NV $845 May 27 - 29, 2009 Instructor: Ricardo Sims Chicago, IL $845 June 10 - 12, 2009 Instructor: Norma Warner Albuquerque, NM $845 July 7 - 9, 2009 Instructor: Gay Chase Seattle, WA $845 July 29 - 31, 2009 Baltimore, MD $845 August 17 - 19, 2009 Instructor: Norma Warner Washington, DC $845 August 26 - 28, 2009 Atlanta, GA $845 September 1 - 3, 2009 Instructor: Norma Warner San Antonio, TX $845 September 14 - 16, 2009 Instructor: Gay Chase Columbus, OH $845 September 16 - 18, 2009 Instructor: Frances Williams Phoenix, AZ $845
Overview:
Get the guidance you need as a Special Emphasis Program (SEP) manager. You learn to develop a strategy for managing and implementing your program. You get an overview of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative employment. You learn how to allocate resources, sponsor appropriate SEP activities, conduct briefings and presentations and identify employment barriers that impact your target group.
Managers of the following programs: Federal Women's Program, Disability Program, Hispanic Employment Program, Native-American Program, Asian-Pacific Program, Black-American Program, Veterans Employment Program and Diversity Program.
View Course Selection Guides .
Determine your duties and responsibilities as a Special Emphasis Program manager Apply the nine steps used to create a Special Emphasis Program Implement the Special Emphasis Program Provide input to management staff in developing affirmative employment and federal equal opportunity recruitment program plans Employ basic counseling techniques in providing career counseling Publicize and promote the Special Emphasis Program Identify employment barriers that impact your target group Describe EEO laws, the complaint process and its role in EEO
Syllabus -- Managing a Special Emphasis Program, EEOP8114D, Grad. School, USDA
Day one of three
Introduction and Course Objectives
What is the Special Emphasis Program?
Define the role and responsibilities of the SEPM
Discuss the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to be an effective SEPM
Identify roadblocks that can derail the SEP
List the keys to a successful SEP
Planning for the Implementation of Your Program
Identify the steps need to set up the program
Working with management
Briefing Pertinent Agency Officials
Learning Your Agency
Networking Outside your Organization
Identify Problems and Develop an Action Plan
Day two of three
Sponsoring SEP Activities
The Mission of the Special Emphasis Program
Identify appropriate topics for SEP-sponsored activities
Conducting SEP Committee activities
Publicizing the Special Emphasis Program
Identify what to publicize
Audience Analysis
How and What to Publicize
Maximize Communications
Exercise: Publicizing an SEP Event
Career Counseling
How to Conduct Counseling Sessions
Essential Information for Career Counseling
The Career Counseling Process
Exercise: Career Counseling Role-Play
Important Program Tools
Computations and definitions
The Under-Representation Index
Determine adverse impact
Workforce analysis
Day three of three
EEO Laws
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in1991
The ADEA of 1967: Amended in 1974 and 1978
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Merit Systems Principles
Prohibited Personnel Practices
Complaints, Grievances and Appeals
The Role of the SEPM in the EEO complaint process
Responding to the most commonly asked questions
About the EEO complaint process
Employees' rights in the complaint process
Grievance and Appeals
Special Procedures for Equal Pay Violations
Sexual Harassment
Definition of Sexual Harassment
Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Sex
Liability of the agency and management staff
The Affirmative Employment Program (AEP)
Requirements of Affirmative Employment Plans
Define affirmative employment
The Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program (FEORP)
Requirements of affirmative recruitment
Identify recruitment strategies
Recruitment Tips
