The ADVANCEing FieldSafety course provides field research team leaders and field team participants with the skills and tools to build a welcoming and inclusive field culture. This course will help you and your team develop norms and codes of conduct, and review or clarify leadership and field team organization. Additionally, you and your team will learn how to identify unsafe and harmful behaviors, respond appropriately to dissipate and mitigate these behaviors, and support those impacted by the behaviors. Finally, the course will provide tools to create, build and support inclusive mentorship, consider additional factors for mitigating risk to diverse individuals in the field, and how to build cultural inclusivity within your team.
ADVANCEing FieldSafety: Changing the Culture of Fieldwork
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ADVANCEing FieldSafety: Changing the Culture of Fieldwork
Instructors: Erika Marin-Spiotta
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9 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Improve team culture and interpersonal communication and foster shared experiences, resources, and cultural knowledge.
Establish mutually acceptable guidelines, norms and standards for the fieldwork, including codes of conduct.
Establish formal and informal support programs and safe reporting procedures for field teams.
Implement field safety protocols, fieldwork hazards and emergency response planning in field campaigns.
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There are 3 modules in this course
During Week 1, we will discuss the course introduction and the content from Modules 1 and 2. The course introduction will discuss the outline and format of the course. We will also introduce our course instructors. Module 1 covers evaluating and preparing for hazards in field environments. Module 2 covers the fundamentals of communication tools, such as leadership roles, decision-making styles, and briefing/debriefing techniques.
What's included
14 videos11 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt
During Week 2, we will discuss the content from Modules 3, 4 and 5. Module 3 covers codes of conduct. Module 4 covers responding to and maintaining safe, inclusive, and positive spaces. Module 5 covers inclusive mentoring.
What's included
17 videos9 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
During Week 3, we will discuss the content from Modules 6 and 7. Module 6 covers keeping diverse field teams safe. Module 7 covers cultural inclusivity. The Course Summary will summarize the course content and the next steps to take after completing the course.
What's included
13 videos8 readings2 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
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