REIB Bold: Learning Collaborative for Managers & Supervisors (5-part series) 
Learning Collaborative for CalWORKs & CalFresh Supervisors & Managers 

Learning Collaborative for CalWORKs & CalFresh Supervisors & Managers

  • One virtual 2-hour orientation
  • One in-person 6-hour session
  • Three virtual 3-hour sessions

Capacity: 35 participants

The REIB Bold: Learning Collaborative is designed to leverage the power of cohort shared learning and managerial skills building. The collaborative is designed for managers and supervisors motivated to strengthen their knowledge and skills to incorporate REIB practices and procedures into their day-to-day operations. The Learning Collaborative will bring together county CalWORKs and CalFresh manager and supervisor cohorts from a specified region to share and exchange knowledge, skills, resources, challenges and successes, to promote the effective integration of REIB practices among their staff.

Counties are invited to form a cohort of 4-6 CalWORKs and CalFresh program managers and supervisors responsible for managing programs and staff supervision, who will commit to attending the Learning Collaborative series and completing work between sessions to support embedding REIB practices into their organization’s culture and climate in order to improve the CalWORKs and CalFresh participant and employee experience.

The Learning Collaborative expands over the course of 3-4 months. The Collaborative will be regionally focused with the exception of small counties which will have options to participate with other small counties. The schedule is as follows:


Orientation

Virtual | 2 hours 

A learning collaborative is meant to be a brave generative space where the cohort, your fellow trainees, can benefit from each other’s lived experiences and thought partnership. In order to create this space, we will be using this first session to set up community guidelines, understand the learning objectives, and what will be covered in upcoming trainings. 

Session 1
Introduction to
Key Frameworks 

In-person | 6 hours 

In order for these sessions to be as generative as possible, we have to first build a foundation of shared understanding as a group. This session will cover some basics on how we got here and the ways history is still impacting us,  cultural humility, workplace mental health, and well-being, as well as some emotional intelligence concepts.  

Session 2
Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices 

Virtual | 3 hours 

Burnout, quiet-quitting, and great resignation are all indicators that we are overdue when it comes to shifting how we work. In this session, you will get to discuss the direct impacts of organizational culture on your own and your team’s well-being. Using the Surgeon General’s Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Frameworks, you will explore and identify the ways you can prioritize and lead a shift to a more equitable, sustainable, and human-centered workplace culture. 

Session 3
Communicating
Through Difference

Virtual | 3 hours 

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) has been a growing topic of discussion as we all learn how to navigate an ever-shifting world and culture. It is also a highly useful and critical skill in your day-to-day leading teams, managing systems, and serving program participants. In this session, you will get to discuss and explore the importance of EQ in the workplace and be given tools to help you strengthen the skills needed to manage a healthier, more empathetic, and more generative work culture where collaboration and mutual support can thrive.  

Session 4
Leading Through
Cultural Humility

Virtual | 3 hours 

In the U.S., we are in such an important moment where we are having very challenging and honest conversations about the historical and lasting impacts of power, privilege, microaggressions, and implicit bias in the workplace. These conversations are helping to reveal important ways in which our systems need to shift in order to support all of us fully, and we understand that these conversations are not always easy to engage in. In this session, we want to help build up your confidence and empower you to not only engage in these conversations but be able to lead shifts within your own teams. As a cohort, you will discuss the impacts of these harmful systems (power, privilege, racism, etc.) in your day-to-day, identify practical and meaningful ways to shift work culture and practice the skills needed to create brave space to empower your team to become a part of the solution. 

The REIB Bold: Learning Collaborative will provide the framework, tools, and resources to enable managers and supervisors to: 

  1. Constructively engage staff with tools to foster psychological safety and brave spaces for themselves and their colleagues, to learn about and practice REIB principles in the workplace. (REIB Goals 2, 3)
     
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the historical and present-day impact of racism on society and within the workplace to effectively develop and implement equitable management practices and procedures. (REIB Goals 4, 5)
     
  3. Develop a multifaceted understanding of power dynamics within the workplace and when engaging with participants.
     
  4. Recognize and acknowledge their own positional and personal power to actionize positive strategies for intentional shifts on workplace culture and climate. (REIB Goals 1, 2)

Alignment with REIB Goals

Goal 1:
Improve Program Participant Experience

Goal 2:
Improve Program Employee Experience

Goal 3:
Develop Shared Language and Understanding of Anti- Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ARDEI) Principles and Concepts

Goal 4:
Initiate an Intentional Organizational Culture Shift Toward ARDEI

Goal 5:
Apply an Equity Lens to Policy Review and Decision Making

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Learning Collaborative Schedule

Cohort 20

Date

Time

Location

Orientation

Nov 11, 2024

10:00am- 11:00am

Virtual

Session 1

Nov 19, 2024

9:00am- 5:00pm

In Person @ Calaveras, CA

Session 2

Dec 3, 2024

9:00am-5:00pm

In Person @ Calaveras, CA

Cohort 11

Date

Time

Location
Region 5

Orientation

Sept 3, 2024

9:00am- 11:00am

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Sept 17, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm

In Person @ Ventura, CA

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

Oct 1, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

Oct 15, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

Oct 29, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Cohort 15

Date

Time

Location
Virtual

Orientation

Aug 29, 2024

9:00am-11:00am

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Sept 12, 2024

9:00am-3:00pm

Virtual

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

Sept 26, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

Oct 3, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

Oct 17, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Cohort 12

Date

Time

Location
(All Virtual)

Orientation

Sept 30, 2024

9:00am- 11:00am

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Oct 10, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm

Virtual

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

Oct 28, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

Nov 4, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

Nov 18, 2024

9:00am-12:00pm

Virtual

Past Cohorts


Cohort 3

Date

Time

Location
Region 1

Orientation

Jan 17, 2024

9:00am- 11:00am

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Jan 31, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm

In Person @ San Jose, CA

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

Feb 21, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

Mar 6, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

Mar 20, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual


Cohort 5

Date

Time

Location
Region 5

Orientation

Mar 21, 2024

10:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Apr 11, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm

In Person @ Moreno Valley, CA

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

May 2, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

May 16, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

May 30, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual


Cohort 9

Date

Time

Location
Region 2

Orientation

Mar 28, 2024

9:00am- 11:00am

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Apr 11, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm

In Person @ Auburn, CA

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

Apr 25, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

May 9, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

May 23, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual


Cohort 1

Date

Time

Location
Region 4

Orientation

Jan 18, 2024

9:00am- 11:00am

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Feb 1, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm

In Person @ Clovis, CA

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

Feb 15, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

Feb 29, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

Mar 14, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual


Cohort 8

Date

Time

Location
Region 3

Orientation

Mar 26, 2024

9:00am- 11:00am

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Apr 9, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm

In Person @ McKinleyville, CA

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

Apr 23, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

May 7, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

May 21, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Cancelled: 
Cohort 2

Date

Time

Location
Region 1

Orientation

Apr 2, 2024

9:00am- 11:00am

Virtual

Awareness & Understanding

Apr 9, 2024

9:00am- 3:00pm

In Person @ Santa Rosa, CA

Incorporating Workplace Well-Being Practices

Apr 23, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Communicating Through Differences

May 7, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual

Leading With Cultural Humility

May 21, 2024

9:00am- 12:00pm

Virtual