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School Zone
Mandatory District Trainings: "Valuing Diversity" and "Sexual Harassment"
Building awareness around the issues of diversity, equity and inclusion is critical to the success and well-being of all Duval County Public Schools students and employees. As you know, the district has identified a set of nine (9) core beliefs and commitments. The second core belief on that list of nine reads, "The Duval County School Board believes that our greatest strength as a school district is the racial, gender, ethnic and socio-economic diversity of our students and community." The commitment tied to that belief states that "The Duval County School Board will develop and celebrate the racial, gender, ethnic and socio-economic diversity of our students and community."
As a means of developing the district's core beliefs and commitments and aligning them to its strategic plan, training and skill-building on diversity, equity and inclusion will be provided to all staff. We are presently developing our district's Five-Year Diversity Plan. Training and skill-building are part of this plan and it is aligned with the six goals of the Strategic Plan.
All employees hired prior to December 31, 2008 will be required to complete two online courses entitled “Valuing Diversity” and “Sexual Harassment.” These courses are offered as prerequisites to on-going and regular training in these areas. Both courses are available online at
http://duval.howtomaster.com and should be completed by June 1, 2009. They are convenient and can be easily accessed by employees at any time; however, each school will be responsible for providing opportunities for employees to complete the training during the day. To login to the system, employees must use their eight-digit employee number as their User ID and the Password is PASSWORD. If you have problems logging into the system, email
Renard Peeples.
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