Subtotal:
$963.00
Short Course Description
NEW COUNSELORS TRAINING – 32 HOURS ONLINE
Dates:
- March 10–13, 2025 (Monday to Thursday) | 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST
- July 14–17, 2025 (Monday to Thursday) | 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST
- November 3–6, 2025 (Monday to Thursday) | 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST
Course Duration: 32 Hours
Course Overview:
The EEO Counselor Course is designed to equip participants with the essential knowledge and skills required to serve as effective EEO Counselors at the entry level using the MD-110 guidelines. The course covers the full spectrum of EEO processes and prepares participants to handle complaints and resolve issues fairly and efficiently.
Key Learning Objectives:
- EEO Process Overview: Understand the complete EEO process as outlined in 29 C.F.R. Part 1614, including important timeframes, class complaints, and fragmentation issues.
- EEO Counselor Roles: Learn the duties and responsibilities of an EEO Counselor, including ethical standards and best practices for managing EEO cases.
- Relevant EEO Laws: Gain knowledge of key statutes enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), such as:Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (1964)
The Equal Pay Act (1963)
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967)
Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973)
Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (2008) - Theories of Discrimination: Understand different theories of discrimination, including disparate treatment, adverse impact, and reasonable accommodation, with detailed instructions on handling class actions and fragmentation.
- Practical Skills Development: Practice EEO counseling through role-playing, including initial intake sessions, identifying claims, writing reports, and resolution attempts.
- Alternative Procedures: Learn about other options available to aggrieved persons, such as going directly to court under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, mixed case processing, class complaints, and negotiated grievance procedures.
- Remedies Overview: Get an overview of available remedies, including compensatory damages, attorney’s fees, and costs.
- ADR Processes: Explore the agency’s informal and formal Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) processes.
Instructor(s)
Dr. Russell S. Lowe
Dr. Russell S. Lowe was selected as the Director of Equal Employment Opportunity (DEEO) for the Department of the Navy, Assistant for Administration (DON/AA), in November 2019. In August 2020, the DON/AA EEO Office was re-aligned into the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Manpower and Reserve Affairs (ASN/M&RA) organization and is currently known as The Department of the Navy Secretariat Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Office (DON Secretariat EEO). Dr. Lowe and his staff provided advice, guidance, and training on all EEO related matters for the Secretariat organizations, staff offices, field activities, and supported organizations. Dr. Lowe retired from this position in July 2023 after forty-five years of Federal Service.
Prior to his former position as the Director of Equal Employment Opportunity with the Department of the Navy, Dr. Lowe was assigned to the Headquarters of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Fort Belvoir Virginia, from August 2017 to November 2019, as the Deputy Director of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and the Staff Director for Diversity and Inclusion. He was responsible for the administration of the DLA EEO Complaint/Compliant and Policy; Affirmative Employment/Diversity and Inclusion; and the EEO Operations Division functions. He also provided technical advice, assistance, guidance, and instructions to the field offices and the EEO Managers at the DLA Major Subordinate Commands (MSCs).
Dr. Lowe was assigned to the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Headquarters, at the Washington Navy Yard, in Washington DC since June 2008, as an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Manager, in the Total Force Directorate, EEO and Diversity Division. He was responsible for providing advice and assistance to the Commander of NAVFAC and its management officials at NAVFAC Headquarters and its subordinate activities on the Model EEO Program, Management Directive (MD) 715 strategies, and regulatory requirements and procedures.