Real Roofing Course 

"In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction." - Audre Lorde

Let’s face it. All forward-thinking professionals need to understand how to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.  Achieving equity — the condition where the attributes of one’s identity has no influence on how one experiences a career in the roofing industry — is a core goal of the REAL Roofing education program.  This  foundational online training course will help you make your organization a more supportive and engaging place to work for people of any background or identity.

Through a deeper understanding of equitable and inclusive habits, you’ll be better equipped to recognize and understand each person’s role in eliminating enduring inequities in our workforce.  We’ll use small daily activities, designed to take less than 20 minutes and to be completed at your own pace, to gradually create new habits of understanding, empathy, and inclusion.

This course of study centers on four major themes including:

• Identity & Language 
• Bias Awareness 
• Prejudice & Discrimination
• Inclusive Leadership & Culture

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The Real Roofing course is designed as a daily “learning journey” using evidence-based techniques in adult learning like spaced repetition and forced recall to help you resist the forgetting curve and foster retention. That also means we’re using cutting-edge technology that is fundamentally designed for colleagues in the office, in the field, and everywhere in between. Text message engagement will drop each day’s video lesson conveniently in the palm of your hand. Other features include:

• 20 days of content and support
• 15-20 minutes daily commitment
• Laser-focused video micro lessons
• Self-paced, progress at your own speed
• Delivered daily by text message to your phone
• Easy access. No passwords. No login.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course, you will be better able to:

• Ground yourself in the forms of identity that shape yourself and your colleagues
• Explore the levers that drive destructive social hierarchies in our workforce 
• Understand why inclusion matters and foster team cohesion.
• Overcoming incorrect intuitions about others that are holding you back. 
• Model a shared vocabulary for inclusive communication