Course Category: Virtual Training Recording

Title IX Evidence Collection: Strategies to Ensure a Complete Investigation

Identifying and collecting relevant evidence is a critical step within the Title IX grievance process. It enables Title IX Investigators to develop a case timeline and provide the decision-maker with an understanding, to the best of their ability, about what may have occurred during the alleged incident(s). But how do we go about doing this step effectively to ensure vital information isn’t overlooked? Join us for an in-depth virtual training that will give you tools to complete the evidence gathering phase an investigation and give you the opportunity to practice using them with your peers. We will embark on an investigation through the lens of mock scenarios designed to teach you: Strategies to collect both testimonial and non-testimonial evidence. How to identify what evidence might be missing. Steps you can take to help fill in the gaps.

Assessing Credibility in Title IX Cases

It’s not uncommon for someone to have imperfect or inconsistent recall and just because something doesn’t make sense to you doesn’t necessarily mean it is untrue. How can Title IX decision makers effectively and fairly assess credibility throughout the course of a case? Join us for a deep-dive virtual training that will help make the practice of assessing credibility—often a nebulous concept—more concrete and tangible. You will learn which factors you need to consider, how to assess the credibility of statements, documents, and other information gathered in a case, and how to communicate this in your decision rationale, all in a fair and impartial manner.

Reopening Campus: Re-Entry Testing and Vaccinations

Instructors Traci Callandrillo, Ph.D.Assistant Vice PresidentCampus LifeAmerican University Ruperto M. Perez, Ph.D.Associate Vice PresidentStudent Health and WellbeingThe University of Alabama Course Highlights 1 hr, 24 mins of video instruction Downloadable resources Course Details Released 5/27/2021 Many campuses expect to reopen fully in-person in the Fall for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. In anticipation, institutions are in the early stages of planning for what this might entail from a health and wellness perspective for faculty, staff, and students. To buoy this planning, many are seeking a space where they can come together with other leaders from institutions across the country, share ideas, and learn from others’ best current thinking.  Join us for an in-depth, two-hour brainstorming and discussion session with your peers to share strategies and provide space to benchmark and ask questions about re-entry testing and vaccinations. You will participate actively in large and small group discussions framed around questions such as these:   What progress and plans have others made in planning for re-entry testing and vaccinations?  What have been the lessons learned from previous stages of reopening?  What are the community considerations you want to take into account? What existing policies do we need to re-examine/revise in anticipation of reopening?   What will the impact be on staffing?  We understand that this type of planning is murky and generates […]

Create a More Equitable Academic Search Process Using an Inclusion Advocates Program

Academic search committees have a clear purpose to interview and hire the most qualified candidate for their vacant position. However, they also have the responsibility to ensure the search process is fair, inclusive, and equitable for all. Unfortunately, many search committees have not identified nor properly trained someone to serve as an inclusion advocate in order to help mitigate personal bias and maintain a credible process. Instead, BIPOC faculty are often asked to informally serve in these roles, which places undue responsibility on them to lead all inclusion efforts during the search process. Join us online to learn about a program that helps ensure more accountability in your academic search process. This virtual event is designed to offer you tips and strategies to launch your own Inclusion Advocates program based on the successes instituted at Towson University. During the event, you will explore the following questions: Academic search committees have a clear purpose to interview and hire the most qualified candidate for their vacant position. However, they also have the responsibility to ensure the search process is fair, inclusive, and equitable for all. Unfortunately, many search committees have not identified nor properly trained someone to serve as an inclusion advocate […]

Negotiate With Confidence: A Training for Women in Higher Ed

Research shows that women are less likely to negotiate than men, tend to be less persistent when negotiating, and can receive negative feedback when they initiate negotiations. Whether negotiating for a raise, a more flexible working schedule, or other work needs, understanding how negotiation works allows you to confidently initiate and work through these conversations. In this two-hour training session, you will learn an easy-to-use set of principles, have time to practice with peers, and use a toolkit to prepare for your next conversation. The goal will always be to help you find a win-win solution that allows you to do your best work in a way that benefits your team or organization.

Mapping Your Career Path in Higher Education

Many within higher ed struggle with mapping out possible career paths. This happens if you don’t know what is available to you, how to get to where you want to go, and/or you don’t always feel like you have the appropriate guidance from others. Join us online to learn how to embrace your career ambitions and map out a plan for how to make them happen. In this working session, our expert instructor will introduce you to a rubric that helps you examine your career goals, consider obstacles and tradeoffs along the way, and define realistic ways to achieve your goals. You’ll also work in small groups with your peers to apply the rubric to your own context and discuss the impact it can have on your career development. If any of these questions apply to you, you will find this program beneficial: Do you want to plan for your career future? Have you thought about when you will retire and what you want to do between now and then? If you are faculty, do you wonder if academic administration is the right fit for you? Have you examined your competing professional and personal priorities in a systematic way to […]

Addressing Conflicts Related to Bias, Privilege, and Identity in the STEM Classroom

Faculty in the STEM disciplines can often feel unprepared to address identity-based conflict in the classroom because the themes are not embedded in the course content. Even those who want to have tough conversations regarding identity, bias, and privilege can feel inadequately equipped to facilitate a conversation when a conflict arises. You may be asking yourself: What if I say something wrong? What if I make things worse? No matter the discipline, these crucial conversations are coming up in every learning space across higher ed and avoiding them is not an option. Every instructor can prepare to notice identity-based conflict and intervene to reduce harm. Join us for a highly interactive virtual workshop that provides a supportive space to learn about the types of conflict that can arise, and how to facilitate microinterventions to confront bias and create more equitable learning environments.

Navigating Politics: A Virtual Training for Women in Higher Ed

Do you find yourself puzzled by how to generate change in a complex organization? Do you encounter structural and social barriers to launching new initiatives and having an impact? Women in higher education must often apply an extra level of nuance and strategy in navigating politics, building buy-in, and leveraging soft power. Join us for this virtual training to better define and diagnose the challenges higher-ed women leaders face, and build new tools and tactics for promoting and advancing positive change.

Removing Barriers to Student Learning: Inclusive Syllabi and Assignments

Despite our best intentions to create an inclusive classroom, many barriers to learning exist in the course materials themselves. Syllabi and assignments can perpetuate broader societal biases and oppressive practices, from the subtext of the syllabus to the methods of measuring student progress. Creating a more purposeful, intentional curriculum that addresses equity and inclusion across disciplines—without compromising content—requires a close examination of your own materials and a set of new teaching strategies. Join us for an interactive virtual workshop in which you will examine your course materials and explore answers to these questions: What are the unwritten implicit rules, norms, messages, and hidden biases about students that I communicate through the subtext of a syllabus? What are the principles to keep in mind when constructing inclusive assignments for assessing student progress? How should students be asked to demonstrate their learning through formative and summative assessment? You will walk away with practical worksheets you can use to review your course materials. Please bring a syllabus and assignment to the workshop so you can apply the concepts and strategies to your own classroom context, make changes in the moment, and receive feedback.

Develop a Questioning Plan for Your Title IX Investigations

Title IX Investigators play a critical role in gathering as many relevant facts as they can through witness testimony and evidence. However, this process can be hindered when investigators neglect to understand that a knowledge and understanding of their institution’s sexual harassment policy should always drive the investigation and their line of questioning. Further, many investigators may only be asking surface-level questions because they unintentionally created a questioning plan that is not based upon their institution’s policy. Join us online to learn how to create a questioning plan before the interview begins that will ensure you are conducting a well-informed and policy-driven investigation. We will: Discuss how your institution’s sexual harassment policy definitions impact factual requirements and how you should approach gathering information that is relevant to the case. Demonstrate a technique you can use during your investigations to ensure you’re asking the right witness the right questions at the right time. Practice this technique during our session and have the opportunity to receive feedback. After attending this workshop, you’ll walk away with the tools you need during a Title IX investigation to help you stay on task and maintain control of the information you gather from witnesses.

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