Student Handbook 2024-25 > Sexual and Interpersonal Misconduct and Title IX Policy and Procedure > XV. Training Prevention Awareness Programs

XV. Training Prevention Awareness Programs

The College provides training to students and employees to ensure they understand this Policy and the topics and issues related to maintaining an education and employment environment free from Prohibited Conduct.

• The College will provide to all employees training on:
• The College’s obligation to address Prohibited Conduct in its education program or activity;
• The scope of conduct that constitutes Prohibited Conduct, including the definition of sex-based harassment; and
• All applicable notification and information requirements.

• The College will, in addition to the training provided to all other employees, provide to investigators, decision-makers, appellate officers and other persons who are responsible for implementing resolution procedures described in this Policy or have the authority to modify or terminate supportive measures training on the following topics to the extent related to their responsibilities:
• The College’s obligations to respond to Prohibited Conduct, as required by federal regulations;
• The resolution process described in this Policy;
• How to serve impartially, including by avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue, conflicts of interest, and bias;
• The meaning and application of the term ‘‘relevant’’ in relation to questions and evidence, and the types of evidence that are impermissible regardless of relevance as described above; and
• Training, annually, on issues relating to Prohibited Conduct, investigatory procedures and any applicable hearing procedures to protect the safety and rights of students and employees and promote accountability, which will include:
• information on working with and interviewing persons subjected to Prohibited Conduct;
• information on particular types of conduct that constitute Prohibited Conduct;
• information on consent and the role drugs and alcohol may play in an individual’s ability to consent;
• the effects of trauma, including any neurobiological impact on an individual;
• cultural competence training regarding how Prohibited Conduct may impact individuals differently depending on factors that contribute to an individual’s cultural background, including, but not limited to, national origin, sex, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation;
• ways to communicate sensitively and compassionately with a reporting party of Prohibited Conduct including, but not limited to, an awareness of responding to a reporting Party with consideration of that Party’s cultural background and providing services to or assisting in locating services for the reporting Party;
• training and information regarding how Prohibited Conduct may impact individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; and
• training on the principles of due process necessary to ensure that proceedings are conducted impartially in a manner that is fundamentally fair to all Parties.

• The College will, in addition to the training provided to all other employees, provide to facilitators of the College’s informal resolution process training on the rules and practices associated with that process and on how to serve impartially, including by avoiding conflicts of interest and bias.

• The College will ensure the Title IX Coordinator and designees receive training on their specific responsibilities in those roles as defined by federal regulations, The College’s obligations to prevent discrimination and ensure equal access based on pregnancy and related conditions, respond to Prohibited Conduct and provide supportive measures as required by federal regulations, keep records as required by federal regulations, and any other training necessary to coordinate the College’s compliance with Title IX.

• The College will provide training to its Title IX Coordinator and its campus safety personnel regarding the awareness and prevention of sexual misconduct.

The College is committed to the prevention of Prohibited Conduct through regular and ongoing education and awareness programs. Incoming students and new employees receive primary prevention and awareness programming as part of their orientation, and returning students and current employees receive ongoing training and related education.