Title IX Personnel Training Materials
In compliance with Title IX, Fayetteville State University is required to publish materials used for training Title IX coordinators, investigators, decision-makers, and other individuals who facilitate the Title IX Resolution Process.
All Title IX personnel that facilitate any portion of the Title IX process receive training that promotes fairness, impartial investigations, and adjudications of formal complaints of sexual harassment, and does not rely on stereotypes. Such trainings are conducted throughout the year through self-study, workshops, conferences, seminars, and certification courses.
Training topics include but are not limited to
- Title IX’s definition of “sexual harassment”
- The scope of the University’s education programs or activities
- How to conduct an investigation and grievance process
- How to serve impartially, including by avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue and resolution options
- How to avoid conflicts of interest and bias and resolution options
- Training on any technology to be used at a live hearing, and on issues of relevance of questions and evidence, including when questions and evidence about a complainant’s sexual predisposition or prior sexual behavior are not relevant
- Training on issues of relevance to create an investigative report that fairly summarizes relevant evidence
TRAINING MATERIALS
Office of Civil Rights Center for Outreach, Prevention, Education, and Non-discriminationprovides webinar training to help colleges and schools comply with the Department’s anti-discrimination laws and regulations, including OCR’s new Title IX Rule while fully safeguarding constitutionally protected speech.
U.S. DEPT. OF EDUCATION'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL
The new Title IX rule, effective August 1, 2024, requires specific training for investigators, decisionmakers, facilitators of informal resolution, and Title IX coordinators. This Title IX Training Series is designed to provide foundational training to those individuals who will help to administer this required process, including Title IX coordinators, investigators, adjudicators, advisors, appeal officers, and individuals responsible for managing informal resolutions.
Session 1 – An Introduction to the 2024 Title IX Rule
This session provides an overview of the new Title IX rule. It covers the background and status of the Title IX regulatory framework, new definitions, obligations relating to sex discrimination and retaliation, training and notice standards, supportive measures, and recordkeeping requirements.
Session 2 - Complaints of Sex Discrimination under Title IX
This session examines the requirements for responding to and addressing complaints of sex discrimination under the new regulations. The session also outlines obligations and key concepts for employees charged with administering the Title IX process.
Session 3 - Complaints of Sex-Based Harassment with Students under Title IX
This session details the framework for responding to and addressing complaints of sex-based harassment involving a student party under the new regulations. The session also explains and provides an outline of the informal resolution process and its requirements.
Session 4 - Pregnancy and Related Conditions under Title IX
This session takes a deep-dive into the regulation’s new requirements regarding pregnancy and related conditions. In particular, the session considers the responsibilities for institutions when a student or employee informs the institution of their pregnancy or related condition.
Section 106.45(b) of the 2020 Final Title IX Rules require the sharing of “All materials used to train Title IX Coordinators, investigators, decision-makers, and any person who facilitates an informal resolution process.”
Title IX Training for Advisors
Title IX Training for Appellate Officers
Title IX Training for Campus Leadership
Title IX Training for Coordinators