TITLE IX & EQUITY DECISION MAKER TRAINING
Decision Makers: Conducting Fair, Equitable, and Compliant Title IX Hearings
This training covers the skills essential to conducting an efficient, respectful, fair, impartial, and compliant Title IX hearing using two models: questioning by the hearing officer only, and questioning by the hearing officer and advisors. It is ideal for the Title IX Coordinator, hearing officer, decision-maker, hearing coordinator, hearing administrator, or any stakeholder needing to work through the intricacies of setting up and running a smooth hearing. This training includes a step-by-step overview of the hearing process.
For the second half of this training, participants utilize a mock investigation report to practice skills. This training is practical and experiential in nature and provides a deep dive into the role of the decision-maker. Participants build skills on making relevancy determinations, asking questions, and writing the decision/outcome letter.
Agenda
The agenda includes:
- The purpose of a hearing.
- Incorporating a trauma-informed approach within a due process framework.
- Hearing preparation.
- Setting party expectations.
- The roles of a coordinator, hearing panel, and hearing chair.
- The role of the advisor, and efficiently working with them.
- Hearing day: managing the room.
- What process is due.
- Live questioning.
- Lessons learned from hearings under the 2024 Title IX Final Rule.
- Technical aspects of a hearing.
- Writing the decision/outcome letter.
- Decorum and managing the process.
- Breaking down the policy into elements.
- Developing questions for parties and witnesses.
- Relevancy determinations and articulation of rulings.
- Evidentiary considerations and evidence analysis.
Intended Audience
- Title IX Coordinators
- Deputy Title IX Coordinators
- Title IX or Civil Rights Investigators
- Decision-makers
- Hearing Chairpersons
- Appeal Decision-makers
- Human Resources Professionals
- Student Conduct Professionals
- Legal Counsel
- Compliance and Risk Management Professionals (Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, ADA/Section 504, AA, EEO, Clery)
- Student Affairs Administrators
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