Training

Training for Civil Rights and Clery Act Professionals

For Practitioners by Practitioners

Grand River Solutions offers an expansive suite of training facilitated by an interdisciplinary team of practitioners and subject-matter experts. Our sessions equip attendees with knowledge, guidance of best practices, and practical advice needed to excel in their roles while maintaining compliance with relevant regulatory guidelines and policies.

Training Courses, Enrollment & Certification

Our comprehensive course catalog includes several ways to train: scheduled instructor-led (synchronous) and on-demand eTraining (asynchronous). You can also choose custom or private sessions. Upon conclusion of each course, an updated training transcript and certification of completion will be provided.

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Title VI, Title VII, Title IX

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Our team of facilitators are nationally-recognized educators who also have extensive up-to-date practitioner expertise. Whether you need Advanced Title IX Coordinator Training or Title VI Fundamentals and everything in between, Grand River Solutions is the go-to for compliance-based training for equity professionals.

ADA | 504

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Our ADA/504 training team has the expertise to help you develop strategies for addressing student cases ranging from routine to highly complex. We work with you to determine the best ways to support your population amid rising requests for accommodations, urgent situations requiring immediate ADA or Section 504 intervention, and cases involving intersections with EEO or Title IX.

Clery Act &
Stop Campus Hazing Act

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The Clery Act has a significant impact on the work colleges and universities do to keep students safe and be transparent about policies and incidents. Grand River Solutions offers training on the Clery Act that covers the waterfront on these critical campus safety laws. Our live virtual or in-person trainings can benefit professionals ranging from beginners to seasoned Clery compliance professionals.

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The Grand River Solutions
Training Membership

Professional development and compliance training shouldn’t be limited by budget constraints or administrative headaches. With our new membership option, your entire group of campus professionals gains unlimited access to all open trainings for one flat rate of just $4,900 per year.

We are removing barriers to training access, ensuring that every staff member—from Title IX Coordinators and investigators to HR and Student Affairs—gets the training they need, when they need it.

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Human Resource Professionals

Grand River Solutions is a proud SHRM Recertification Provider and is considered a “provider of choice” for SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP credential holders working to maintain their credential. HR/HR-related educational offerings identified with the SHRM Recertification Provider badge let you know our trainings are pre-approved by SHRM for recertification professional development credits (PDCs).

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Custom Training

Photo: Courtney Snow, Investigation, Hearing and Appeals Services, and Andrea Stagg, Director of Consulting Services, visiting a campus last fall where they provided two days of Title VI training to thirty university staff and faculty.

Imagine having this dynamic duo for a custom training. Courtney Snow and Andrea Stagg are among the many team members with exceptional practical and legal expertise who are available to provide custom training to your campus or business, in-person or virtually.

Title IX Responsible Employee Training Package

Education, Prevention, and Compliance—all within your budget

We created an easy, affordable 2020 Title IX Regulations Training Package, so you can efficiently train every employee across your campus, from the art department to the zoology department.

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Hear From Our Clients

Our partnership has not only improved the experiences for students…but has also enhanced our community’s confidence in our process.

We have been beyond pleased with our partnership with Grand River Solutions. Having easy access to a talented pool of trainers, investigators, hearing officers, and conduct consultants through Grand River has been wonderful. I believe our partnership has not only improved the experiences for students who are involved in sexual misconduct, but it has also enhanced our staffs’ capacities to respond effectively and our community’s confidence in our process.

Dr. Lisa Landreman, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Willamette University

Grand River team is a helpful mix of professional and approachable, delivering expertise, a breadth of services, and continually adding value.

Our partnership with Grand River Solutions provides our member colleges and universities with expert Title IX, Clery Act, and diversity, equity, and inclusion support services at the touch of a button. We are thrilled to continue to work with the Grand River team, who is a helpful mix of professional and approachable, delivering expertise, and a breadth of services.

Brent Wilder, President, Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities

The training materials prepared were relevant; they incorporated feedback about our campus culture and climate, while offering practical skills for our decision makers, advisors and investigators.

Grand River Solutions provided our Title IX grievance pool with a great refresher training on the fundamentals of the Title IX adjudication process. The training materials prepared were relevant; they incorporated feedback about our campus culture and climate, while offering practical skills for our decision makers, advisors and investigators. The Grand River Solutions team exceeded our expectations during the mock hearing. Drawing on the challenges seen in the past year they provided our decision makers and advisors with expert guidance on managing the various aspect of the Title IX hearing.

Nicole L. Johnson, Title IX & Compliance Director| Title IX & Compliance Office, Spelman College

Our Client Engagement Team

Interested in scheduling a training or learning more about creating a custom training or training package that works for your organization? Reach out and we will connect you with the director for your region.

Director of Consulting Services Andrea Stagg (left), with Regional Account managers Emma Hempel (2nd from left), Jahanna Azarian (right) and Senior Director of Business Development, Chantelle Botticelli (2nd from right).