Trainings

Description: This training is designed for all employees and students involved in the student conduct process, including conduct officials, law enforcement, student affairs practitioners, residential life staff, and Title IX officials. Topics covered include due process, the Clery Act amendments to the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, Title IX, and state-specific compliance requirements. Participants will examine a case study of sexual misconduct and learn best practices for addressing each stage of the disciplinary process.

Training Location: Zoom link will be sent via email one week prior to all registered participants.

Attendance: Each cohort meets four times over the course of two weeks. It is an expectation that participants attend each training date in its entirety.  Cohorts are region specific.

Training Topics: Upon completion of this training you will earn 8 hours and fulfill all SCI required training topics, including all of the Title IX Final Rule topics. This credit will be listed on your transcript and you will be able to download your annual certificate directly from your online dashboard. 

Level: Basic

Presenters: Joseph Storch, Esq.; Gemma Rinefierd, Ed.D.; Abbey Marr, Esq.; Adam Wolkoff, J.D./Ph.D.

Description: As the Clery Act arrives at its 30^th anniversary, compliance obligations are in flux, with significant expansions, contractions, modifications, and guidance issuance and withdrawals, all in the last decade. At its base, the Clery Act obligates colleges to maintain and publish certain policies, gather and share certain statistics, and take other actions to notify students and community members in a way that can help them stay safe and be aware of certain dangers. While separate from Title IX, there are overlapping areas, leading to some compliance challenges. In October 2020, the Department of Education withdrew its Clery Act Handbook, replacing it with a 13-page appendix, a brief document that does not include many of the obligations in the Regulations. This has led to confusion among those tasked with compliance.

This training will cover the basics of the Clery Act as established in the statute (Higher Education Act) and Regulations, and then dive deeper into the requirements and their application. We will also look at some of the findings of recent audits for the compliance lessons they yield. Topics covered will include: Geography, Crime Identification, Counting, Reporting and Response Requirements of the VAWA Amendments to Clery, Hate Crimes, Timely Warnings, Emergency Notifications, Missing Persons, Fire Safety Reporting, Required Educational Programs and Campaigns, Notes on Preparing the ASR and AFSR, and Audit Experience and Lessons Learned. Note that this training will not cover Title IX or Clery Act conduct response to violations (these are well covered by other SCI trainings). This Clery Act training is equally appropriate for Clery Act newbies and the most grizzled Clery Act veteran. We will leave time for questions and provide access to helpful resources where available. 

Training Location: Zoom link will be sent via email one week prior to all registered participants.

Attendance: This training takes places over the course of two days. It is an expectation that all participants attend both days of training. 

Training Topics: Attorneys who attend will be eligible for continuing legal education credits (SUNY is a NYS CLE provider) at no extra cost. Attendees will also receive 6 hours of SCI annual compliance obligation credit in the area of Law, Policies, & Procedures.

Level: Intermediate

Presenters: Joseph Storch, Esq.

Description: This is a multi-session training series offered in partnership with the Clery Center.

• Part I - Clery Primer: Clery Act in a Changing Environment. *SCI members who already completed this training in December or January do not need to repeat this session. This training, led by Joseph Storch, will cover the basics of the Clery Act as established in the statute (Higher Education Act) and Regulations, and then dive deeper into the requirements and their application. We will also look at some of the findings of recent audits for the compliance lessons they yield. Topics covered will include: Geography, Crime Identification, Counting, Reporting and Response Requirements of the VAWA Amendments to Clery, Hate Crimes, Timely Warnings, Emergency Notifications, Missing Persons, Fire Safety Reporting, Required Educational Programs and Campaigns, Notes on Preparing the ASR and AFSR, and Audit Experience and Lessons Learned.
• Part II - Annual Security Report Training Webinar with the Clery Center. Annual security reports (ASRs) are a critical component of Clery Act compliance. Through providing summaries of existing policies and procedures, ASRs illustrate a campus’ philosophy and strategy in preventing and responding to violence. This webinar, led by the Clery Center, will provide a comprehensive overview of the components of an ASR by explaining the elements of required policy statements, descriptions/general statements, and statistics. This overview ill include aspects specific to institutions with on-campus student housing facilities. Join us for this primarily lecture-based format where there will be the opportunity to ask questions of the facilitator throughout. 
• Part III (optional) - Virtual ASR Workshop. For those who want to participate in a deep-dive interactive workshop on ASRs, we are offering Virtual ASR Workshops. These workshops, led by the Clery Center, will provide information and tools to use to analyze an institution’s ASR and its compliance with Clery Act requirements. Facilitators will first address commonly misunderstood policy statement areas and highlight gaps frequently seen in published ASRs. They will then guide participants in using Clery Center’s ASR checklist to examine their own ASRs determining how well policy statements align with Clery Act required elements. Clery Center instructors will facilitate small and large group discussion to guide attendees through engaging campus partners to make any needed changes and craft accurate policy and procedure descriptions for their respective areas.

Training Location: 
Zoom links will be sent via email one week prior to all registered participants.

Attendance:
This training takes place over the course of multiple days. It is an expectation that participants attend each day as each session serves as a pre-requisite for the next.

Training Topics:
Upon completion of this entire training series, attendees will earn either earn 7.5 hours or 11.5 hours (with workshop) of SCI credit.

Level: Intermediate

Presenters: 
Joseph Storch, Esq., SUNY;
Abigail Boyer and Laura Egan, Clery Center

Description: This training provides a detailed overview of best practices for law enforcement, student affairs and Title IX professionals charged with investigating and adjudicating reports of sexual and interpersonal violence. It addresses the practical application of trauma informed principles when conducting fair, neutral, and thorough sexual and interpersonal violence investigations. It is tailored for higher education professionals and campus law enforcement with direct and ancillary obligations to investigate and adjudicate sexual and interpersonal violence on college campuses.

Training Location: Zoom link will be sent via email one week prior to all registered participants.

Attendance: This training takes places over the course of three days. It is an expectation that all participants attend each day of training. 

Training Topics: Upon completion of this training you will earn 7 hours and fulfill all annual and Title IX Final Rule training topics with the exception of three topics: Cultural Awareness, Consent, and Title IX: Technology.

Level: Intermediate

Presenters: Chantelle Cleary, Esq., Grand River Solutions

Description:
This two-part training is geared towards professionals involved in the investigation and adjudication of Title IX-related cases involving employees, including allegations of employee-employee and employee-student misconduct. The training will first cover legal requirements, including the interplay between employment law and Title IX and Due Process in investigations and adjudications of sexual misconduct. Attendees will also leave with an understanding of important considerations for unionized and nonunionized workforces, and best practices for handling each step of the disciplinary process.

Training Location:
Zoom link will be sent via email one week prior to all registered participants.

Attendance:
This training takes places over the course of two days. It is an expectation that all participants attend both days of training. 

Training Topics:
Upon completion of this training you will earn 6 hours and fulfill several training topics (TBD).

Level: Intermediate

Presenters:
Valerie J. Ayers, Esq., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Employee Relations, SUNY;
James L. Jarvis, Associate Counsel, SUNY

Description: Traumatic experiences have immediate, powerful, and potentially long-lasting effects on the human brain. This presentation explains, in very accessible ways, how stress and trauma can alter brain functioning during sexual assaults and other traumas. Participants will learn about the key brain circuitries impacted by stress and trauma, including the prefrontal cortex and defense and memory circuitries. Participants will gain increased understanding of brain-based experiences, behaviors, and memory characteristics and learn important implications for their work with victims of sexual assault and other violence. This presentation provides a critical foundation for learning and applying trauma-informed responses with people who have been assaulted.

Training Location: Zoom link will be sent via email one week prior to all registered participants.

Attendance: This training takes places over the course of two days. It is an expectation that all participants attend both days of training. 

Training Topics: Upon completion of this training you will earn 6 hours of SCI annual compliance obligation credit in the area of Trauma Informed Practice. This training is intended as a deep dive into the area of trauma-informed practice and neurobiology of trauma and not intended to complete all of your annual training requirements.

Level: Intermediate

Presenters: Jim Hopper, Ph.D.

Description: Restorative justice is a long-standing method of conflict resolution that focuses on repairing the harm done to members of a community. Guided by a trained facilitator, the parties involved in a misconduct incident engage in a structured, collaborative process to create a resolution that aims to fulfill the needs of the harmed parties, provide opportunities for respondents to accept responsibility for harm, and restores the community’s trust in the responsible party. A growing trend across student affairs, Title IX offices and offices of institutional equity and inclusion, restorative justice offers an alternative to traditional investigative/adjudicative resolution processes and creates opportunities for education and growth. This training, led by attorneys Scott Schneider and Paige Duggins-Clay, will include development of the fundamentals of restorative justice as applied in the Title IX setting, including opportunities to practice facilitation skills through real-world scenarios.

Training Location: Zoom link will be sent via email one week prior to all registered participants.

Attendance: This training takes places over the course of two days. It is an expectation that all participants attend both days of training. 

Level: Intermediate

Presenters: Scott Schneider, Esq. and Paige Duggins-Clay, Esq., Husch Blackwell

Description: This is a hands-on, high-level workshop for Directors of Conduct, Associate Vice Presidents, and others with significant responsibilities related to the drafting and administration of a Code of Conduct.  This training will provide a full overview of the fundamentals of planning a review and revision of your Code of Conduct.  In this two part series, we will introduce attendees to best practices in reviewing and updating Codes, including identifying goals and priority changes and engaging important stakeholders. Attendees will be provided sample language options and be guided through the process of identifying gaps and ensuring their Codes are student-centered.  We will also highlight aligning Code language with institutional practice. In part two of the workshop, attendees will be guided in small group discussion to determine priority language edits and develop plans for drafting new language. We will also build out specific timelines working toward proposal dates.  Group discussions will be divided into institutional types and will consult directly with attorneys from the Student Conduct Institute.

Training Location: Zoom link will be sent via email one week prior to all registered participants.

Attendance: This training takes places over the course of two days. It is an expectation that all participants attend both days of training. 

Training Topics: Upon completion of this training you will earn 4 hours of SCI annual compliance obligation credit. This workshop is intended as a deep dive into the codes of conduct and not intended to complete all of your annual training requirements.

Level: Intermediate

Presenters: Gemma Rinefierd, Ed.D., Abbey Marr, Esq., and Adam Wolkoff, J.D./Ph.D.