Education and Required Training

Resources 

• Title IX Investigator Training - Dan Schorr, LLC
• Title IX Overview Session - Grand River | Solutions, The University of Pennsylvania - April 2023
• Trauma-Informed Investigations for
  Campus Sexual Misconduct Cases - Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council - October 27, 2023
• Accommodating Requests From Pregnant and Parenting Students - Bricker & Eckler Publications - September 13, 2023
• Deciding a Title IX Sexual Harassment Appeal, Your Role in Having the Last Word - Jackson Lewis P.C. - June 2023
• Title IX Hearings: What's in Store for 2024? - Dan Schorr, LLC - December 13, 2023
• Investigating Misconduct in Collegiate Athletics - Dan Schorr, LLC - November 15, 2023
• Back to School Title IX Open Forum - Dan Schorr, LLC - August 29, 2023
• EEOC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: What You Need to Know -Bricker Graydon - August 2023
• Decision Makers: Procedural Requirements and Best Practices - Dan Schorr, LLC - July 27, 2023
• Interim Services: The Expertise You Need, When You Need It - Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) - July 26, 2023
• Let's Talk Title IX - Kent State University - Wednesday, March 6, 2024
• Partnering with Student Affairs on Title IX Hearings - Dan Schorr, LLC - April 13, 2023
• Title IX Training: March: Conducting Fair, Thorough, and Trauma-Informed Sexual Violence Investigations -  Grand River Solutions Title IX - March 20, 2024
• It's Game Time: Complying with NCAA Policy on Campus Sexual Violence - Bricker & Eckler, LLP - March 7, 2023
• U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Guidance on Athletics Opportunity Under Title IX - Bricker & Eckler, LLP - February 23, 2023
• Title IX Coordinator Tier classes:
  • Tier 1 – Law and Policy
  • Tier 2 – Sex-Discrimination Response
  • Tier 3 – Safety & Risk Analyses for Sex-Based Harassment Emergency Removals
  • National Association of Clery Compliance Officers and Professionals/D.Stafford & Associates - May 6-8, 2024
• Title IX Investigator and Coordinator Training Virtual Training Title IX Solutions April 2024
• 2024 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE NASPA - 2024 Virtual Title IX Investigator & Coordinator training - April 2-5 2024
• 2024 Title IX Educational Series: Title IX Investigation - Coordinator series - May 23, 2024

* Materials available upon request. Subject to any copyright restrictions.

• Level 3 Title IX Coordinator Training
• Level 3 Title IX Decision Maker Training
• Level 3 Title IX Decision Maker Training Writing Workshop
• Level 3 Title IX Investigator Training
• Level 3 Title IX Investigator Writing Workshop

• Investigator Training: Level 2 Title IX Investigator Training – Slides PDF
• Decision Maker Training: Level 2 Decision-Maker Training – Slides PDF
• Appeals Officer Training: Level 2 Appeals Officer Training – Slides PDF
• Informal Resolution Officer Training: Informal Resolution Officer Training – Slides PDF
• Title IX Coordinator Level 2 Training Slides PDF
• ATIXA: Title IX Hearing Officer and Decision Maker Training – Slides PDF 
• ATIXA: Title IX Coordinator Level One Training - Slides PDF

The parties may be accompanied by their Title IX Advisor in all meetings and interviews at which the party is entitled to be present. Title IX Advisors should help the parties prepare for the meetings and interviews. Title IX Advisors are expected to advise ethically and with integrity (i.e., not permitting a party to lie or to present false evidence). 

TSU cannot guarantee equal Title IX advisory experiences, meaning that if one party hires an attorney to serve as their Title IX Advisor and the other party does not hire an attorney, TSU is not obligated to provide an attorney Advisor for the other party. Also, if one party selects a Title IX Advisor from TSU’s list of Title IX Advisors and the other party selects a family member as an Advisor, the TSU Title IX Advisor would have received training in order to serve in this capacity while the family member Advisor would not have received such training. TSU is not obligated to train the family member Advisor. 

All Title IX Advisors are subject to the same TSU policies and procedures, whether they are attorneys or not. Title IX Advisors are expected to advise without disrupting proceedings. Title IX Advisors should not address TSU officials in a meeting or interview unless they are permitted to do so by the investigators—for instance to ask procedural questions. Title IX Advisors are not permitted to make presentations or opening/closing statements during any meeting or proceeding (including during a hearing). Title IX Advisors are also prohibited from speaking on behalf of the advisee to the Investigator(s) or the Decision-maker (at a hearing), except during the cross-examination at the hearing. 

Although the Title IX Advisor generally may not speak on behalf of their advisee, the Title IX Advisor may consult with their advisee, either privately as needed, or by conferring or passing notes during any resolution process meeting or interview. For longer or more involved discussions, the parties and their Title IX Advisors should ask for breaks to allow for private consultation. 

TSU expects that the parties may wish to have documentation and evidence related to the allegations of Title IX sexual harassment with their Title IX Advisors. Parties may share this information directly with their Title IX Advisor or other individuals, if they wish. If the party wants TSU to share documentation and evidence with Title IX Advisors, TSU will provide the party with a FERPA authorization to disclose consent form to sign. The authorization will remain in the Title IX file. 

If a party requests that all communication be made through their Attorney Advisor, TSU will not comply with that request.