K-12 Trainings & Webinars

This training is not a webinar but an interactive live training to ensure K-12 Title IX Coordinators understand their role in compliance. Training will include the school district’s obligations under the new Title IX regulations, expectations of Title IX Coordinators, serving impartially, a deep dive into implementation and tracking of supportive measures, best practices for structuring your Title IX team, tracking patterns and trends to prevent sexual harassment and more. Attendees will receive compliance aids, the ability to collaborate with other K-12 Title IX Coordinators, and personalized, interactive instruction. Attendees will receive training that complies with the new Title IX regulations, addresses best practices based on current litigation trends and court decisions, and covers any other necessary material based on any new OCR guidance or actions under the Biden administration.

ICS is thrilled to offer a K-12 Virtual Certified Title IX Investigator Training. This training will NOT be a webinar, but instead a “live” and interactive experience. This intensive training is appropriate for K-12 Title IX Coordinators, School Administrators, and others responsible for conducting investigations into student and/or employee misconduct. The instructive sessions will include detailed information regarding the evolution of Title IX, investigative best practices, challenges faced by investigators, report writing, and litigation trends resulting from investigations. Attendees will receive compliance aids and resources to assist in their role. Participants will also work through hypothetical situations with their peers to put the education into practice. Attendees will receive training that complies with the new Title IX regulations, addresses best practices based on current litigation trends and court decisions, and covers any other necessary material based on any new OCR guidance or actions under the Biden administration.

Prerequisite: ICS Level 1 Investigator Training and/or more than one year’s experience as a Title IX Investigator
The nature and scope of the Title IX investigative report has intensified dramatically for K-12 investigators with the implementation of the new Title IX regulations. The task of writing these reports is challenging for even the most experienced investigators. Join Courtney and Betsy for this interactive virtual training focused on the process for allowing the review of evidence, the drafting of reports, and the presentation of the reports to the parties for review and response. Attendees will participate in a 3 hour live intensive session where they will be introduced to new styles for organizing evidence for reports, fairly summarizing relevant evidence, and completing the investigative reports in a timely and equitable manner. Attendees will receive compliance aids, resources, and templates to assist in their critical role. Attendees will receive training that complies with the new Title IX regulations, addresses best practices based on current litigation trends and court decisions, and covers any other necessary material based on any new OCR guidance or actions under the Biden administration.

The new Title IX regulations allow for informal resolution in sexual misconduct matters and also require training for Informal Resolution Facilitators. This virtual training is not a webinar, but instead a “live” and interactive experience. It will include the required training on the definition of sexual harassment, the scope of a school district’s education program or activity, how to conduct an informal resolution process and the different types of informal resolutions that may be considered, and how to fulfill the role and serve impartially, including avoiding prejudgment to the facts at issue, conflicts of interest, or bias. The training will also discuss the Title IX process under the new regulations and the facilitator’s role in that process. Participants will work through case studies to put the concepts learned into practice and also receive compliance aids. Space is limited to foster an interactive learning environment. Attendees will receive training that complies with the new Title IX regulations, addresses best practices based on current litigation trends and court decisions, and covers any other necessary material based on any new OCR guidance or actions under the Biden administration.

Training for Title IX decision makers is critical and now mandatory under the new Title IX regulations issued on May 6th. This virtual training is not a webinar, but instead a “live” and interactive experience. The sessions will include an overview of the Title IX and the new regulations, the definition of sexual harassment and the scope of program/activity, how to serve impartially in the role, the role of advisors and parents in the process, how to conduct relevancy assessments, burdens of proof and more. This training will incorporate hypotheticals to put the training information into practice and compliance aids. Attendees will receive compliance aids and resources to assist in their role. Appropriate for hearing panels, chairs, single decision makers and external decision makers. Attendees will receive training that complies with the new Title IX regulations, addresses best practices based on current litigation trends and court decisions, and covers any other necessary material based on any new OCR guidance or actions under the Biden administration.

Appellate decision-makers in the Title IX grievance process must be trained under the new regulations, whether they are reviewing dismissals of Formal Complaints or Determinations. This virtual training is not a webinar, but instead a “live” and interactive experience. The sessions will include the definitions of sexual harassment and program/activity, how to serve impartially in the role, the general Title IX process as prescribed under the new regulations, grounds for appeal under the new regulations, what constitutes the “record” and a review of an appeal, and more. Training will include all required matters under the Title IX regulations. The training will incorporate compliance aids and resources to assist with learning and tabletop exercises to put training into practice. Attendees will receive training that complies with the new Title IX regulations, addresses best practices based on current litigation trends and court decisions, and covers any other necessary material based on any new OCR guidance or actions under the Biden administration.

Title IX compliance is multi-faceted and includes a school district’s response to reports of sexual harassment and gender-equity in athletics. Title IX for athletics addresses the important role athletics plays in both of these areas. With respect to sexual harassment, the interactive virtual training provides an overview of the new Title IX regulations, the definition of sexual harassment and when it occurs within the school’s program or activity, and the vital role athletics plays in the prevention of sexual harassment – including the intersection of bullying, hazing and sexual harassment. The training also discusses evaluating gender-equity in athletics utilizing OCR’s three-part test. Finally, the course provides a brief discussion of litigation trends with transgender students and student-athletes in access to facilities and in competition. Title IX for athletics is appropriate for Athletic Directors, coaches, athletics staff, school leadership, Title IX Coordinators and any other personnel that interface with athletics and Title IX compliance. Attendees will receive compliance aids and resources to assist in their role. Attendees will receive training that complies with the new Title IX regulations, addresses best practices based on current litigation trends and court decisions, and covers any other necessary material based on any new OCR guidance or actions under the Biden administration.

The new Title IX regulations include domestic violence and dating violence in the definition of Title IX Sexual Harassment. Investigating and Resolving issues of domestic violence and dating violence is complicated and requires school/district wide collaboration. These relationships have the potential for significant risk to your school/district and community, as well as the parties involved. This training will guide you through 1) instituting supportive measures that seek to protect the individuals involved and the school/district as a whole, 2) questioning individuals in domestic or dating violence relationships, 3) investigating when a witness or party is not willing to participate, 4) sanctioning from both restorative and disciplinary lenses.
Attendees will receive training that complies with the new Title IX regulations, addresses best practices based on current litigation trends and court decisions, and covers any other necessary material based on any new OCR guidance or actions under the Biden administration.