Acquire Practical Skills to Guide Your Institution in Navigating Compliance Challenges Related to Sex/Gender Discrimination
This course focuses on sex discrimination compliance responsibilities. It covers the assessment of overall program equity and provides introductions to athletics equity, pregnancy and related conditions requirements, and LGBTQIA+ protections.
ATIXA’s expert faculty members will guide participants through ATIXA’s model formal grievance process from a sex/gender discrimination complaint perspective. Discussions will also cover how institutions can center resolutions that involve disparate treatment and impact, including targeted culture/climate assessments and investigations. Lastly, the course will address what institutions can expect when the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reviews their program equity compliance and how to develop a plan to complete gender equity audits regularly.
Topics Covered
- Defining Equity and Discrimination
- Assessing Intent: The Role of the Similarly Situated Comparator
- Is All Disparate Impact Discriminatory?
- Policy & Law Overlap (Title VI, Title VII, etc.)
- Creating a Culture of Gender Equity
- Single-Sex Programs, Facilities, and Permissible Exceptions
- Pregnancy and Related Conditions
- Title IX and Athletics
- Athletics Risk Management
- NIL Rights and Title IX Equity
- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression
- ATIXA’s Recommended Formal Grievance Process
- Gender Equity Audits: Hiring, Compensation, Evaluation, Promotion, Scholarships, Financial Aid, Athletics
- ADA and Section 504
- OCR Review of Program Equity
Key Takeaway
Address program equity complaints by identifying the situations where they commonly arise, including athletics, pregnancy and related conditions, LGBTQIA+ protections, and single-sex programs. Resolve these complaints using ATIXA’s formal grievance process model.
After completing this training, participants will be able to:
- Explain Title IX sex discrimination compliance responsibilities
- Identify areas and situations where program equity complaints often originate, including athletics, pregnancy and related conditions, LGBTQIA+ protections, and single-sex programs
- Apply ATIXA’s recommended Formal Grievance Process to gender equity complaints
- Understand the intersection of gender equity and disability law
- Develop a plan to complete gender equity audits on a regular basis
Who should attend?
- Title IX Coordinators
- Deputy Title IX Coordinators
- Title IX or Civil Rights Investigators
- Decision-makers
- Appeal Decision-makers
- Intake/Case Coordinators
- Training and Prevention Professionals
- Human Resources Professionals
- Student Conduct Professionals
- Compliance and Risk Management Professionals (Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, ADA/Section 504, AA, EEO, Clery)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Professionals
- Ombudspersons
- LGBTQIA+ Resource Center Professionals
- Legal Counsel
There are currently no scheduled events for this certification, please contact events@nabita.org to inquire about future availability or inquiry@tngconsulting.com to bring an NABITA trainer to your school or campus for an individualized training on this topic.
To obtain certification from ATIXA, you will need to sign-in to your Event Lobby each day of training and attend the whole event. It is our expectation that you are present for the entire duration of your training course. Certification will only be provided once ATIXA has verified attendance through the Event Lobby.
Please allow 7-10 days following the completion of the course and then log in on our website and visit the My ATIXA page to access the Continuing Certification Credit (CCC) program system. Please follow the instructions on the webpage to obtain your certification. Our CCC program allows those certified by ATIXA to track, maintain, and extend their professional development through our programs.
PLEASE NOTE: Certification refers to attendance at a qualifying event; TNG cannot speak to individual attendees’ knowledge, expertise, or command of the material.
- Attendance for each day of training or access to eTraining course for three months
- An extensive course-specific selection of articles, customizable forms and templates, case studies, videos, and more
- Instructional slides or transcript for eTraining
- Access to ATIXA content experts
- Ability to interact with faculty and attendees via course discussion and activities
- Certification upon corresponding course completion