Civil Rights Compliance

CWU Sexual Misconduct Prevention

• Preventing Harassment and Discrimination- Training for Employees

  Preventing Harassment & Discrimination for Non-Supervisors or Supervisors

  Central aims to be a model learning community of access and opportunity, as well as foster a community of caring—one way we commit to this is by providing our employees with ongoing education and resources on preventing and responding to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the workplace.

  This course prepares learners and leaders to cultivate and maintain a workplace culture resistant to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Employees and supervisors will be equipped with the information and skills that promote intervention, empathy, and allyship.

  • To learn more about the Preventing Harassment & Discrimination for Non-Supervisors or Supervisors trainings, as well as other required training for employees, visit Human Resource's Required Training webpage. 
• Responsible Employee Training for CWU Staff and Faculty

  Responsible Employee training is provided virtually and/or presented by a member of the Civil Rights Compliance team. Types of Responsible Employee trainings are further outlined below. Utilize the "Learning" tab in myCWU or contact Civil Rights Compliance for more information.

  1. Introductory Responsible Employee training provides a big picture overview of types of sexual misconduct, reporting options, responsible employee reporting requirements, what happens after a report, as well as how to respond to a student disclosure in a trauma-informed way.
     • To learn more about your role as a Responsible Employee, visit our Responsible Employees at CWU webpage.
  2. Advanced Responsible Employee trainings provide active learning opportunities to select employees that commonly receive sexual misconduct disclosures; also available upon request.
     • Identifying and Responding to Sexual Misconduct Disclosures
     • Navigating Personal Bias and Responding to Disclosures in a Trauma-Informed, Inclusive way
  3. Special Topic Responsible Employee trainings are provided to all members of the CWU employee community throughout the academic year based on history, heritage, or awareness months, as well as campus trends and areas of growth. Past topics have included:
     • Barriers to Reporting Sexual Misconduct and Patterns of Disclosure
     • Stalking: Know it, Name it, Stop it (during National Stalking Awareness Month)

  Any member of the CWU community can request a Responsible Employee Training for their office or department. If you would like to discuss or request a Responsible Employee training session for your staff, please contact Civil Rights Compliance.

• RespectEdu for College & RespectEdu for Graduate Students

  RespectEdu is an online learning experience that exceeds Title IX compliance to help build academic communities of engaged bystanders who can identify harmful situations, and have the motivation and skills needed to intervene.

  • RespectEdu for College (Undergraduate Students)- By the time we graduate high school and enter college as young adults, we all have vastly different understandings and perspectives about sex and healthy relationships, depending on what we were taught. This 60-minute course provides college students with an overview of creating and maintaining healthy and informed relationships and sexual interactions. Topics include: defining consent, avoiding assumptions, managing rejection, being a good bystander, seeking support and resources, and others. 
    
  • RespectEdu for Graduate Students-As the course of study intensifies in graduate school, so can relationships with family, oneself, colleagues, advisors, professors and students. For each of these, along with many other parts of life, it’s good to identify goals, energy levels, and boundaries. This 60-minute course provides students with a comprehensive overview of how to navigate healthy relationships and interactions while in graduate school. Topics include: healthy boundaries, interpersonal dynamics between colleagues, students and advisors, healthy sexual interactions and relationships, consent, rejections, bystander intervention and others. 

  All incoming CWU students are required to complete a Culture of Respect module in Canvas called "RespectEdu"; all current CWU students also have access to the resources and education provided in the Canvas course.
  
  

  For more information about the Compliance & Violence Prevention Education incoming students are expected to complete, visit this webpage.

• Student Training Facilitated by PATH

  PATH (Prevention-Advocacy-Training-Healing) provides students with Bystander Intervention Training, a Sex and Relationship Education Workshop, as well as programs throughout the academic year.

  • To learn more about other sexual violence and misconduct training and prevention provided on campus, visit the PATH Training for Students, Staff, and Faculty webpage.
• University Police and Public Safety Rape Aggression Defense Program

  University Police and Public Safety provides a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) course, which is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women.

  • To learn more about this defense course, visit the Rape Aggression Defense webpage.