TITLE IX
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Why are you here?
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This presentation will…
1. Provide information
2. Review RIT policies and procedures
3. Explain your role
4. Identify resources
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Why is this important?
• 1 in 5 college women
• People with disabilities and members
of LGBTQIA community
• PTSD, depression and anxiety, drug
or alcohol abuse
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Understanding Your Role
• Understand Title IX
• Know RIT’s Title IX compliance policies
• Know your responsibilities
• Know confidential reporting locations
• Know resources
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Understanding Title IX
“No person in the United States
shall, on the basis of sex, be
excluded from participation in, be
denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under
any education program or activity
receiving Federal financial
assistance.”
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What does Title IX include?
 Sex Discrimination
 Sexual Misconduct
 Sexual Harassment
 Sexual Violence
*Protection from retaliation
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Know RIT’s Title IX compliance policies
(www.rit.edu/~w-policy)
1. Prohibiting Discrimination and
Harassment (C6.0)
2. Student Conduct Process (D18.0)
Alcohol and other Drugs (D18.1)
*New Student Policy will be introduced
this fall (D19.0) to address Title IX
specifically
Note: External Law Enforcement
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#ItsOnUs
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Who is a “Responsible Employee”?
• All RIT employees (permanent, parttime, student, temporary and
adjunct).
• All “Responsible employees” are
required to report Title IX complaints
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Who is RIT’s Title IX coordinator?
Stacy DeRooy
(585)475-7158
(Also Clery Compliance Officer)
Reports to AVP, Compliance & Ethics
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Deputy Title IX Coordinators
Linda
Bryant
Sue
Provenzano
Lex
Sleeman
Dawn
Soufleris
Chair,
NTID
Learning
Consortium
Assistant
Vice
President,
Academic
Affairs
Associate
Director/
NCAA
Compliance
Officer,
Athletics
Associate
Vice
President,
Student
Affairs
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Deputy Title IX Coordinators
Tammy
Gouger
Donna
Rubin
Sandy
Whitmore
Sr. HR
Services
Manager,
Human
Resources
Assistant
Vice
President
for Student
Wellness
Senior
Director of
Operations,
Diversity &
Inclusion
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Here are appropriate steps…
• Inform the student or employee
• Report what you know
• Refer to campus resources
• Be supportive
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Ways to inform others
• In person
• In your syllabus
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What do I do if…
I think a student or a co-worker is
about to tell me something or starts to
tell me something that is related to an
incident.
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Know confidential reporting sites
• The Student Health Center
• The Counseling Center
• The Center for Women & Gender (CARES)
• The Ombuds Office
• The Center for Religious Life
• NTID Counselors/Advisors
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Anonymous Reporting
• Ethics Hot Line
• Reports may be submitted by:
– Website:
https://secure.ethicspoint.com
– Phone: 866-294-9358
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Don’t…
• State you don’t believe them
• Start your own investigation
• Send out any communications, or
• Discuss the issue with other anyone else
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Other Campus resources
• RIT Public Safety
• RIT Human Resources
• RIT Advocacy Program
• Center for Student Conduct and Conflict
Resolution
• Student Financial Services and
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Off-campus resources
• Advocacy Services for Deaf Abused
Victims (ASADV)
• Willow (24 hour hotline)
• Lifeline
• Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (9-1-1)
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RIT’s Obligations Under Title IX
• Respond promptly
• Investigate (varies based on
circumstances)
• Take immediate actions (where
violations of policy occurred)
• Educate
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Questions?
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