Kalamazoo College engages in comprehensive, intentional, and integrated programming, initiatives, strategies, and campaigns intended to promote the awareness of as well as to end and prohibit unlawful gender discrimination, sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

New Employee Training

New staff are required to complete Title IX: Roles of Employees on Vector/Safe Colleges. New faculty are required to attend the in-person new employee orientation session, PLaN: A Framework for Mandatory Reporters. The Director of Gender Equity and Title IX Coordinator also regularly schedules trainings with all new hires to review employee rights and responsibilities. Topics covered include: definitions of prohibited conduct, reporting options, investigation options and procedures, possible accommodations and discipline, risk reduction, bystander intervention, and confidential resources and supportive measures. For more information, contact Tanya at tanya.jachimiak@kzoo.edu.

Current Employee Training

The Director of Gender Equity and Title IX Coordinator, Tanya Jachimiak, offers ongoing awareness and prevention training. Topics covered include: mandatory reporting and supportive response, definitions of prohibited conduct, reporting options, investigation options and procedures, possible accommodations and discipline, bystander intervention, and confidential resources and supportive measures. For more information, contact Tanya at tanya.jachimiak@kzoo.edu.

Training for Title IX Team Members

To satisfy its obligation under 34 C.F.R. § 106.45(b)(10)(i)(D), Kalamazoo College makes publicly available training materials specific to members of the Title IX Team. Training topics include the definition of sexual harassment as defined in 34 C.F.R. 106.30(a); scope of the institution’s education program or activity; how to conduct an investigation and grievance process including hearings, appeals, and informal resolution processes, as applicable; and how to serve impartially, including by avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue, conflicts of interest, and bias. Both decision-makers and investigators are trained on issues of relevance, including how to apply the “rape shield” protections provided to complainants. Additionally, decision-makers must receive training on any technology that will be used at a live hearing.

At Kalamazoo College, the Title IX Team includes the Title IX coordinator, investigators, decision-makers (those who sit for both hearings and appeals), and deputy Title IX coordinators.

Use of Technology: Microsoft Teams