Personal improvement ppt

2. Kristi Clemens
Title IX Coordinator and Clery Compliance Officer
Gary Sund
Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Response
Sophia Brelvi
Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Training

3. Share the role and purpose of Title IX and the
office
Learn about resources and support and how to
access them
Recognize that we all have a role to play in
creating a respectful and inclusive community

4. • Pay attention to how you are feeling
• Take breaks as needed
• Ask questions at any time
Privacy
• What is said here, stays here
• What is learned here, leaves here

5. 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.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Title IX applies to all members of the Dartmouth
community, not just students.

6. Ensure a safe and secure academic,
residential and work environment so all
can fully participate

7. • Ensure equal access to all educational, employment, and other
opportunities at Dartmouth regardless of sex or gender;
• Receive disclosures, monitor reports, and oversee response and
investigation;
• Advise any individual about the courses of action available at the
College and in the community;
• Oversee and coordinate a comprehensive, integrated prevention
and education program for all campus constituencies

8. • Sexual or Gender-Based Harassment
- Quid Pro Quo
- Hostile Environment
• Sexual Assault
• Sexual Exploitation
• Relationship and Interpersonal Violence
• Stalking
• Provision of Alcohol and/or Other Drugs for Purposes of
Prohibited Conduct
• Retaliation
New SMP: Prohibited Conduct

9.  Consent is an affirmative and willing agreement to engage in specific
forms of sexual contact with another person.
 Consent requires an outward demonstration, through mutually
understandable words or actions, indicating that an individual has
freely chosen to engage in sexual contact.
 Consent cannot be obtained through:
1. the use of coercion or force, or
2. by taking advantage of the incapacitation of another.
 Silence, passivity, or the absence of resistance does not imply
consent.
Consent

10. • Federal and state laws and College policy prohibit
retaliation
• Cannot retaliate against someone for bringing or
supporting a complaint
• Complaint only needs to be brought in good faith
• No retaliation even if no unlawful harassment found

11. • More than 90% of sexual assault victims on college campuses do
not report the assault
(Cullen, F., Fisher, B., & Turner, M., 2000)
• About 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men have been the victim of a
contact sexual assault
(CDC NIPSVS, 2011)
• In 8 out of 10 cases of rape, the victim knew the perpetrator
(Miller, T. R., Cohen, M. A., & Wiersema, B. ,1996)
• More than 25% of transgender individuals had been sexually
assaulted after the age of 13

12. The most common reason for not reporting incidents of
sexual assault and sexual misconduct was that it was not
considered serious enough.
Other reasons included because they were
“embarrassed, ashamed or that it would be too
emotionally difficult,”
and because they “did not think anything would be
done about it.”
(AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct, 2015)

13. Power Dynamics
Power= the ability to direct or influence others
Reporting parties have a lot at stake
Intent and Impact
Intent = What we hope our audience will think, feel, and do.
Impact = What they actually think, feel, and do.
• Can be affected by life experience, social identities, power/privilege
dynamics
Not knowing isn’t an excuse any more
It can be dismissive of people’s experiences

14. Bystander Intervention
Begins with knowing what is permissible and what is not
Seize on moments of action:
• Do something yourself
• Bring others in
• Create a distraction/creative intervention
Know that even if it doesn’t directly impact you, the
indirect impact is real

15. Scenario 1
You are conducting a review session for an upcoming exam. As the session
wraps up, one of your classmates approaches you with a few follow-up
questions about the material. He seems uncharacteristically nervous and
flustered so you ask him if everything is ok. He shares that he just came
from a meeting with a faculty member and he feels uncomfortable. You
ask him what happened, and he says that a faculty member invited him to
meet for coffee off-campus to discuss his performance on the last
assignment. He feels uncomfortable but is not sure if he is overreacting.
He apologizes for taking up so much of your time and leaves the
classroom.
• How would you handle this situation?
• Imagine that instead of a classmate reporting this to you, you observed this
exchange between the student and the faculty member. Does that change your
willingness to respond and/or the steps that you would take?

16. Scenario 2
You are at a professional conference and see a colleague
at the hotel bar with some other colleagues and interns.
You observe that colleague buy a shot for a female
intern, and can tell from across the room that she does
not want to drink it. The colleague puts his arm around
her, and leads others in the bar in chant of “Drink! Drink!
Drink!”
• How could you intervene in this situation?
• What if this wasn’t the first time you observed something like
this with this colleague?

17. Share the role and purpose of Title IX and the office 
Learn about resources and support and
how to access them
Recognize that we all have a role to play in creating a respectful
and inclusive community

18. • Confidential Resources
• Private Resources

19. People who may not share your information without your
expressed consent unless there is an imminent danger to self or
others, or as otherwise required by law (such as mandated
reporting laws about sexual abuse of a minor).
Confidential resources include licensed medical or counseling
professionals (e.g., a licensed psychologist), staff members of
organizations recognized as rape crisis centers under state law
(such as WISE), and ordained clergy.

20. • Counseling Center is dedicated to student mental health and well-being. Same day
appointments are available for crisis and emergency situations. A counselor is on call 24
hours a day. Students who have experienced gender-based violence are prioritized
through the triage process. All counselors are trained to provide comprehensive,
culturally competent trauma—informed care.
• Primary Care and Women’s Health Includes general physical examinations with screening
procedures as recommended by national guidelines, including screening and treatment
for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy testing and counseling and a full range of
contraception counseling and treatments.
• In-Patient Department is a 10-bed infirmary/hospital equipped to support both medical
and mental health care needs of students. They offer confidential overnight, care and
support. They are available after hours when undergraduates are in session- Fall, Winter,
and Spring terms only.

21. College Chaplain - Rabbi Daveen Litwin
• A Pastoral counselor (inclusive, non-judgmental and open to all)
• Help with processing an incident
• Provide religious or spiritual support and guidance, if requested
• Aid in the healing process
• Can connect with additional resources including Title IX Office and
additional ordained UCM clergy members
tucker.center@Dartmouth.edu

22. • WISE is the organization leading the Upper Valley to end
gender-based violence
• Advocates are independent confidential resources, and are not
employees of the college
• WISE can support survivors in navigating the aftermath of
violence in all parts of the person’s life
• Campus Advocate, on campus Mondays in 37 Dewey, Room 452
campus@wiseuv.org
24-hour crisis line: 866-348-9473

23. • Also known as “Responsible Employees”.
• Required to promptly share a disclosure with the Title IX
Coordinator.
• The Title IX Coordinator will make sure you have access to the
available support services and that you feel safe on campus.
• Disclosures will be shared only on a need-to-know basis or as
required by law.
• Your information will be kept private and not shared publicly.
Holly Wilkinson serves as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Thayer
Gary Hutchins serves as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Guarini School

24. Email contact with Reporting Person;
Email sent within 24 hours of notice to Title IX Coordinator
Notify of:
confidential and private resources, on- and off-campus;
right to contact law enforcement and seek medical treatment;
importance of preservation of evidence;
Inform that it is voluntary and not obligatory to respond to or meet
with a Title IX Coordinator.
Invite reporting party to meet with a Title IX Coordinator at a time
that works for them

25. • Informal or formal reporting
• Informal no contact directive
• Formal no contact order
• Classroom and registration measures
• Academic measures
• Housing adjustments
• Formal investigation

26. • Let you choose what to talk about
• Be clear that there are choices
• Respect your decisions
• Point out strengths and capacities
• Share information about resources and support
• Actively connect you with resources and support
• Explain reporting options and relevant policies and
procedures

27. • Reporting Person determines whether to report to law enforcement
• Hanover Police participates in the “You Have Options” program, which
allows a reporting party to talk with law enforcement at length before
deciding next steps
• Involvement from law enforcement does not relieve the institution from
investigating under Title IX
• The College may find a policy violation under Title IX without a criminal
sentence (evidentiary bar is different)
• Preponderance of the evidence (College)
• Beyond a reasonable doubt (Criminal)

28. Share the role and purpose of Title IX and the office 
Learn about resources and support and how to access them 
Recognize that we all have a role to play in
creating a respectful and inclusive
community

29. As a member of the Dartmouth Community,
we want you to know…
 Everyone has a role to play in the intervention and prevention of
sexual/gender-based harassment or violence.
 Everyone is expected to create a respectful environment free from
harassment.
 Everyone is expected to be an active bystander, intervening before,
during, or after any form of harassment.
 Everyone is expected to assist and support individuals who have
been harassed.

30. Parkhurst Hall
Suite 05, 14 North Main St., Hanover NH 03755
603 646 0922
titleix@dartmouth.edu
https://sexual-respect.dartmouth.edu/