Elevate Your Decision-Making and Live Hearing Practices
Gain in-depth training on live hearings and learn to serve effectively as a decision-maker or panel member in higher education settings by recognizing and addressing bias, evaluating evidence, applying policy, and crafting clear, well-reasoned outcomes. Build the skills to conduct fair, defensible hearings that reflect ATIXA’s best practices and meet regulatory standards.
Learn About Multi-Registration Discounts
Registering for multiple courses or multiple participants is a great way to save. Register yourself or your team for two to four courses and receive a 15% discount; register for five or more and receive a 25% discount.
Register for your selected sessions and choose the Pay Later/Create Invoice option at checkout, then contact events@atixa.org to apply this discount to your order prior to submitting payment.
Higher Education Decision-Making and Live Hearings Focus Week Options in 2026
Higher Education Decision-Making and Live Hearings Focus Week Offerings: (Attend one, multiple, or all courses!)
- Title IX Decision-Making for Higher Education
- Live Hearings for Higher Education
What’s a Focus Week?
Designed as an a la carte event, each individual focus week offers the flexibility to choose the courses that best suit your needs. Whether you prefer to attend a single session or multiple, each course stands alone while complementing the others to provide a well-rounded learning opportunity. This tailored approach allows participants to focus on the areas most relevant to their roles, ensuring a personalized and impactful training outcome.
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Title IX Decision-Making for Higher Education
This course is focused on cultivating the skills and insights needed to successfully serve as a hearing officer and decision-maker for Title IX complaints. This training meets the requirements under Title IX and VAWA Section 304 to help decision-makers recognize and overcome bias and ensure equity for all parties.
For individuals serving as hearing chairs, panelists, single decision-makers, administrative hearing facilitators, and party advisors, this training will underscore decision-making skills so that decisions are sound, supportable, and less susceptible to future challenges, such as in litigation.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Faculty Coming Soon
Live Hearings for Higher Education
Live Hearings for Higher Education focuses on the skills needed to run an effective live hearing as part of the Title IX Formal Grievance Process or involving other types of civil rights complaints or misconduct. Topics include hearing preparation, pre-hearing meetings, facilitating questioning or cross-examination, and deliberation.
This training complements ATIXA’s Title IX Higher Education Decision-Maker (2020 Regulations) course. It is relevant for all professionals serving as hearing chairs, panelists, single decision-makers, administrative hearing facilitators, and party advisors. For institutions offering a live hearing as part of their Formal Grievance Process, decision-makers should first enroll in the ATIXA Decision-Maker course.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Title IX Decision-Making for Higher Education
This course is focused on cultivating the skills and insights needed to successfully serve as a hearing officer and decision-maker for Title IX complaints. This training meets the requirements under Title IX and VAWA Section 304 to help decision-makers recognize and overcome bias and ensure equity for all parties.
For individuals serving as hearing chairs, panelists, single decision-makers, administrative hearing facilitators, and party advisors, this training will underscore decision-making skills so that decisions are sound, supportable, and less susceptible to future challenges, such as in litigation.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Live Hearings for Higher Education
Live Hearings for Higher Education focuses on the skills needed to run an effective live hearing as part of the Title IX Formal Grievance Process or involving other types of civil rights complaints or misconduct. Topics include hearing preparation, pre-hearing meetings, facilitating questioning or cross-examination, and deliberation.
This training complements ATIXA’s Title IX Higher Education Decision-Maker (2020 Regulations) course. It is relevant for all professionals serving as hearing chairs, panelists, single decision-makers, administrative hearing facilitators, and party advisors. For institutions offering a live hearing as part of their Formal Grievance Process, decision-makers should first enroll in the ATIXA Decision-Maker course.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are scholarships available for the Title VI Compliance Winter Focus Week. Scholarship applications can be submitted on a rolling basis up to the opening date of the event. If your application is approved, you will be notified within 2 weeks after your application has been submitted.
To apply, click here.
ATIXA Member Rates
- One-day Higher Education Courses
- Early Bird – $798.00
- Regular – $891.00
- Last Chance – $976.00
- Two-day Higher Education Courses
- Early Bird – $1,503.00
- Regular – $1,678.00
- Last Chance – $1,843.00
- One-day K-12 Courses
- Early Bird – $424.00
- Regular – $470.00
- Last Chance – $517.00
- Workshop
- Early Bird – $424.00
- Regular – $470.00
- Last Chance – $517.00
- Seminar
- Early Bird – $279.00
- Regular – $313.00
- Last Chance – $339.00
ATIXA Non-Member Rates
- One-day Higher Education Courses
- Early Bird – $939.00
- Regular – $1,049.00
- Last Chance – $1,149.00
- Two-day Higher Education Courses
- Early Bird – $1,769.00
- Regular – $1,975.00
- Last Chance – $2,169.00
- One-day K-12 Courses
- Early Bird – $499.00
- Regular – $554.00
- Last Chance – $609.00
- Workshop
- Early Bird – $499.00
- Regular – $554.00
- Last Chance – $609.00
- Seminar
- Early Bird- $329.00
- Regular – $369.00
- Last Chance – $399.00
Early Bird pricing is available until 10 weeks before the course start date. Regular pricing ends 2 weeks prior to the start date of the event. Following the Regular Pricing period, Last Chance Pricing will be in effect until the start date of the event.
Multi-Course Discounted Rates:
- 1st grouped individual – full price of registration
- 2-4 grouped individuals – 15% discount on registrations
- 5+ grouped individuals – 25% discount on registrations
Register for your selected sessions and choose the Pay Later/Create Invoice option at checkout, then contact events@atixa.org to apply this discount to your order prior to submitting payment.
Those attending a certification course will receive a certification for the course as well as recertifying credits (CCCs) for any current certification for a 2-year time period.
All our courses and workshops will receive a digital badge denoting completion.
Once you register, you will have access to the ATIXA Event Lobby. The lobby contains all materials for your course.
The zoom link and course slides will be accessible 3 days prior to the start of your course. Please note you have access to the ATIXA Event Lobby from the point of registration through 3-months post-course and workshop.