Comprehensive Title VI Expertise to Address Discrimination
Learn the skills to navigate the complexities of discrimination, civil rights, and free expression. These courses offer a solid foundation in Title VI law and best practices, covering compliance requirements and effective investigative techniques. Participants will also examine strategies for balancing civil rights with constitutional free speech protections, equipping them to address campus protests and activism with confidence and clarity.
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.
Title VI Compliance Focus Week
Title VI Compliance Summer Focus Week Offerings: (Attend one, multiple, or all courses!)
- Title VI Compliance Foundations Level One for Educational Settings
- Title VI Compliance Foundations Level Two: Best Practices for Title VI Coordinators in Educational Settings
- Title VI & Civil Rights Investigation Foundations Level One for Educational Settings
- NEW! Title VI Decision-Making in Educational Settings
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.
Title VI Compliance Foundations Level One for Educational Settings
This one-day course, Title VI Compliance Foundations Level One for Educational Settings, provides an in-depth examination of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. The course focuses on the application of Title VI in educational settings, exploring its implications for school districts, colleges, and universities. Expert faculty will explore compliance requirements, policy development, and enforcement mechanisms to ensure educational equity in alignment with these laws. Key topics include the scope of Title VI, the role of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), policy development, procedures for handling complaints, and recent OCR resolution agreements.
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Title VI Compliance Foundations Level Two: Best Practices for VI Coordinators in Education Settings
Title VI Compliance Foundations Level Two, is a one-day certification course that, in combination with Title VI Compliance Foundations Level One, prepares leaders in K-12 schools and higher education institutions with the knowledge and skills to effectively implement and manage a Title VI Compliance program. Participants will gain a deep understanding of reporting and intake procedures, resolution processes, prevention education, and compliance assessment to effectively address race, color, and national origin discrimination.
Through interactive discussions and case studies, participants will explore response options for Title VI complaints, including applying supportive measures and remedies and navigating formal and informal resolution processes while upholding parties’ sometimes-competing rights. This training also explores the intersection of Title VI and free speech, to address the complex balancing of compliance and honoring First Amendment protections that is necessary.
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Title VI and Civil Rights Investigation Foundations Level One for Educational Settings
Title VI and Civil Rights Investigation Foundations Level One is the initial two-day course in ATIXA’s Investigator curriculum for Investigators, Title VI Coordinators looking to acquire the fundamental skills necessary to conduct civil rights investigations. Expert faculty members will guide participants through an in-depth exploration of the types of discrimination they may investigate, each phase of an investigation process as prescribed by ATIXA’s “Process B”, including critical topics for each phase and implications for those investigating or overseeing a civil rights compliant.
This course will explore examples and unique considerations of investigating disparate treatment, disparate impact, hostile environment, and retaliation complaints. By the end of the course, participants will be proficient in all stages of the civil rights investigation process, ready to uphold federal compliance, protect individuals’ rights, and contribute to thorough and fair investigation.
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Free Speech and Responding to Protests and Activism in Educational Settings
This one-day course, Free Speech and Responding to Protests and Activism in Educational Settings, provides a comprehensive overview of the complexities involved in navigating tensions between freedom of expression and ensuring an educational environment free from harassment and discrimination. ATIXA’s expert faculty will explore schools’ responsibilities in responding to protests, preventing and addressing disruptions, and ensuring that all voices are heard in a respectful and lawful manner. Topics include understanding the limits of free speech, addressing hate speech and harassment, protest management strategies, referral considerations to other institutional support systems or processes, and institutional legal obligations. Through case studies and practical exercises, participants will gain the skills needed to respond to Title VI discrimination and harassment complaints in a timely and equitable manner.
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Title VI Compliance Foundations Level One for Educational Settings
This one-day course, Title VI Compliance Foundations Level One for Educational Settings, provides an in-depth examination of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. The course focuses on the application of Title VI in educational settings, exploring its implications for school districts, colleges, and universities. Expert faculty will explore compliance requirements, policy development, and enforcement mechanisms to ensure educational equity in alignment with these laws. Key topics include the scope of Title VI, the role of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), policy development, procedures for handling complaints, and recent OCR resolution agreements.
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Title VI Compliance Foundations Level Two: Best Practices for Title VI Coordinators in Educational Settings
Title VI Compliance Foundations Level Two, is a one-day certification course that, in combination with Title VI Compliance Foundations Level One, prepares leaders in K-12 schools and higher education institutions with the knowledge and skills to effectively implement and manage a Title VI Compliance program. Participants will gain a deep understanding of reporting and intake procedures, resolution processes, prevention education, and compliance assessment to effectively address race, color, and national origin discrimination.
Through interactive discussions and case studies, participants will explore response options for Title VI complaints, including applying supportive measures and remedies and navigating formal and informal resolution processes while upholding parties’ sometimes-competing rights. This training also explores the intersection of Title VI and free speech, to address the complex balancing of compliance and honoring First Amendment protections that is necessary.
Click here to view registration rates.
Title VI and Civil Rights Investigation Foundations Level One for Educational Settings
Title VI and Civil Rights Investigation Foundations Level One is the initial two-day course in ATIXA’s Investigator curriculum for Investigators, Title VI Coordinators looking to acquire the fundamental skills necessary to conduct civil rights investigations. Expert faculty members will guide participants through an in-depth exploration of the types of discrimination they may investigate, each phase of an investigation process as prescribed by ATIXA’s “Process B”, including critical topics for each phase and implications for those investigating or overseeing a civil rights compliant.
This course will explore examples and unique considerations of investigating disparate treatment, disparate impact, hostile environment, and retaliation complaints. By the end of the course, participants will be proficient in all stages of the civil rights investigation process, ready to uphold federal compliance, protect individuals’ rights, and contribute to thorough and fair investigation.
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Title VI Decision-Making in Educational Settings
Title VI Decision-Making for Higher Education is a one-day course focused on the skills needed to successfully serve in a decision-making role for Title VI complaints. Decision-makers addressing the various forms harassment or discrimination under Title VI, as well as the nuances, distinctions, and key issues pertaining to complaints involving race, color, and/or national origin. Enhanced external pressures from the federal government on colleges and schools necessitate fair, thorough, and impartial decision-making, and this course will help decision-makers recognize and overcome bias, understand the scope of their role, apply policy with analytical precision, and ensure that their decisions are reliably grounded in evidence.
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are scholarships available for the Title VI Compliance 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.
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| Training Type | Member Pricing | Non-Member Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| One-Day K-12 | $420 | $525 |
| One-Day Higher Ed | $796 | $995 |
| Two-Day Higher Ed | $1,496 | $1,870 |
| Workshop | $430 | $525 |
| Seminar | $280 | $350 |
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.