By watching on demand sessions, you can benefit from training at your convenience and at your pace. Videos also provide the opportunity to pause and jot down notes or replay key sections you find especially relevant.
Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period.
Discrimination law expert Melissa Fleischer will explain your legal requirements to prevent harassment. You will learn how to respect and protect your LGBTQ students, teachers, and other staff members.
Topics Covered:
How do court decisions affect your obligations toward LGBTQ individuals?
Are sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination legally prohibited?
What are your legal requirements to protect LGBTQ students and employees?
What bathroom policies are lawful and appropriate?
What other transgender issues should you consider in policies and practices?
How can you use Pride Month to enact policy updates?
Experienced school leader Dr. Neil Gupta will identify the top challenges you need to address to connect with missing students. You will learn how to reengage the at-risk population in your school throughout the pandemic.
Educational equity experts Precious Green Gunter and Brandon Washington will highlight the challenges that LGBTQ students face. You will learn how to help all students feel welcome and supported.
What You'll Learn
Which laws prohibit discrimination? What do they require?
How should you address the issues affecting LGBTQ+ students?
How can you help students feel like they belong?
What gender identity and sexual orientation conversations should take place?
How can you support students in comprehensive ways across campus?
Experienced school leader Dr. Neil Gupta will identify the challenges facing students in the pandemic. You will learn concrete strategies and actionable insights to create and revise plans to support each student’s mental health and well-being.
What You'll Learn
What are the most significant factors affecting students’ mental health now?
How should you adjust expectations during the pandemic?
What support systems can you provide to students?
How can you help students get through the end of this school year?
Experienced school leader Dr. Neil Gupta will reveal the challenges facing students academically. You will learn how to address learning loss and help students catch up.
What You'll Learn
How can you determine which students are falling behind?
What innovative practices will help mitigate student learning loss?
How can you use targeted interventions to help individual students?
What daily tactics can you use to help students catch up?
How can you keep students from falling farther behind?
Education leader and equity expert Michael Lowe will explain the critical concept of intersectionality. You will discover the enormous burden piled on many members of your school community and learn how to help overcome it.
What You'll Learn
What is intersectionality?
What specific identities overlap to make people vulnerable?
How does social context influence your perceptions of race, class, and gender?
How does sexuality affect treatment?
What impact does intersectionality have on systemic injustice and inequality?
First Amendment expert Dr. Jim Castagnera will explain how to balance free speech with the need to protect members of your campus community. You will learn how to set appropriate policies for your institution.
What You'll Learn
What do speech codes include?
How can you create safe spaces on your campus?
What are the best tactics to prevent hate speech?
Can you restrict microaggressions without violating the First Amendment?
Higher education legal expert Dr. Jim Castagnera will explain how to accommodate divergent ideas while keeping your campus safe. You will learn techniques to balance First Amendment rights with individual protections that you can use immediately.
What You'll Learn
May students protest controversial issues? How should you contain them?
Must you allow all outside speakers, no matter how controversial?
How can you balance decorum and freedom on your campus?
What types of speech does the First Amendment cover? Are there exceptions?
Former university associate provost and practicing attorney Dr. Jim Castagnera will share legal insights and practical insights about the First Amendment rights of students. You will learn what controls you can put in place to protect your institution and community members.
What You'll Learn
Does the First Amendment entitle students to write or say anything?
How can you restrict or control statements by student journalists?
Can you prevent embarrassing reports about your college or university?
Should you protect other stakeholders from inappropriate or hateful speech?
Educational law expert Dr. Jim Castagnera will cover the most critical First Amendment concerns of colleges and universities. You will learn how to find the sweet spot between student free speech and institutional community values.
Benefits of Certification
Recognize and protect free speech on your campus
Update your knowledge to reflect the latest regulations and case law
Protect your institution from potential legal liability
Prove your expertise to colleagues, students, and regulators
Lifelong educator Jessica Camacho will explain how educator-advocates can transform the school experiences of BIPOC students. You will learn what steps to take during the new semester to make this important sector of your school community feel valued and included.
What You'll Learn
What opportunities do you have for advocacy?
What perspectives will help you overcome challenges?
How can you develop and foster cultural competency?
What equity-driven policies should you implement?
How can you identify and overcome implicit and explicit bias?
What anti-racist work can you do within and beyond the classroom?
