POST Credit Available
Agenda
· Definitions
· Standard of evidence
· Role of Hearing Panel Members
· How to serve impartially including avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue
· How to avoid conflict or interests or bias
· Discuss how to determine “relevant” evidence
· Discuss how to assess credibility
· Role of Title IX Coordinator
o Dr. Laura Whitaker-Lea
· Practical Tips – Hearing Panel Chair
o Naveela Philbeck
Attendees:
· MUST bring their institution’s Title IX Policy.
· Each institution customized their policy, so, having your institution’s policy with you at this training will help facilitate conversations regarding how your institution will respond to a complaint.
Register: To register, click the registration link below. ONLY register for one event. You can attend at any location regardless of where you are employed.
Registration closes one day before each event. If register for Zoom session, attendees will receive the Zoom link after 4:00 pm on the day before the event.
Presenter: Ms. Naveela Philbeck.
Naveela currently serves as the Deputy Title IX Coordinator and Director of Human Resources at Young Harris College. Naveela has served as both a Title IX investigator and Hearing Panel Chair.
Presenter: Dr. Laura Whitaker-Lea
Laura serves as the Associate Vice President for Policy and Compliance and College Ombuds at Young Harris College. In this role she also serves as Title IX Coordinator. Previously, she has served as the Chief Student Affairs Officer at three institutions and began her 34-year career in higher education as the Coordinator of Student Conduct at a small liberal arts institution. She holds a BA degree from Berry College, an MA in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University (OH), and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from Georgia State University.
Presenter: Judith W. Spain, J.D., CCEP
Judy currently serves as the GICA Compliance Program Consultant and serves on the Board, Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics. She is a Professor Emeritus, an attorney licensed in Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional. She served as General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Eastern Kentucky University and Manhattanville College, where she developed and implemented compliance programs. Judy is the author of the first book on higher education compliance, Higher Education Compliance: Blueprint for Success. Judy is also the author of Compliance Risk Assessments: An Introduction published by the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics. Her third book, Higher Education Compliance: What Governing Boards Really Need to Know is available in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook.