Substitute Orientation

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• Substitute Orientation
• Sexual Harassment
• Module 3

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Purpose

• The purpose of the sexual harassment policy is to
  prohibit sexual harassment in our school district
• Sexual harassment is not limited to students
• It can occur between peers, subordinates or
  supervisors

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The Legal Definition

• Sexual Harassment includes, but is not limited to
  unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
  favors or other verbal, visual or physical
  conduct of a sexual nature in the workplace or
  education setting

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Its Sexual Harassment When..

• A persons employment or education is threatened
  unless they submit to a sexual favor
• Employment or educational opportunities are
  offered in return for sexual favors
• Someone elses behavior unreasonably interferes
  with work or academic performance of others and
  it creates a hostile environment
• Employment or educational benefits, services,
  honors, programs or activities are threatened
  unless the person submits to a sexual favor

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Is compliance for school time only?

• As far as students are concerned, staff and
  faculty are always on the clock and you are
  always an employee of the district
• COMPLYING WITH THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY IS
  EXPECTED 24/7

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EXAMPLES OF HARASSMENT
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IF YOU HEAR THESE, REPORT IT!!!

• Suicidal comments
• Threats to others
• Gang reference (planned attacks, lynching)

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• School districts are like all other businesses.
  They and their employees are obligated to have
  policies and procedures in place preventing
  sexual harassment
• Policies protect staff, faculty and students

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What should you do if it happens?

• Respond properly
• Under the law, persons who were aware of a
  harassment situation and failed to respond
  could be held liable
• Respond promptly
• Should a law suit result, persons failing to
  respond could become part of punitive damages
• Have actual knowledge
• In the most severe situations, school
  districts could even lose federal education funds
• CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR

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Who should you contact?

• Every school district must designate an
  individual as the Title IX Coordinator who will
  be tasked with receiving questions and complaints
• The Title IX Coordinator will ensure that the
  district is in compliance with the requirements
  of the sexual harassment laws
• THE TITLE IX COODINATOR FOR LEXINGTON SCHOOL
  DISTRICT 5 IS ANGELA BAIN AND CAN BE REACHED AT
  476-8198

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These behaviors could be considered sexual
harassment

• Direct or indirect threats or bribes
  demanding sexual activity
• Sexual remarks and comments
• Asking questions about someones sexual
  activity or preferences
• Sexually suggestive sounds or gestures, such
  as sucking noises, winks or
  pelvic thrusts
• Repeatedly asking a person out on dates or
  to have sex
• Touching, patting, pinching, stroking,
  squeezing tickling or brushing against a person
• Pervasive displays of pictures, calendars,
  cartoons or other materials with sexually
  explicit or graphic content which may contribute
  to a hostile environment
• An un-requested neck or shoulder massage

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These behaviors could be considered sexual
harassment

• Rating a persons sexuality
• Ogling, leering or staring at breasts or
  buttocks
• Spreading rumors about a persons sexuality
  or sexual activities
• Sexual ridicule and name calling, such as
  bitch, whore or slut
• Frequent jokes about sex or about males and
  females
• Letters, notes, phone calls or material of
  sexual nature
• Stalking a person
• Attempted or actual sexual assault

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THE FIRST PROTECTION

• Just say NO
• Tell anyone who speaks, acts or gestures
  to you in an offensive way to stop
• Should you observe students, faculty or
  staff being harassed, encourage them to say
  NO and to report the incident

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REPORT IT!!!!

• If a student comes to you and says they
  are being sexually harassed, you must
  report the incident to the principal
  immediately
• Make your own personal record of the date,
  the names and what happened
• When someone tells you something that
  happened to them, take it seriously and
  encourage them to report it
• Its not just harassment its also personal
  safety

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• MAINTAINING A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FREE
  FROM HARASSMENT IS EVERYONES RESPONSIBILITY!