New Employee Training
All new Extension employees will be registered for Civil Rights for Extension Professionals training when hired as part of the new employee onboarding process. This online course must be completed within the first 90 days of employment.
In addition, all employees are required to complete Discrimination and Harassment Prevention and Response (DHPR), a training designed to educate employees about their rights and responsibilities as to NC State’s policies regarding equal opportunity and non-discrimination. The training covers federal laws, policies and processes about filing a complaint. Employees are required to complete the training within the first six months of employment and then once every three years thereafter. The training is offered to all new employees during new employee orientation and can be completed virtually.
Annual Refresher
To remain current on your civil rights knowledge online civil rights refreshers and updates will be made available to employees. Other opportunities for civil rights training will be provided as part of district meetings, county staff meetings, in-service training events, annual conference, newsletters, memos, etc. As a refresher, employees may review the materials available in the online Civil Rights for Extension Professionals moodle.
Other Available Training
Access for the Deaf* Community at NC State: This course reviews the available services for Deaf NC State students and employees, discusses how to request and implement Deaf services, and provides best practices for working with the Deaf community at NC State.
Americans with Disabilities Act for Employees: The goal of this course is to increase your understanding and awareness related to employment-based disability accommodations at NC State. The Office of Equal Opportunity designed this training for employees and supervisors to learn more about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations, and their role in the interactive process at NC State.
Applied Skills in Equal Opportunity: This course is intended to provide participants with a fundamental understanding of equal opportunity laws and policies. The session will outline relevant laws such as Title VII, Title IX, and the ADA, including the groups protected by each. Participants will learn how to identify discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, will be exposed to examples of how prohibited conduct may appear in a professional or academic environment, and will highlight relevant case law on these topics.
Fundamentals of Equal Opportunity: This course is intended to provide participants with a fundamental understanding of equal opportunity laws and policies. The session will outline relevant laws such as Title VII, Title IX, and the ADA, including the groups protected by each. Participants will learn how to identify discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, will be exposed to examples of how prohibited conduct may appear in a professional or academic environment, and will highlight relevant case law on these topics.
Search Committee Training: The search committee training is a tool designed for NC State faculty, staff, and students, who are planning to participate in a search committee during the year. These individuals may be serving as members or as directors of the committees. All participating parties should take either the online asynchronous version or webinar synchronous version of this training.
Digital Accessibility Basics: No matter your role at the University, you can cultivate a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable community for everyone. Learning and understanding how to apply these six basic core skills and thinking about how to apply them across environments will go a long way to making what you want to say be heard, read, or interacted with by everyone.
Understanding Digital Accessibility: Your Legal Responsibility at NC State: Learn the critical elements you need to get started with digital accessibility along with the legal requirements for NC State. All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to complete this seven minute module.
Responsible Employees
Designated Title IX Officials and Responsible Employees are required to complete Responsible Employee Training that includes information about the obligations of responsible employees under Title IX with respect to sexual harassment (including sexual assault and sexual violence) within six months of their appointment into a Designated Title IX Official and/or Responsible Employees position.
Responsible Employees
Designated Title IX Officials and Responsible Employees are required to complete Responsible Employee Training that includes information about the obligations of responsible employees under Title IX with respect to sexual harassment (including sexual assault and sexual violence) within six months of their appointment into a Designated Title IX Official and/or Responsible Employees position.
Extension Volunteers & Advisory Groups
Volunteers, advisory council members, and club/group leaders shall also be provided civil rights training so they understand civil rights laws, Extension’s responsibilities in programming, what their roles are and what they can do to help Extension in their civil rights goals.
This 12 minute video was developed to provide training for volunteers and advisor group members. The video provides an overview of Extension's civil rights responsibilities. A powerpoint version of the training can be used as an alternative to the video. Maintain a record of all volunteers and advisory group members who view the training video and the date completed. Submit an entry into the XCR system's training log when volunteers and advisory groups complete the training.