Title IX (OSP) Sexual Misconduct and Title IX Student Training

 

Dear Family, Parents/Caregivers and Guardians,

 With an ever changing education landscape, the safety of our Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students continues to be of the utmost importance.  Earlier this year, our staff completed compliance training “Protecting Chicago’s Children”. These training sessions further ensure our staff remain vigilant about addressing any issues that could compromise the health and safety of your students.  The next phase of the Office of Student Protection and Title IX’s commitment to this endeavor is providing training on preventing and reporting abuse to all K-12 CPS students. 

 

The Office of Student Protection and Title IX (OSP) Sexual Misconduct and Title IX Student Training covers the following 5 learning objectives in developmentally appropriate language:

1. Students will understand CPS Title IX Policy and Discrimination Statement
2. Students will know who the Title IX Coordinator is, what OSP does, and how to get in touch with OSP
3. Students will understand what constitutes sexual harassment 
4. Students will be aware of the resources available to students who report sexual harassment or retaliation, including interim measures pending an investigation
5. Students will know what to do if they believe they or other students have been subjected to sexual harassment 

 

As a district OSP has collaborated across a number of departments to create developmentally appropriate sessions that will allow students to identify abuse and empower them to report any wrong doing that may have occurred. The sessions have been broken down by PreK-3rd Grade, 4th-8th Grade, and 9th-12th Grade and are all around 30-45 minutes. 

 

Parents have the right to opt-out of the the Office of Student Protection and Title IX Student Training. If you choose to opt your child out please return the SHERWOOD SCHOOL’S CUSTOMIZED OPT-OUT FORM LINK] to [ALICE BUZANIS ABUZANIS@CPS.EDU]  

 

If you wish to teach your child this material yourself, you can access the videos to the sessions on the OSP website at www.cps.edu/osp. 

 

For questions about course content, please submit them here, and the OSP Training Team will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for making CPS a safe place to learn for our students.

 

Sincerely,

 

Alice Buzanis

Principal