Community Accountability Report

The guiding philosophy and approach to student conduct and wellbeing at Sterling College is one that encourages compassion, care, and reflection, focusing on student development through individual growth and accountability for behavior.

Our goal is to support students as they become the people they want to be in the world. We are committed to providing the tools, resources, and support for students to make informed decisions about their lives and their interactions within the community.

The processes we use to address harm are designed to support accountability, relationship, and growth, and to balance the rights of the individual with that of the health and safety of the community.

Behavior that threatens or compromises the physical or mental health, security, privacy, property, or learning experience of other members of the community will not be tolerated.

Please use this form as one method of communicating concerns about behaviors that negatively impact individuals or the community. If this is a complaint of sexual misconduct, please complete this form.

To the extent possible, your identity will remain confidential. The College is obligated to respond to all safety concerns, and may not be able to fully respond to hearsay.

This is an:
Awareness Incident

Awareness:
You want us to know that something needs to be addressed or discussed; there's a pattern of behavior that doesn't support the wellbeing of the community.

Incident:
Something has happened that has or could cause harm to individuals, or to the community.
Type of conduct: *
unwelcome sexual advances or comments (Did you also complete this form?) verbal conduct (slurs, threats, etc) written conduct (notes, emails, etc) visual conduct (gestures, intimidation, etc) property damage (destruction, graffiti, etc) microaggression (misgendering, "jokes" based on a stereotype, etc) bias (preferencing groups, assuming performance based on perceived characteristics, etc) other (please describe below)

bias:

noun
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:

unreasonably hostile feelings or opinions about a social group; prejudice

microaggression:

noun
a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority.

Definitions from Oxford Languages
If harassment, what type of harassment?:
Sexual Racial Gender Physical or Cognitive Ability Sexual Orientation Religion Place of Origin Military Status other (please describe below)
Description of Awareness or Incident: (Include specific names, times, locations, direct quotes, impact)
Action taken: *
Called emergency pager Notified Student Leader Notified Dean of Community Notified other employee Notified Title IX Coordinator Notified Supervisor I dealt with it (describe below) None
Description of action taken: (Include specific names, times, locations, direct quotes, impact)
Support or follow up requested (please note if follow up is requested, your name must be provided.):
This report will be received by the Dean of Community and Chair of the Equity Council (Favor), and the Interim President (Lori), and directed to appropriate parties as necessary.

A report of sexual misconduct will be forwarded to Title IX Delegates; reports of racial bias incidents will be forwarded to the Bias Response Education Team; employee misconduct will be forwarded to the Dean of Finance and Operations.

Is there anyone else you would like us to share this report with?
Would you like this form to be shared with the Community Care Task Force?

The Community Care Task Force is a group of students chosen by their peers to create and resource a culture of care, consent, connection, accountability, and transformative justice at Sterling College.
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