Virtual Clery Act Training Seminar (VCATS) - July 2025

July 21-24, 2025

12:30 - 5:00 PM ET over four days

Registration Deadline: July 11, 2025

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Dates:

The training will take place over four classes on the following dates:

• Monday, July 21  |  12:30 – 5:00 PM ET 
• Tuesday, July 22  |  12:30 – 5:00 PM ET 
• Wednesday, July 23 | 12:30 – 5:00 PM ET 
• Thursday, July 24 |  12:30 – 5:00 PM ET 

Description:

Our Virtual Clery Act Training Seminar is a hybrid course delivering live, online instruction in a virtual format integrating interactive elements, such as real-time discussions and case studies, with engaging online content. Taking place over four live sessions, VCATS delivers our comprehensive training curriculum without the need for travel. 

Through breakout sessions, group discussions, activities, and case study analysis, participants will have the opportunity to virtually network with peer professionals and Clery Center instructors while applying concepts taught in real time.

The virtual format provides many opportunities and methods for participants to test their own skills and interact with each other through chats and breakout room discussions. Our instructors are also available to answer questions and work through concepts during the live sessions and privately during virtual office hours. A provided Workbook will help participants document their notes and learning throughout the training and includes checklists to put into practice when back to their day to day work. 

Interactive, engaging, and practical, our virtual Clery Act Training Seminars equip participants with the tools and strategies necessary to examine and improve practices back on campus. VCATS will teach participants about:

• Stop Campus Hazing Act requirements including:
• Counting & classifying hazing as a Clery Act crime statistic
• Developing policies and procedures for reporting and investigating hazing incidents and offering prevention programs to educate about and prevent the occurrence of hazing
• Creating a Campus Transparency Report sharing information about recognized student organizations round responsible for hazing
• Identifying and training campus security authorities (CSAs)
• Identifying Clery geography
• Counting & classifying Clery Act crimes
• Composing an institution’s annual security report (ASR)
• Designing & implementing prevention and response efforts for dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking
• Conducting campus disciplinary procedures for student or employee cases of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking
• Evaluating the need for and issuing timely warnings or emergency notifications
• Developing, revising, or implementing policy and procedures to address any of the above

While anyone with an interest or desire in learning more about the totality of the Clery Act is welcome at all Clery Center trainings, our CATS curriculum is specifically designed for those with responsibility for oversight of Clery Act compliance and/or implementing its requirements.

CATS is available in three modalities: in-person, virtual, and self-paced. Learn more at clerycenter.org/cats.

Fees:

• $525 per registrant
• $395 for Member registrants

Member rate: Clery Center Institutional Members receive five (5) free registrations and Individual Members receive a 25% discount that can be applied to any Clery Center Clery Act Training Seminar, training, or workshop. Institutional Members then receive 25% off additional training registrations after their initial five have been used.

Your registration payment is required by Friday, July 11.  If payment is not received by this day, your registration will be cancelled and your training seat will be released.  We accept credit cards, checks, and purchase orders. Please contact Christine Arnold at [email protected] with payment questions.  Thank you!

Checks: Checks must be received by Friday, July 11. If you cannot send payment by that date, please contact Christine Arnold at [email protected].

Please make checks payable to Clery Center and mail to:

Clery Center
501 Office Center Drive, Suite 8
Fort Washington, PA 19034

Invoices/Purchase Orders: If you need an invoice, please select "Pay Offline with Invoice" when you get to the payment portion of the registration form. For more information, please contact Christine Arnold at [email protected].

Cancellation Policy:

Registrants who cancel by July 11 will receive a credit equal to their payment towards a future Clery Center purchase – training or materials. No cancellations or substitutions will be accepted after July 11.

Q: Do you share your materials for Title IX purposes?

A: As a way to support institutions in their efforts to comply with section 106.45 of the final Title IX Rules, Clery Center does provide its Title IX-related training materials as appropriate. Clery Center maintains sole discretion over what, if any, materials used during a training, workshop, or other event are applicable. You can read our guidelines in full here.