Safety Resources

To foster an environment that is free of all forms of harassment and discrimination, we have developed a range of resources, curricula, and policies, which outline Catlin Gabel’s expectations for all members of our community, including students, parents, faculty and staff, as well as any campus visitors.

Information and Resources for Parents

Safety is woven into our curriculum for all students, with the content developed specifically for a particular age range. Our goal is to demystify what constitutes as abuse and share resources that are available to them, including reporting mechanisms. Below is the type of information that we share with students:

 

Safety Curriculum

Preschool - 2nd Grade: Teachers using the book The Right Touch by Sandy Kleven as a teaching tool in the fall. Parents and guardians are notified via email.

3rd - 5th Grade: “Consent for Kids” video is shown in the fall to generate questions and provide answers. Parents and guardians are notified via email..

6th - 8th Grade: Middle School health class provides in-class trainings. Sixth graders are taught “protect yourself rules” based on fightchildabuse.org. Seventh graders are taught what constitutes sexual harassment, abuse, and cultivating healthy relationships. Eighth graders focus on inclusion and LGBTQ+ topics and issues. Parents and guardians are notified via email.

9th - 12th Grade: Ninth and tenth graders take Health, a semester-long course, which includes extensive instruction on consent and healthy relationships, as well as information on overall mental health, addictions, human psychology, and well-being. A guest speaker talks about Title IX on college campuses during the senior seminar class.

 

Family Handbook

The school annually produces a Catlin Gabel Family Handbook (PDF) that provides a wide range of information and policies, including a detailed section on the expectation at Catlin Gabel for safe and healthy boundaries between adults and students.

 

Volunteering

Parents are an important part of our community and participate in a range of activities. But before they can become volunteers, all adults are required to complete a mandatory online training available through SafeSchools and a state police background. Once this is completed, parents and guardians will be added to our official list of volunteers and are required to wear a name tag when on campus. If you’d like to become a volunteer or learn more about the process, please visit our parent / guardian portal.

 

Student Resources

Student Forums

Catlin Gabel continually looks for ways to engage our students in developmentally appropriate discussions about sound decision-making, healthy relationships, safety, and respect. Topics included in these conversations include affirmative consent, sexual misconduct and assault, bystander intervention, the consequences of such actions, and ways for students to get help.

 

Counselors

Catlin Gabel has four counselors on staff: a counselor for the Beginning and Lower school, a counselor for the Middle School, and two counselors for the Upper School. These counselors provide individual and family support, and host seminars and workshops throughout the year. Learn more about our Catlin Gabel Counseling Program.

 

RAINN Hotline

To support our community, we have partnered with RAINN, the largest anti-sexual fviolence organization in the nation. RAINN operates The National Sexual Assault Hotline at (800) 656-HOPE or hotline.rainn.org, which can be used to access confidential and anonymous immediate support services—including crisis intervention, information, and resources—24/7, in both English and Spanish.

 

Student Resources Guide

Students can access Catlin Gabel’s current Sexual Assault Support and Resources Guide, which provides detailed information regarding self-care for survivors, guidance on ways to report sexual assault, explanation on what happens when a report is made, and legal and advocacy resources.

 

Reporting: SafeSchools Alert Tip Line

We have partnered with SafeSchools so that any student (as well as parents or employees) can anonymously contact this school-specific tip line to report any concern. Catlin Gabel’s identification code for reporting is 1832.

Information can include boundary violations, misconduct, bullying, harassment, drugs, threats of violence, abuse or any safety issue of concern. The tip line alerts the head of school, assistant head of school, director of human resources, and audit committee chair of the board of trustees. All anonymous tips will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

Phone or text: (971) 351-1754
Email: 1832@alert1.us
Online: http://1832.alert1.us

 

Expectations for Faculty and Staff

Employee Regulations

We require all adults affiliated in any way with Catlin Gabel to maintain appropriate adult-student relationships at all times, both on and off campus. We prohibit and will not tolerate child abuse, sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, or boundary violations. We will investigate (or refer to local law enforcement to investigate) any reports brought to our attention. All full-time faculty and staff are required to annually attend an in-person training session as well as online training sessions related to understanding and reporting sexual misconduct.

More information is available in our Professional Conduct and Appropriate Adult-Student Boundaries Handbook (PDF).

 

Mandatory Reporting

Any employee who has reason to believe that another school employee is engaging in abuse or sexual misconduct with a student is required to immediately report the information to the Head of School, Assistant Head of School, or Director of Human Resources, or report the concern to the anonymous SafeSchools Alert tip line.