Empowering Faculty & Staff: Building a Safer Campus Through Bystander Intervention
Engage Every Member of Your Campus/Workplace Community
An in-person training program that encourages all members of your campus to become positive bystanders in instances of harassment, sexual and interpersonal violence, and workplace incivility. Participants learn to identify problem situations and learn practical skills for safe and effective intervention.
Customized for Your Environment
Our workplace trainings are customizable to reflect the locations, colloquialisms, and culture of your organization. The training curriculum is based on best practices, evidence-based prevention and response strategies, and Soteria Solutions’ existing workplace prevention strategies.
A Better Approach
Rather than focusing narrowly on perpetrators and victims, the highly interactive, backed-by-researched, our Faculty & Staff Prevention Program uses a community of responsibility approach.
It teaches bystanders how to safely intervene in situations where an incident may be occurring or where there may be risk.
Research-Informed, Highly customized, Evidence-based prevention – An Overview
Our interactive program allows faculty and staff members to develop and practice bystander intervention prevention skills in-person or through an eLearning module.
Our program approaches all community members as potential bystanders or witnesses to risky situations and teaches prosocial (positive, appropriate, and safe) ways to prevent or intervene. We partner with you so that the programs are customized to reflect the culture and demographics of your participants and campus.Two Audiences. One Mission.
Complementary and Cohesive Prevention Across Your Institution
Creating a campus culture of respect, safety, and accountability requires more than a single training or one-size-fits-all solution. It demands a thoughtful, strategic approach—one that engages every member of your campus community, from first-year students to tenured faculty and staff.
That’s why Soteria Solutions offers two distinct but intentionally aligned bystander intervention programs:
Bringing in the Bystander® College Program – specifically designed for student audiences, grounded in campus life, and built to resonate with young adults navigating peer dynamics.
Faculty & Staff Bystander Invervention Workplace Program – tailored for employees, incorporating workplace norms, power dynamics, and institutional responsibilities.
Together, these programs form a unified prevention strategy.
They reflect the reality that students, faculty, and staff all have important roles to play—but those roles look different, and so must the training.
When implemented side-by-side, these programs:
Reinforce shared values across your campus or institution
Address the unique experiences and responsibilities of each audience
Promote a culture where bystander intervention is normalized and expected—from the classroom to the conference room
This is the power of a cohesive, institution-wide approach.
Two audiences. One mission: to create a safer, more respectful environment for all.
Why Faculty & Staff Require a Different Approach to Bystander Intervention
While the Bringing in the Bystander® (BITB) College Program is a highly effective, evaluated, and research-backed tool for college student populations, it was never designed for faculty or staff audiences.
The student-focused BITB program:
Uses peer-to-peer scenarios relevant to student campus life
Reflects the social contexts and decision-making of young adults
Was evaluated specifically for its impact on student behavior
It cannot be be delivered to faculty and staff: Faculty and staff operate in a fundamentally different context—with professional roles, workplace hierarchies, and reporting obligations that require a completely different approach.
That’s why we created the new Faculty & Staff Workplace Program—a prevention solution for all employees in higher education.
This program recognizes:
The power dynamics and responsibilities unique to employees
Uses real-world workplace scenarios grounded in focus group feedback from your staff
Equips participants with concrete skills to intervene, report, and support others appropriately
The real-life challenges staff face when deciding how and when to intervene
The need for practical tools that align with HR protocols, DEI goals, and institutional policies
Builds a workplace culture of accountability, civility, and shared responsibility among employees
In short: A student program can’t serve a workplace audience effectively. To truly engage your team -and avoid the risks of ineffective or inappropriate training- you need a program tailored to their environment, voice, and responsibilities.
Audience-Specific Design & Evaluation
BITB has been rigorously evaluated for its impact on college student populations, focusing on their peer relationships, social interactions, and the settings in which they are most likely to encounter situations requiring bystander intervention. Faculty and staff operate in different social and professional structures, making student-focused content less relevant to their lived experiences and responsibilities.
Context Matters: Students vs. Workplace Culture
While both students and faculty/staff may witness or respond to problematic behaviors, their roles and responsibilities differ significantly:
Students primarily engage with one another in social settings, residence halls, and campus events. Their interventions are usually peer-to-peer and informed by social norms.
Faculty & Staff navigate both bystander situations involving students and professional workplace relationships, including colleagues, supervisors, and institutional policies. Their interventions may involve reporting, workplace policies, and professional codes of conduct.
Differences in Power Dynamics & Reporting Obligations
Students intervene as peers, which allows for informal social influence and direct engagement in peer-led prevention strategies.
Faculty & Staff are often mandated reporters with formal obligations to report certain incidents, making their role in prevention more complex than peer intervention alone.
Workplace-Specific Considerations for Faculty & Staff
Faculty and staff operate in a workplace environment with structured HR policies, leadership hierarchies, and legal obligations that govern their responses to sexual harassment and misconduct. They also experience workplace-specific forms of bystander intervention, such as addressing inappropriate comments from colleagues, intervening in supervisor-subordinate dynamics, or navigating institutional reporting procedures. These workplace realities require a tailored approach that BITB was not designed to address.
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BITB has been rigorously evaluated for its impact on college student populations, focusing on their peer relationships, social interactions, and the settings in which they are most likely to encounter situations requiring bystander intervention. Faculty and staff operate in different social and professional structures, making student-focused content less relevant to their lived experiences and responsibilities.
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While both students and faculty/staff may witness or respond to problematic behaviors, their roles and responsibilities differ significantly:
Students primarily engage with one another in social settings, residence halls, and campus events. Their interventions are usually peer-to-peer and informed by social norms.
Faculty & Staff navigate both bystander situations involving students and professional workplace relationships, including colleagues, supervisors, and institutional policies. Their interventions may involve reporting, workplace policies, and professional codes of conduct.
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Students intervene as peers, which allows for informal social influence and direct engagement in peer-led prevention strategies.
Faculty & Staff are often mandated reporters with formal obligations to report certain incidents, making their role in prevention more complex than peer intervention alone.
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Faculty and staff operate in a workplace environment with structured HR policies, leadership hierarchies, and legal obligations that govern their responses to sexual harassment and misconduct. They also experience workplace-specific forms of bystander intervention, such as addressing inappropriate comments from colleagues, intervening in supervisor-subordinate dynamics, or navigating institutional reporting procedures. These workplace realities require a tailored approach that BITB was not designed to address.
Everything You Need to Succeed
A full package of everything your organization needs to bring proven prevention strategies to your faculty and staff members:
Customized Staff & Faculty Program Includes
| Faculty & Staff Program Package -$14,000 | |
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| 3-Year Curriculum License |  |
| In-depth focus group session to identify current norms and how employees use/understand current policies and resources | |
| Customized Curriculum PowerPoint- a sustainable prevention programming |
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| Easy-to-Use Facilitator Guide 2 Hard Copies |
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| Electronic Templates and Resources for customization to assist in facilitating the program | |
| Access to Soteria Solutions Online Community (600+ schools, universities, community partners) | |
| Evaluation and Testing to determine effectiveness and coordination with strategic goals | |
Training Options
Soteria Solutions offers two options for the Train-the-Trainer workshops that will prepare your team to facilitate this program on your campus. Participants will learn the curriculum in depth and be empowered to train other future facilitators within your campus community.
Attendees typically include staff and community partners who are responsible for coordinating and/or facilitating sexual assault prevention and similar programs on your campus and in the community.
Whether you choose an in-person or virtual format, both workshops will equip your trainers with research-based strategies, practical tools, and certification upon completion, empowering them to lead an effective bystander intervention program within your organization.
In-Person Workshops |
Virtual Workshops |
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| FORMAT | In person (we come to you) | Live virtual (you pick the dates) |
| DURATION | 1 full day for in person; |
Total of 7 hours split over two days |
| TARGET AUDIENCE & DETAILS | Future facilitators of various experience levels. Both options offers the chance for you to train many people at once but our in-person workshops provide an immersive, hands-on learning experience with live expert facilitation, group activities, and real-time feedback. Attendees benefit from face-to-face networking, collaborative breakout sessions, and interactive skill-building exercises that deepen engagement and retention. |
Future facilitators who have violence prevention and facilitation experience. Our virtual workshops offer the same high-quality training in a more accessible and cost-effective format. Participants can join from anywhere, eliminating travel costs and logistical challenges while still benefiting from live instruction, interactive discussions, and virtual breakout sessions. This flexible option makes training scalable and convenient for diverse teams. |
| PRICING | $9,500 for in person for up to 20 attendees;
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$5,200 for virtual for up to 13 attendees; |
| ADDITIONAL SEATS TO TRAINING | $475 per person | $400 per person |
To book a Training Session:
Faculty & Staff Online Training Module:
Can Be Purchased Separately or Bundled with Core Program
Interactive & Research-Based eLearning
Empower your faculty and staff with effective, research-backed bystander intervention training through our custom online learning module. Designed to fit seamlessly into busy schedules, this interactive, 20-30 minute course equips employees with the knowledge and practical skills needed to foster a culture of respect, accountability, and prevention.
Customized & Data-Driven
Using insights gathered through data review and consultation, Soteria Solutions develops a tailored curriculum that aligns with your institution’s specific needs, workplace culture, and prevention goals. This ensures that the training resonates with faculty and staff while addressing the real-world challenges they face.
Engaging & Interactive Learning Experience
Unlike passive compliance training, this eLearning module is designed for active participation. Employees engage with real-life scenarios, interactive exercises, and skill-building activities to reinforce their ability to recognize, respond to, and prevent harmful behaviors.
Scalable & Accessible
This on-demand training provides a flexible and cost-effective solution for institutions looking to reach all faculty and staff—regardless of location or schedule. With mobile-friendly access, learners can complete the course at their convenience, ensuring higher engagement and completion rates.
Transform Workplace Culture
By investing in evidence-based, interactive training, your institution is taking a proactive approach to harassment, incivility, and discrimination prevention, reinforcing shared responsibility, and equipping employees with the tools to intervene safely and effectively.