Empowering Faculty & Staff: Building a Safer Campus Through Bystander Intervention
ENGAGE EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR CAMPUS/WORKPLACE COMMUNITY
Our new Bystanders At Work: Faculty & Staff Prevention Program® includes options for in-person or online training that encourages all members of your campus to become positive bystanders in instances of harassment, incivility and discrimination. Participants learn to identify problem situations and learn practical skills for safe and effective intervention.
Customized for Your Environment
Through data review and consultation with current employees, our workplace trainings are customized to reflect the locations, colloquialisms, and cultures of your organization. The training curriculum is based on best practices, evidence-based prevention and response strategies, and Soteria Solutions’ workplace prevention solutions.
A Better Approach
Rather than focusing narrowly on perpetrators and victims, our highly interactive, backed-by-research, 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 staff and tenured faculty.
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.
Bystanders At Work®: 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 in shaping campus culture—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 learning and working environment for all.
Addressing Unique Roles & Responsibilities: Bystander Intervention for Faculty & Staff
While the Bringing in the Bystander® (BITB) College Program is a highly effective, evaluated, and research-backed tool for college student populations, it was not designed for faculty or staff audiences.
The student-focused BITB program:
Uses peer-to-peer scenarios relevant to student life.
Reflects the social contexts and decision-making of young adults.
Was evaluated specifically for its impact on student behavior.
BITB College cannot 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 Bystanders At Work: Faculty & Staff Workplace Program—a prevention solution for all employees in higher education.
This program recognizes:
Recognizes the power dynamics and responsibilities unique to employees.
Uses real-world workplace scenarios grounded in focus group feedback from your staff and faculty
Equips participants with concrete skills to intervene, report, and support others appropriately.
Incorporates the real-life challenges faculty and staff face when deciding how and when to intervene - related to another employee’s or students’ behavior.
Recognizes the need for practical tools that align with HR and institutional protocols, priorities, and 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 the faculty and staff environment, voice, and responsibilities.
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 -$7,500 | |
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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 workplace sexual assault and harassment 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 (7-8 hours); |
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 | $9,600 for in person for up to 20 attendees;
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$5,400 for virtual for up to 13 attendees; |
| ADDITIONAL SEATS TO TRAINING | $475 per additional person | $400 per additional 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, 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 with key staff and faculty stakeholders from your campus, 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 in the campus workplace.
Engaging & Interactive Learning Experience
Unlike passive compliance training, this eLearning module is designed for active participation and is grounded in adult learning theory. Employees engage with real-life scenarios, interactive exercises, and skill-building activities to reinforce their ability to recognize, respond to, and prevent harmful behaviors within the campus workplace.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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BITB College 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, including residence halls, dining halls, on and offcampus events, as well as in classrooms and academic settings. Their interventions are usually peer-to-peer and informed by social norms.
Faculty & Staff navigate bystander opportunities involving both 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.
In contrast, faculty and staff often serve in roles with formal obligations (such as mandated reporting) which can make their role in prevention more complex than peer intervention alone. These complexities are compounded by the power imbalances present in higher education workplaces, including those between exempt and non-exempt staff with varying levels of education and job responsibilities, between faculty and administrators, and within faculty ranks themselves (e.g., junior or adjunct faculty versus tenured faculty).
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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 harassment, incivility, and discrimination. 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 for college students was not designed to address.
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While the concept of bystander intervention is valuable across all settings, an effective training program must be audience-specific to ensure relevance, engagement, and meaningful application. That’s why BITB is designed specifically for college students, while Bystanders At Work offers separate, workplace-focused programs for faculty and staff that address their unique roles, responsibilities, and institutional frameworks.