Dear Campus Community
The University’s Employee Sex-Based Misconduct Prevention and Response Course (ESPARC), Workplace Violence Prevention Training (WVP), and Gender Based Violence Training (GBVT) will be available for employees starting on Wednesday, August 28th for the 2024-2025 academic year.
New York State Law and CUNY’s policies on Sex-Based Misconduct Prevention and Workplace Violence Prevention require employees to complete the ESPARC and WVP compliance trainings at least once every year. All full-time employees will have until Friday, May 30th, 2025 to complete both courses. All part-time employees, including adjuncts, are responsible for completing the trainings by May 30th, 2025, deadline. If your spring semester ends prior to May 30th, it is your responsibility to complete the required trainings before the end of your campus semester to ensure your completion is marked by the University. Once an employee becomes inactive in CUNYfirst, the training will no longer be accessible.
Gender Based Violence Training will also be launched on Wednesday, August 28th. This training will only be available for all HR professionals, as well as managers with at least one direct report. If employees receive an automated email notification regarding GBVT, they are required to complete it by Friday, May 30th, 2025.
Active employees are automatically registered for the trainings in Blackboard. Employees can sign into their CUNY Blackboard account and navigate to My Organizations to view and complete both the ESPARC and WVP trainings. Employees also required to complete the Gender Based Violence Training will find the course listed under My Organizations in Blackboard. Step-by-step instructions for completing the trainings can be found on the course Announcements page. New hires will have access to their courses on the next business day after becoming an active employee in CUNYfirst.
Campus Compliance Administrators are responsible for monitoring campus completion rates, providing additional live trainings as needed, and for providing follow-up reminder notices routinely throughout the year. Additionally, employees with any questions regarding the trainings can access the Compliance Training FAQs here or reach out to their campus compliance administrator for assistance.
Last year, we were able to achieve 78% university-wide completion for both WVP and ESPARC and 90% university-wide completion for GBVT. This year, we expect each campus to reach 100% for all compliance training programs. Your cooperation is essential to meeting this important goal!
Thank you,
R. Carmel Boyle
Executive Director
Office of Human Resources
York College/CUNY
718-262-5259