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Other prohibited harassment by a student, Teacher or staff member includes unwelcome verbal or physical conduct relating to
an individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin, marital status, gender, pregnancy, disability or sexual orientation
when the harassing conduct is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it has the purpose or effect of substantially or
unreasonably interfering with an individual’s employment or education, or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive employment
or educational environment.
If you believe that you have been subjected to sexual or other harassment, other inappropriate behavior or discriminatory conduct,
BBSH encourages, but does not require, you to indicate promptly and firmly to the offender that the behavior is unacceptable.
If you believe that you have been subjected to harassment or discrimination based on race, color, religion or creed, national origin,
disability, marital status, sex, gender, pregnancy, or sexual orientation, BBSH requires that you promptly report any incident,
regardless of who the offender is. The report must be made to any of the following: the Class Dean, or Student Affairs
Department, or the School’s Human Resources Administrator.
Any report will be treated as discreetly as possible and will be promptly investigated, and appropriate action will be taken.
Upon such investigation, BBSH will respond, where warranted, to incidents of harassment or discrimination. Such response
may include reprimanding the offender, reassignment, temporary suspension, permanent suspension, dismissal, discharge, or
other such disciplinary action. A false report will result in serious action and may result in disciplinary measures. There will,
however, be no retaliation should you make a report in good faith.
If you believe you are being retaliated against, you must promptly report it to the Class Dean, or Student Affairs Department,
or the School’s Human Resources Administrator. A retaliation complaint will be treated according to the same procedures as
set forth above.
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This policy should not be read to abrogate the “Working Environment” policy in the BBSH Employee Handbook, which applies to employees of BBSH. It is the intent of BBSH that its policies are read
consistently to provide the highest level of protection for unlawful discrimination and harassment in the provision of educational services and opportunities and for its workforce.
POLICY:
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BBSH STUDENTS, AS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
FOR:
Degree and Diploma Year 1– 4 Students, Advanced Studies Year 3 Students,
and Teachers
DATE:
October 17, 1995 (Revised 1/2/02; 4/03; 2/04; 1/11)
If any BBSH Teacher or AS Year 3 student enters into a romantic relationship, sexual or nonsexual in nature, with a BBSH
Year 1–4 student, that Teacher or AS student will be dismissed from the School. (A person is considered a BBSH student as soon
as he/she is accepted into Year 1 of either the Degree or Diploma Programs.) The Year 1–4 student will not be dismissed from
the School.
The purpose of this policy statement is to make explicit what Teachers and Advanced Studies Year 3 students know, namely that
entering into such a romantic relationship with a Year 1–4 student is profoundly contrary to the principles of sound psychological
training.
Furthermore, if any BBSH Teacher enters into a romantic relationship, sexual or nonsexual in nature, with an AS student, the
Teacher will be dismissed from the School. The AS student will not be dismissed from the School.
DISCUSSION
At BBSH, we work to create a safe space for our students to become aware of their psychological boundaries and to explore intimate
personal issues as they grow into the profession of healership. Teachers and AS Year 3 students hold the ethical responsibility for
the safety of the healing vessel for the entire class. The clarity and predictability of the Teacher/student relationship is critical
to this environment. Because of the deep personal process that students go through at BBSH, Teachers and Advanced Studies
Year 3 students must hold clear boundaries to safeguard Year 1–4 students.
AS Year 3 students are learning to make the transition from student to Teacher and continue to deepen their personal process.
During this transition, AS Year 3 students find themselves in a dual role with respect to maintaining clear boundaries. In their
relationship to Year 1–4 students they help hold the healing vessel of the class and must maintain the same boundaries with
these students that BBSH Teachers hold. At the same time, they are also BBSH students involved in deepening their own
personal process and the Teacher/student relationship between BBSH Faculty and AS Year 3 students must also be maintained.
We consider any relationships other than Teacher/student to be inappropriate during the years that an individual is a student
in the School and for a period of at least four months after the individual has graduated from the School.
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