Hillsborough College (HC) is committed to maintaining an environment where people feel safe to carry out the college's mission. Through communication, collaboration, and coordination of college resources, HC will conduct a comprehensive approach to proactively assess threats and behaviors that may impact the college community. Visit our Policies web page to learn more about the Speak Up HC Team.
Vision:
The Speak Up HC Team is committed to building integral partnerships with the campus community, local colleges, and the community at large. This will be accomplished by providing support to a safe and productive learning environment.
Objectives:
- Create a centralized location where an individual can report concerns, alarming behavior and/or troubling suspicions.
- Provide fair, thoughtful, reasonable and timely efforts to enhance safety and prevent violence.
- Gather, organize and interpret complex information from multiple sources.
- Assess behavior, recommend solutions and act to promote campus safety.
- Provide an environment where faculty, staff, and students can professionally collaborate and communicate with the Speak Up HC Team.
- Build trust and reliability.
Best Practices:
The Speak Up HC Team welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with the campus community. Below are our best practices:
- Address threat and provide intervention, support, and resources to staff and students
- Make use of assessments and resources
- Foster a comprehensive reporting culture within the college community
- Utilize technologically advanced support software that will allow the Team to have a view of a student's behavior patterns and trends
- Provide training and education throughout the campus community on "what to report and how
To report any persons on campus who appear to be in distress, please submit a Care Report.