NABITA's Communities of Practice (CoP)

NABITA’s Communities of Practice (CoP) are dynamic, member-driven groups united by a shared focus within the behavioral intervention field. These communities foster collaboration, resource-sharing, and peer support, empowering members to exchange best practices and develop specialized tools tailored to the evolving needs of professionals. All NABITA members are invited to join our communities of practices. Click below to learn about our Civility and Respect CoP and K-12 CoP.

>NABITA’s membership is an investment in professional excellence. It signals a commitment to best practices for advancing gender equity within schools and colleges. NABITA’s Civility & Respect Community of Practice (CRC) expands that commitment by considering best practices for advancing more than just gender equity within schools and colleges.

Purpose

The Civility & Respect Community of Practice supports colleges, universities, K–12 schools and districts, organizations, and workplaces by equipping Title IX Coordinators, Civil Rights Compliance Teams, Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) Team officials and Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) members with tools and knowledge to advance fairness, compliance, behavioral intervention, threat assessment, and case management through a lens of civility and respect.

Goals

We fulfill this purpose through four pillars of community practice: EDUCATE  •  SUPPORT  •  CULTIVATE  •  ENCOURAGE

Education

• Provide best practices related to civil rights, behavioral intervention, and threat assessment.
• Sponsor ATIXA and NABITA Annual Conference, Summit, and Symposia sessions.
• Develop research and publication initiatives.
• Host educational opportunities, including virtual community events (Time with IX, Talking BITs, and Viewpoints).

Support

• Strengthen practitioner networks and engagement.
• Host Town Halls and conference events.
• Offer cross‑association collaboration spaces.

Cultivate

• Promote sustained professional development.
• Encourage practical application of new knowledge.
• Solicit program proposals and virtual event ideas.

Encourage

• Highlight contributions across the field.
• Promote association products, services, and events.
• Share innovations through social media and member networks.

Membership Criteria

• Maintain an active NABITA membership
• Regularly attend the Community of Practice’s monthly meetings

How to Join

If you are interested in NABITA’s Community of Practice, please reach out to members@nabita.org.

Purpose

The NABITA and ATIXA’s K-12 Community of Practice provides K-12 Title IX and behavioral intervention and risk assessment practitioners with knowledge and tools that support gender equity and school safety. We aim to achieve our goals by adopting four critical functions of communities of practice: educate, support, cultivate, and encourage.

Goals

1. Educate by collecting and sharing information related to questions and issues of practice.
   • Sponsor at least one conference program or virtual event annually (e.g., Time with IX and Talking BITs).
   • Provide knowledge resources to members that intersect with K-12 Title IX and behavior and risk assessment.
   • Suggest research and publication ideas.
2. Support by organizing interactions and collaboration among members.
   • Organize affinity groups (e.g., meeting space, roundtables, and social gatherings during the annual conference).
3. Cultivate by assisting individuals in beginning and sustaining their professional growth over time.
   • Identify tools for practitioners to aid educational community members in their efforts to enhance gender equity and school safety through policy, practice, and programs, both curricular and co-curricular.
4. Encourage by promoting the work of members through discussion and sharing.
   • Promote ATIXA and NABITA products, events, and services on social media and with colleagues.
   • Develop content in the knowledge area with at least one published deliverable per year.
   • Encourage members to use their new knowledge for positive, sustainable change in their work (e.g., solicit program proposals from knowledge areas for the annual conference; solicit virtual event ideas from knowledge areas for ATIXA and NABITA-sponsored programs.)

Membership Criteria

• Maintain an active ATIXA membership
• Regularly attend the Community of Practice’s monthly meetings

How to Join

If you are interested in joining the Community of Practice, contact Jennifer McFadden, Membership & Program Coordinator, NABITA, at jennifer.mcfadden@nabita.org.