Fractional leadership
Senior civil rights coordination without a full-time hire. We hold the seat, carry the portfolio, and are accountable for the record while we have it.
How the model is priced
A full-time coordinator is a salary, benefits, training, and a search, and it is the right answer when the caseload justifies it. Below that line, institutions have generally had two options: leave the seat thin, or buy a consultant who advises and leaves.
We price the third option. You engage a seat rather than a project, at a monthly retainer, held by a named senior practitioner who is accountable for the record while they hold it.
- Unit
- A seat, not a project or an hourly pool.
- Basis
- A flat monthly retainer, quoted after scoping and fixed for the term.
- Level
- Deputy, full seat, or director, depending on what the seat has to hold.
- Sector
- Priced separately for higher education, PK-12, and workplaces.
The seats we hold, and what they cost
Monthly retainer for a named practitioner. A seat appears in a sector only where the framework reaches it.
PK-12
Districts, charters, and independent schools.
- Title IX Coordinator $5,000 to $7,750 a month
- Deputy Title IX Coordinator $3,000 to $4,750 a month
- ADA and Section 504 Coordinator $5,000 to $7,750 a month
- Title VII and EEO Officer $3,000 to $4,750 a month
- Civil Rights Compliance Officer $5,000 to $7,750 a month
- Director of Civil Rights Compliance $7,750 to $11,250 a month
- Chief Compliance Officer, fractional $7,750 to $11,250 a month
Higher education
Colleges, universities, and systems.
- Title IX Coordinator $7,000 to $10,500 a month
- Deputy Title IX Coordinator $4,000 to $6,500 a month
- ADA and Section 504 Coordinator $7,000 to $10,500 a month
- Title VII and EEO Officer $4,000 to $6,500 a month
- Civil Rights Compliance Officer $7,000 to $10,500 a month
- Clery Compliance Officer $4,000 to $6,500 a month
- Director of Civil Rights Compliance $10,500 to $15,500 a month
- Chief Compliance Officer, fractional $10,500 to $15,500 a month
Workplaces
Employers, including institutional HR functions.
- ADA and Section 504 Coordinator $7,000 to $10,500 a month
- Title VII and EEO Officer $7,000 to $10,500 a month
- Civil Rights Compliance Officer $7,000 to $10,500 a month
- Director of Civil Rights Compliance $10,500 to $15,500 a month
- Chief Compliance Officer, fractional $10,500 to $15,500 a month
What the retainer buys
A named senior practitioner in the seat, not a pool. Intake and case movement, supportive measures, process oversight, policy and instrument work, reporting, and the meetings the role has to be in. Scope is written into the agreement as a defined caseload and a defined set of obligations rather than a number of hours.
What sits outside it
Investigations of individual matters, certified training, and expert witness work are engaged and priced separately, because a seat that also investigates its own intake is a conflict rather than a saving. Travel, and any filing or platform fees, are billed at cost.
Range, and where you land in it
The spread reflects institution size, caseload volume, how many frameworks the seat carries, and whether staff report into it. We quote a figure after a scoping conversation, not a range, and the figure holds for the term.
Why we do not sell hours
Compliance does not arrive evenly. An hours package means a quiet month is wasted and a serious one runs out, and it turns every difficult week into a conversation about the meter. We commit to availability, presence, and a caseload instead, and we hold to those whatever the month looks like.
Term and rate protection
Initial term of twelve months with automatic renewal. Termination for convenience on 60 days notice, or 30 days for monthly flat-fee work. Signing an agreement locks the rate for the term and earns 15 percent off general services. That discount does not stack on the PK-12 schedule, which is already set for the sector.
Sector differences
PK-12 is published on its own schedule. Workplaces are quoted on the higher education schedule. A seat appears in a sector only where the framework reaches it, which is why Title IX is absent from workplaces and the Clery Act appears only under higher education.
Our practitioners are not for hire
Practitioners are not available for permanent placement. If the seat is working, you extend or renew instead, at reduced rates for longer commitments. We would rather keep the standard than sell you the person holding it.
What each level commits to
We sell a seat rather than a block of hours, so this is what the seat holds rather than how long it takes.
Deputy
Capacity beside a coordinator who holds the seat.
- Availability
- Reachable every business day. Urgent intake acknowledged same business day.
- Presence
- In your case review, and in any meeting where an open matter is decided.
- Capacity
- Up to six active matters at a time.
- Backup
- A named second practitioner who knows your file.
Full seat
The coordinator role itself, held by a senior practitioner.
- Availability
- Reachable every business day. Urgent intake acknowledged within four business hours.
- Presence
- In your standing weekly meeting, and in leadership meetings where the portfolio is discussed.
- Capacity
- Up to twelve active matters at a time.
- Backup
- A named second practitioner, briefed on every open matter.
Director
Program ownership across frameworks, with staff reporting in.
- Availability
- Reachable every business day, and out of hours where a matter requires it.
- Presence
- In cabinet or executive meetings, board reporting, and the supervision of your own coordinators.
- Capacity
- Portfolio level rather than matter level, with deputies added as volume requires.
- Backup
- A named second practitioner and a documented continuity plan.
An active matter is one that is open and moving: intake through determination, or an advisory question that needs a decision. Capacity is the number that matters, because a seat carrying more matters than it can hold properly is how institutions end up with a record they cannot defend. When a caseload consistently exceeds the level, we say so and move the engagement up or add a deputy rather than absorbing it quietly.
How an engagement runs
Three phases, and what each one actually involves.
Before the seat is held
Scoping conversation
We look at the portfolio, the open matters, the calendar, and who is currently carrying what. You get a level, a scope, and a figure, or an honest answer that you do not need us.
Agreement and conflicts
Scope, rate, term, and reporting line in writing. We run a conflicts screen against the institution, the open matters, and counsel before anything is countersigned.
Standing up
System access, background screening, and mandatory reporting obligations are in place before a single matter is touched. Your community is told who holds the seat and how to reach them.
While we hold it
Intake and case movement
Reports come to a named person who answers them. Supportive measures are offered and documented, and matters move rather than waiting for a gap in someone else’s week.
Oversight and supervision
We supervise or conduct investigations, advise leadership, sit in the meetings the role has to be in, and correct the process where it is not holding.
Reporting you can act on
A written picture of what is open, what moved, what is at risk, and what needs a decision from you. Monthly at minimum, and immediately when something changes.
When it ends
Handover
A documented program rather than a pile of files: procedures, instruments, intake pathways, the open matters, and where each one stands.
Support through the transition
We brief the incoming coordinator and stay reachable while they find their footing, so the institution does not lose the process along with the person.
Why fractional rather than a report
A consultant delivers findings and leaves. A fractional coordinator holds the obligation, which means the process improves while it is being used rather than after the next complaint. That is the whole argument for the model, and it is also its limit: if what you need is a one-time assessment, say so and we will scope that instead.
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