Training Hub

The Sex Education Collaborative Training Hub lists trainings for sex educators, facilitators, and other professionals on best practices for sharing important information with clients and the public. From teaching anatomy inclusively to effectively addressing bias in the classroom to addressing racial justice and equity in sex education, the Training Hub includes trainings, technical assistance, and policy support from state, regional, and national leaders in the field of sex education.
 

Please note: The Training Hub includes both in-person and online professional trainings. If you see a training you are interested in and it isn’t listed as virtual, please reach out directly to any of our members to find out what's possible!

Trainings Offered by State-Based and National Organizations

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Training

Intro to Cultural Humility & Responsiveness (Self-Paced Course)

Our Spark*ED online sex educator courses focus on the information, skills, and theory required to deliver impactful and inclusive sex education. Our philosophy towards sex education is at the heart of the Spark*ED curriculum and all course materials have been created with a social justice and racial equity lens and incorporate the latest information and research in the fields of of sexual health, gender, adolescent development, learning styles, and behavioral change. Each course has been reviewed by content matter experts, including medical professionals, trainers, classroom teachers, public health workers, and researchers.

 

This three hour self-paced Intro to Cultural Humility & Responsiveness course emphasizes the importance of creating an equitable, inclusive and respectful environment for all learners.  Emphasis is placed on understanding the essentials of cultural humility and responsive practices, including terminology, implicit bias, and intersectionality, and exploring what facilitating through a cultural humility and responsiveness lens can look like. The course is divided into three bite-size pieces in a range of learning styles including interactive assessments and real-life scenarios.

Upon completion of the training participants should be able to:

  • Explains what culture, intersectionality, implicit bias, cultural humility, and cultural responsiveness are
  • Describes how culture shows up in learning spaces
  • Differentiates between cultural competency and cultural responsiveness
  • Explains how intersectionality and the concept of culture support delivering high quality sex education
  • Explains how to apply culturally responsive strategies
  • Explains what a microaggression is and how to apply different models to respond to or address microaggressions

 

Online
Regional Organization
Cost -
$200
Length -
3 hours of self-directed training
Age Group(s) -
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
Topic(s) -
Conscious and unconscious bias about race, ethnicity, and culture disclosure, Creating an inclusive and affirming learning environment, Effective teaching strategies, Racial and reproductive justice
State(s) -
Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Washington
Organization Information
Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PLSSE) Indicators
Conscious and unconscious bias about race, ethnicity, and culture Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Define conscious and unconscious bias and explain how they could influence one’s teaching of sex education.
  • Indicator 2 (K-12): Describe three impacts that conscious and unconscious bias could have on cross-cultural interactions when teaching sex education.
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain how an educator’s personal beliefs about racial and reproductive justice could influence their teaching of sex education.
  • Indicator 4 (K-12): Describe three strategies to reduce the impact of conscious and unconscious bias and enhance cross-cultural interactions in the classroom when teaching sex education.
Creating and inclusive and affirming learning environment Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Demonstrate three techniques to create an inclusive and affirming learning environment. (S)
  • Indicator 2 (K-12): Demonstrate three strategies for creating culturally responsive classrooms. (S)
Effective Teaching Strategies Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to build rapport with students. (S)
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain the differences between positive vs. shaming approaches to teaching sex education.
  • Indicator 7 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to analyze and tailor lesson plans to match the age, developmental stages, cultural backgrounds, and other identities of students. (S)
Racial and Reproductive Justice Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Define racism (including individual, interpersonal, institutional, ideological, structural, and systemic), racial micro-aggressions, and reproductive justice.
  • Indicator 2 (K-12): Name three sexual health inequities and some of their systemic causes (e.g., African American women living with HIV have expressed mistrust toward healthcare professionals, in part, as a result of systemic racism).
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Describe three ways power, privilege, prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes related to age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, socio-economic status, immigration status, and/or physical or intellectual ability can impact sexual health and reproductive justice.
  • Indicator 4 (K-12): Describe three effective response strategies when a student or school community member has been hurt or wronged by bias.
  • Indicator 5 (K-12): Describe three strategies educators can use to acknowledge and proactively work to mitigate the impact of bias on their students’ sexual health and multiple, intersecting identities.
Training

Teaching About STIs and HIV

Our Spark*ED online sex educator courses focus on the information, skills, and theory required to deliver impactful and inclusive sex education. Our philosophy towards sex education is at the heart of the Spark*ED curriculum and all course materials have been created with a social justice and racial equity lens and incorporate the latest information and research in the fields of of sexual health, gender, adolescent development, learning styles, and behavioral change. Each course has been reviewed by content matter experts, including medical professionals, trainers, classroom teachers, public health workers, and researchers.

This four hour self-paced online training on Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV provides an overview of the different types of STIs: which are curable, which are treatable, and how to avoid transmission. You’ll learn how to teach and talk about STIs in a way that normalizes and removes associated stigma and shame. You’ll learn how to normalize prevention, testing, and treatment as a routine part of health and self-care.  You’ll also learn to teach young people how to have these conversations with their partners, teach them the questions to ask, the words to use, and the steps to take to help these conversations take place.  The course is divided into four 30 - 45-minute bite-size pieces that encompass a range of learning styles including interactive assessments, videos modeling classroom instruction, and real-life scenarios. After taking the course you will be able to:

  • Explain who is most impacted by common STIs and why.
  • Explain the causes and impacts of disparities in HIV in the United State.
  • Identify impacts of stigma on STI and HIV prevention, transmission, prevalence, and treatment.
  • Explain that prevention, testing, and treatment of STIs and HIV is a routine part of taking care of one‘s sexual health.
  • Explain how STIs and HIV are transmitted and describe how to prevent transmission.
  • Recognize eradication of shame and stigma as a primary goal of STI and HIV education.
  • Describe how to teach free from judgement, shame, and stigma.
Online
Regional Organization
Cost -
$200/course
Length -
4 hours
Age Group(s) -
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
Topic(s) -
Conscious and unconscious bias about race, ethnicity, and culture disclosure, Contraception, pregnancy, and reproduction, Creating an inclusive and affirming learning environment, Effective teaching strategies, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases/infections, Responding to challenging questions, Sex education in schools
State(s) -
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Organization Information
Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PLSSE) Indicators
Conscious and unconscious bias about race, ethnicity, and culture Indicators
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain how an educator’s personal beliefs about racial and reproductive justice could influence their teaching of sex education.
Contraception, Pregnancy, and Reproduction Indicators
  • Indicator 2 (6-12): Demonstrate the steps necessary for effective external and internal condom use and how to access condoms. (S)
Creating and inclusive and affirming learning environment Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Demonstrate three techniques to create an inclusive and affirming learning environment. (S)
Effective Teaching Strategies Indicators
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain the differences between positive vs. shaming approaches to teaching sex education.
HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases/infections Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (6-12): Describe HIV and three common STDs/STIs, and how each can and cannot be transmitted.
  • Indicator 2 (6-12): Explain that many STD/STIs do not cause symptoms and the only way to know if you have one is to be tested.
  • Indicator 3 (6-12): Explain the benefits of getting tested and treated for HIV and other STDs/STIs.
  • Indicator 4 (6-12): Explain three facilitators and three barriers to STD/STI testing and treatment.
  • Indicator 5 (6-12): Demonstrate the steps necessary for effective external and internal condom use and how to access condoms. (S).
  • Indicator 6 (6-12): Describe the latest medical advances in HIV and other STDs/STIs prevention and treatment.
  • Indicator 7 (6-12): Identify three medically accurate and youth-friendly resources for STD/STI and HIV prevention, testing, and treatment
Racial and Reproductive Justice Indicators
  • Indicator 2 (K-12): Name three sexual health inequities and some of their systemic causes (e.g., African American women living with HIV have expressed mistrust toward healthcare professionals, in part, as a result of systemic racism).
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Describe three ways power, privilege, prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes related to age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, socio-economic status, immigration status, and/or physical or intellectual ability can impact sexual health and reproductive justice.
Responding to Challenging Questions Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Explain three reasons why it is important to respond to every question students ask when teaching sex education.
Sex Education In Schools Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe three health (e.g. physical, social and/or emotional) and/or academic benefits of sex education for young people
Training

Facilitating Sex Ed

Our Spark*ED online sex educator courses focus on the information, skills, and theory required to deliver impactful and inclusive sex education. Our philosophy towards sex education is at the heart of the Spark*ED curriculum and all course materials have been created with a social justice and racial equity lens and incorporate the latest information and research in the fields of of sexual health, gender, adolescent development, learning styles, and behavioral change. Each course has been reviewed by content matter experts, including medical professionals, trainers, classroom teachers, public health workers, and researchers.

This course set the basic foundation for teaching impactful, inclusive sex education.  During this six-session, 12-hour virtual instructor-led training you’ll learn to teach through that lens of social justice and racial equity concentrated in medically accurate, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and LGBT+ inclusive sex education. We’ll concentrate on the skills you’ll need to take your work to the classroom and community. You’ll even get hands-on virtual experience, practicing your sex ed facilitation skills in the Advocates for Youth Virtual Classroom followed by a coaching session to allow you to practice the skills you learn in a low-stakes environment with virtual avatar students. After taking the course you will be able to:

  • Identify what makes exemplary sex education
  • Understand the importance of not sharing your values and setting boundaries
  • Address bias and stigma in sex ed
  • Manage participant disclosure
  • Answer sex ed related questions

*Prerequisite - Completion of the Spark*ED Teaching Sexuality self-paced course.

Online
Regional Organization
Cost -
$450 (plus $200 if you haven't yet completed the self-paced course)
Length -
16 hours
Age Group(s) -
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
Topic(s) -
Conscious and unconscious bias about race, ethnicity, and culture disclosure, Creating an inclusive and affirming learning environment, Disclosure, Effective teaching strategies, Racial and reproductive justice, Responding to challenging questions
State(s) -
Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Organization Information
Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PLSSE) Indicators
Conscious and unconscious bias about race, ethnicity, and culture Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Define conscious and unconscious bias and explain how they could influence one’s teaching of sex education.
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain how an educator’s personal beliefs about racial and reproductive justice could influence their teaching of sex education.
  • Indicator 4 (K-12): Describe three strategies to reduce the impact of conscious and unconscious bias and enhance cross-cultural interactions in the classroom when teaching sex education.
Consent, Interpersonal and Sexual Violence Indicators
  • Indicator 4 (K-12): Identify three youth-friendly resources to assist survivors of sexual assault, abuse, incest, or domestic violence.
  • Indicator 7 (K-12): Explain the impact of childhood trauma on the decision-making and sexual health of students.
Creating and inclusive and affirming learning environment Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Demonstrate three techniques to create an inclusive and affirming learning environment. (S)
Disclosure Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe the importance of teachers’ maintaining professional boundaries when teaching sex education.
  • Indicator 2 (K-12): List three factors to consider regarding personal disclosure when teaching sex education
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Demonstrate how to reduce the impact of educators’ passive and/or active personal disclosure on the educational environment. (S)
  • Indicator 4 (K-12): Explain the roles and responsibilities of a mandated reporter.
Effective Teaching Strategies Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to build rapport with students. (S)
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain the differences between positive vs. shaming approaches to teaching sex education.
  • Indicator 5 (K-12): Describe three effective strategies for practicing skills with students.
Racial and Reproductive Justice Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Define racism (including individual, interpersonal, institutional, ideological, structural, and systemic), racial micro-aggressions, and reproductive justice.
  • Indicator 2 (K-12): Name three sexual health inequities and some of their systemic causes (e.g., African American women living with HIV have expressed mistrust toward healthcare professionals, in part, as a result of systemic racism).
  • Indicator 3 (K-12): Describe three ways power, privilege, prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes related to age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, socio-economic status, immigration status, and/or physical or intellectual ability can impact sexual health and reproductive justice.
  • Indicator 4 (K-12): Describe three effective response strategies when a student or school community member has been hurt or wronged by bias.
  • Indicator 5 (K-12): Describe three strategies educators can use to acknowledge and proactively work to mitigate the impact of bias on their students’ sexual health and multiple, intersecting identities.
Responding to Challenging Questions Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Explain three reasons why it is important to respond to every question students ask when teaching sex education.
  • Indicator 2 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to effectively respond to three different types of challenging questions. (S)
Sex Education In Schools Indicators
  • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe three health (e.g. physical, social and/or emotional) and/or academic benefits of sex education for young people
Training

Sex Education Foundation Series

Our Spark*ED online sex educator courses focus on the information, skills, and theory required to deliver impactful and inclusive sex education. Our philosophy towards sex education is at the heart of the Spark*ED curriculum and all course materials have been created with a social justice and racial equity lens and incorporate the latest information and research in the fields of of sexual health, gender, adolescent development, learning styles, and behavioral change. Each course has been reviewed by content matter experts, including medical professionals, trainers, classroom teachers, public health workers, and researchers. These self-guided courses are a convenient 2 - 3 hours broken into 25 - 30-minute modules. Learning tools include interactive training, videos of classroom instruction, real life scenarios, and self-assessment throughout each course to ensure participants have mastered all the information.

The courses in the Sex Education Foundation Series include:

  • Teaching Sexuality and Answering Questions
  • Teaching About Sexual Anatomy and Reproduction
  • Teaching About Abstinence and Birth Control a
  • Teaching Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV
  • Teaching Relationships and Consent
  • LGBTQ+ Inclusive and Affirming Sex Education
  • Trauma-Informed Sex Ed
    • Online
    Regional Organization
    Cost -
    $1,000
    Length -
    2 - 3 hours/course
    Age Group(s) -
    Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
    Topic(s) -
    Consent and interpersonal and sexual violence, Contraception, pregnancy, and reproduction, Creating an inclusive and affirming learning environment, Disclosure, Effective teaching strategies, Healthy relationships, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases/infections, LGBQ+ identities, Puberty and adolescent development, Responding to challenging questions, Sex education in schools, Sexual and reproductive anatomy and physiology, Values
    State(s) -
    Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
    Organization Information
    Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PLSSE) Indicators
    Consent, Interpersonal and Sexual Violence Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Define consent.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Explain why consent is a fundamental right for people of all ages.
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Differentiate between situations in which sexual consent is and is not present.
    • Indicator 6 (K-12): Explain bodily autonomy and how it relates to consent and sexual abuse prevention.
    • Indicator 7 (K-12): Explain the impact of childhood trauma on the decision-making and sexual health of students.
    • Indicator 8 (K-12): Demonstrate three strategies to prevent and/or intervene in bullying and teasing. (S)
    • Indicator 9 (K-12): Describe three strategies to help students identify a trusted adult.
    Contraception, Pregnancy, and Reproduction Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (6-12): Explain fertilization, implantation, conception, and how pregnancy occurs.
    • Indicator 2 (6-12): Demonstrate the steps necessary for effective external and internal condom use and how to access condoms. (S)
    • Indicator 3 (6-12): Describe the differences in mechanisms of action and access between emergency contraception and the abortion pill.
    • Indicator 4 (6-12): Explain methods of contraception, including the latest medical advances that are popular among young people.
    • Indicator 5 (6-12): Describe pregnancy options, including parenting, adoption, and abortion.
    Creating and inclusive and affirming learning environment Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Demonstrate three techniques to create an inclusive and affirming learning environment. (S)
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Describe three elements of a trauma-informed approach to sex education.
    • Indicator 4 (K-12): Demonstrate three strategies of a trauma-informed approach to sex education (e.g. giving trigger warnings before content on sexual assault and allowing students the right to pass as appropriate, etc.). (S)
    Disclosure Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe the importance of teachers’ maintaining professional boundaries when teaching sex education.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): List three factors to consider regarding personal disclosure when teaching sex education
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Demonstrate how to reduce the impact of educators’ passive and/or active personal disclosure on the educational environment. (S)
    Effective Teaching Strategies Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to build rapport with students. (S)
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Demonstrate three student-centered instructional approaches that support a variety of learning styles. (S)
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain the differences between positive vs. shaming approaches to teaching sex education.
    Healthy Relationships Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe three distinguishing characteristics between healthy and unhealthy relationships, involving family, friends, and/or romantic partners.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Explain three ways that healthy relationships can positively impact personal well-being.
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Describe three strategies for teaching students communication skills.
    • Indicator 4 (K-12): Describe three strategies for incorporating the positive and negative impacts of communicating through technology into lessons on healthy relationships.
    • Indicator 5 (K-12): Describe three ways to help students set and respect personal boundaries in relationships.
    HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases/infections Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (6-12): Describe HIV and three common STDs/STIs, and how each can and cannot be transmitted.
    • Indicator 2 (6-12): Explain that many STD/STIs do not cause symptoms and the only way to know if you have one is to be tested.
    • Indicator 3 (6-12): Explain the benefits of getting tested and treated for HIV and other STDs/STIs.
    • Indicator 4 (6-12): Explain three facilitators and three barriers to STD/STI testing and treatment.
    • Indicator 5 (6-12): Demonstrate the steps necessary for effective external and internal condom use and how to access condoms. (S).
    • Indicator 6 (6-12): Describe the latest medical advances in HIV and other STDs/STIs prevention and treatment.
    LGBQ+ Identities Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Explain how availability of supportive school staff, presence of Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), LGBQ-inclusive curricular resources, and the presence of comprehensive, enumerated anti-harassment school policies are related to improved school climate for students of all sexual orientations.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Define sexual orientation and sexual identity, including that everyone has both.
    • Indicator 3 (6-12): Explain the difference between sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and sexual identity.
    • Indicator 4 (K-12): Demonstrate the use of inclusive and affirming language. (S)
    • Indicator 5 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to intervene effectively in homophobic and other bullying comments and actions. (S)
    • Indicator 6 (K-12): Explain three ways that LGBQ+ youth are at disproportionate risk for health disparities.
    • Indicator 7 (K-12): Identify three credible, medically accurate, youth-friendly resources that can provide information or support related to sexual orientation.
    • Indicator 8 (K-12): Explain why it is essential to include positive portrayals of LGBQ+ people in lessons.
    • Indicator 9 (K-12): Demonstrate three strategies that can be used to include positive portrayals of LGBQ+ people in lessons. (S)
    Puberty and Adolescent Development Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe how puberty prepares the human body for the potential to reproduce.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): List three physical, three social, and three emotional changes that occur during puberty.
    Responding to Challenging Questions Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Explain three reasons why it is important to respond to every question students ask when teaching sex education.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to effectively respond to three different types of challenging questions. (S)
    Sex Education In Schools Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe three health (e.g. physical, social and/or emotional) and/or academic benefits of sex education for young people
    Sexual & Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology Indicators
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to use medically accurate terms for sexual and reproductive anatomy, including all external genitals. (S)
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain the function of the individual sexual and reproductive body parts and how they typically work.
    Values Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Explain the differences between personal and universal values relating to sexuality.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Describe how verbal and nonverbal expression of personal values, and comfort with topics related to sex education, could impact one’s teaching
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain the importance of educators refraining from sharing their personal values when implementing sex education.
    • Indicator 4 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to respond effectively to students’ values-based comments and questions. (S)
    Training

    Relationships and Consent

    Our Spark*ED online sex educator courses focus on the information, skills, and theory required to deliver impactful and inclusive sex education. Our philosophy towards sex education is at the heart of the Spark*ED curriculum and all course materials have been created with a social justice and racial equity lens and incorporate the latest information and research in the fields of of sexual health, gender, adolescent development, learning styles and behavioral change. Each course has been reviewed by content matter experts, including medical professionals, trainers, classroom teachers, public health workers, and researchers.

    This four hour self-paced online course on Relationships and Consent emphasizes how to guide young people on an exploration of their relationships, including teaching young folks how to build and maintain positive relationships and how to identify harmful and supportive behaviors. We tackle the following questions, and more, in this module:

    • What does it mean to be supportive? Unsupportive?
    • Who decides what's supportive/unsupportive? 
    • How do we define relationships - romantic, platonic, familiar?
    • What does consent look like? 

    Empower young people by developing and strengthening their skills to navigate all kinds of relationships rooted in consent and clear communication.  You’ll teach them tools they can use to talk through things when they feel uncertain and set them up for successful future consent conversations. The more we talk, the more we mainstream these areas of everyday life. Learn how to define and separate your personal values and beliefs, examine expectations set forth by your community, and navigate conflicting beliefs. We’ll discuss what you need to know to make informed decisions to better teach and support young people in a safe and inclusive environment. The course is divided into four 45-minute bite-size pieces that encompass a range of learning styles including interactive assessments, videos modeling classroom instruction, and real-life scenarios.

    This course helps you to:

    • Explore and understand relationships as an essential part of everyone’s lives.
    • Identify the variety of intimate and romantic relationships that can exist in people’s lives – expressing affection and types of intimacy.
    • Teach youth to identify supportive and harmful behaviors and help develop the life skill of building and maintaining positive relationships.
    • Review communication tips and skills.
    • Build an understanding of what consent is and isn’t and that all people deserve to have their consent communicated, recognized, and respected.
    • Identify relationship skills to evaluate a relationship, set boundaries, end a relationship, and handle rejection.
    • Teach young people how to build personal power and agency.
    Online
    Regional Organization
    Cost -
    $200/course
    Length -
    4 hours
    Age Group(s) -
    Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
    Topic(s) -
    Consent and interpersonal and sexual violence, Creating an inclusive and affirming learning environment, Effective teaching strategies, Healthy relationships, Sex education in schools, Values
    State(s) -
    Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
    Organization Information
    Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PLSSE) Indicators
    Consent, Interpersonal and Sexual Violence Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Define consent.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Explain why consent is a fundamental right for people of all ages.
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Differentiate between situations in which sexual consent is and is not present.
    • Indicator 6 (K-12): Explain bodily autonomy and how it relates to consent and sexual abuse prevention.
    • Indicator 7 (K-12): Explain the impact of childhood trauma on the decision-making and sexual health of students.
    Creating and inclusive and affirming learning environment Indicators
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Describe three elements of a trauma-informed approach to sex education.
    Effective Teaching Strategies Indicators
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain the differences between positive vs. shaming approaches to teaching sex education.
    Healthy Relationships Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe three distinguishing characteristics between healthy and unhealthy relationships, involving family, friends, and/or romantic partners.
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Explain three ways that healthy relationships can positively impact personal well-being.
    • Indicator 4 (K-12): Describe three strategies for incorporating the positive and negative impacts of communicating through technology into lessons on healthy relationships.
    • Indicator 5 (K-12): Describe three ways to help students set and respect personal boundaries in relationships.
    Responding to Challenging Questions Indicators
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Demonstrate the ability to effectively respond to three different types of challenging questions. (S)
    Sex Education In Schools Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe three health (e.g. physical, social and/or emotional) and/or academic benefits of sex education for young people
    Values Indicators
    • Indicator 3 (K-12): Explain the importance of educators refraining from sharing their personal values when implementing sex education.

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    CSE 101

    What is comprehensive sex education (CSE)? Join us to learn the components of CSE, why it’s important, and how it can benefit your students and your school. We will also discuss the process for getting approval from your school board and how GCAPP staff can support you.

    In person Online
    State Organization
    Cost -
    Please contact alexandra@gcapp.org for details
    Length -
    90-minutes
    Age Group(s) -
    Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
    Topic(s) -
    Sex education in schools
    State(s) -
    Georgia
    Organization Information
    Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education (PLSSE) Indicators
    Sex Education In Schools Indicators
    • Indicator 1 (K-12): Describe three health (e.g. physical, social and/or emotional) and/or academic benefits of sex education for young people
    • Indicator 2 (K-12): Describe state and/or district laws, policies, and standards that relate to sex education where one teaches.