Building content knowledge is the first step. Developing the confidence and skills to facilitate high-quality sexuality education is the next.
This highly interactive Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) transforms the knowledge gained through the Sex Education Foundations self-paced courses into practical teaching and facilitation skills. Over six live sessions (12 hours total), you’ll join a supportive cohort of educators in a facilitator-led Zoom classroom where you’ll practice applying evidence-informed strategies, receive individualized coaching, and learn alongside peers.
Together, you’ll strengthen your ability to facilitate medically accurate, shame-free, sex-positive, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and LGBTQ+ inclusive sexuality education. Through collaborative discussions, guided reflection, case studies, skill-building activities, and real-world scenarios, you’ll develop practical strategies for establishing classroom agreements, maintaining professional boundaries, responding to challenging questions and participant disclosures, recognizing and addressing personal bias, and creating learning environments where every young person feels respected, represented, and supported.
The course culminates in an immersive practice and coaching session using the Advocates for Youth Virtual Classroom, where you’ll facilitate sexuality education with AI-powered student avatars in realistic classroom scenarios. Receive personalized coaching and feedback from experienced sexuality educators as you strengthen your facilitation skills, build confidence, and prepare to bring your learning into classrooms, organizations, and communities.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
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Apply evidence-informed facilitation strategies that support high-quality sexuality education.
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Establish professional boundaries while recognizing when and how personal values or experiences may appropriately inform facilitation.
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Recognize personal and systemic biases that can influence sexuality education and apply strategies to create more equitable and inclusive learning environments.
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Practice responding to sensitive participant disclosures with empathy, professionalism, and compassion while maintaining the integrity of the learning experience.
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Apply strategies for managing personal stress responses and maintaining facilitator presence during challenging situations.
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Demonstrate techniques for answering students’ questions using medically accurate, age-appropriate, unbiased, and nonjudgmental information.
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Facilitate discussions that foster psychological safety, curiosity, respect, and meaningful participation.
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Integrate trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and LGBTQ+ inclusive practices into sexuality education facilitation.
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Practice facilitation skills in realistic classroom scenarios using the Advocates for Youth Virtual Classroom and incorporate coaching feedback to strengthen instructional practice.
Prerequisite
Participants must complete the Teaching Sexuality & Answering Questions self-paced course prior to the first live session. This foundational course is included with registration and provides the content knowledge needed to fully engage in the skill-building activities throughout the Virtual Instructor-Led Training.