Learning pathway 5 of 8
Advanced Sex Education Leadership
For district leaders, curriculum coordinators, lead teachers and consultants, this pathway builds the skills to lead, strengthen and sustain sex education programs across schools and organizations.
Why this pathway
Leading a sex education program means thinking beyond a single classroom: who needs which training, which resources fit, and how to keep quality high as a program grows. This pathway starts with a needs assessment, so your planning rests on a clear picture of your educators. You then use professional development tools, including individual learning plans and resource mapping, to plan next steps. Advanced instructor-led trainings, chosen to fit your goals, deepen your own practice and prepare you to deliver programs. A community of practice keeps you learning alongside peers who face the same challenges.
Goal
Lead and strengthen sex education programs at scale.
Who it is for
- District leaders
- Curriculum coordinators
- Lead teachers
- Consultants
Time
Varies with the trainings you choose; each facilitation course is about 12 hours over five live sessions.
Step by step
The steps
Take them in this order. Each one builds on the one before.
Complete the Sex Educator Needs Assessment
Sex Educator Needs Assessment (assessment)
Start by identifying the strengths and needs of the educators you support, so your plans for training and resources rest on a clear picture.
Review professional development resources
Professional Development Resources (free resource)
Use individual learning plans, resource mapping tools and self-assessments to plan professional development for yourself and for the educators you lead.
Advanced instructor-led learning
Facilitating Sex Education (live training, 6 sessions)
A foundation in exemplary sex education across six live sessions: applying values and boundaries, addressing bias and stigma, managing disclosures and answering questions, with practice in a simulated classroom.
Facilitation Skills (live training, 5 sessions)
Hone your platform skills, lead and debrief discussions, respond to group dynamics and adapt on the fly, over five live sessions with practice teaching and peer feedback.
Trauma-Informed Facilitation (live training, 5 sessions)
Practice creating and sustaining trauma-informed learning environments and responding with empathy to young people who may be showing the effects of past trauma.
LGBT+ Inclusive & Affirming Facilitation (live training, 5 sessions)
Deepen your strategies for keeping language and learning environments inclusive and affirming, and bring intersectionality into your facilitation.
Cultural Humility & Responsiveness Facilitation (live training, 5 sessions)
Learn to recognize and uplift young people's cultural uniqueness, make lessons more culturally responsive and respond well when a microaggression happens.
IN·clued Youth Workshop Training of Facilitators (live training)
Prepare to deliver the IN·clued Youth Workshop, an evidence-based sexual health program designed for LGBTQ+ youth, with comfort and fidelity. Your organization needs the IN·clued program to take part.
LiFT Training of Facilitators (live training)
A two-day interactive training that prepares you to deliver the LiFT curriculum with youth and their parenting adults, with comfort and fidelity. A curriculum subscription is required to take part.
Specialized topical trainings (live training)
Shorter trainings on single topics, such as answering questions, teaching consent, inclusive classrooms or current best practices, let you target a specific need in your program.
Community of Practice participation
Community of Practice
Join peers for ongoing peer learning, resource sharing, problem solving and program improvement, so the work of leading a program never happens alone.
Where it leads
Participants are prepared to support and mentor other educators while improving program quality across schools or organizations.
Enroll in this pathway
Enrolling in a whole pathway at once is on its way. Until then, you can take each course on its own from the course catalog, or ask us about enrolling yourself or a group.
Keep learning
Free fact sheets, guides and tools sit in the resource library. Every course and live training sits in the training library.