1. Wendy L. Sellers, RN, MA, CPC Eaton Regional Education Service Agency
Whole Child Connections… Among Sex Education, Common Core Standards, School Climate, and Family Engagement
Wendy L. Sellers, RN, MA, CPC
Eaton Regional Education Service Agency

2. Objectives: Participants will:
Discuss the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model.
Explore the characteristics of effective sex education programs that schools can impact.
Analyze the intersections between these two resources.
Apply their conclusions by assessing samples of sex education curricula.
Identify connections among sample sex education curricula, Common Core Standards, school climate, and family engagement.

3. What’s Sex Got to Do With It?
What is your interest in this workshop?
Stand if you are…
A sex educator
A health educator
A physical educator
A nurse
An administrator
A parent
Sexy…just kidding…trying to keep you awake after lunch. ;-)

4. Game On! Go to Kahoot.it Enter the game-pin that will be displayed
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Click on your game.
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5. Number off by 12
Assign each group one piece of the Whole Child model to discuss and report how it intersects with sex education or sexual behavior among students.
Report out to large group.

6. Tools for Assessing Effective Sex Education

7. @ Sex Ed
Characteristics of Effective School-Based Sex Education Programs
Assign each trio to read one section of Kirby’s document:
Process of Developing
Contents of Curriculum
Process of Implementing
Report to each other.
Glean Ah ha’s from the group.

8. Characteristics of Effective School-Based Sex Education Programs
Form a trio.
Read one section of Dr. Kirby’s document:
Process of Developing
Contents of Curriculum
Process of Implementing
Identify which characteristics schools can impact.
Report to each other.
Large group discussion.

9. Digging In Form six groups. Give each group one handout.
Give each group one set of curricula.
Ask them to review the curriculum and look for intersections.
After 10 minutes, report out to large group.

10. Grab Your Shovel Form six groups.
Each group will read and discuss one document:
Risk and protective factors for pregnancy and STIs
Common Core Standards for ELA-Grade 4
Common Core Standards for ELA-Grade 5
Common Core Standards for ELA-Grade 6
National Sexuality Education Standards by Grade 5
National Sexuality Education Standards by Grade 8
Each group will review one curriculum.
Look for intersections between sex education curriculum and the document.
After 15 minutes, report out to large group

11. How can sex education engage parents/families?
Give each group of six a set of the Parent Engagement handout.
Have them divide it among their members.
Read and discuss.
Report out: How can sex education engage parents?

13. Resources on Blendspace.com
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All resources used in this presentation are available online here.