Q&A
Stakeholder engagement in sexual health curriculum development
1:57:33
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the involvement of parents, educators, and students in developing and implementing the sexual health curriculum. DOE officials explain their process for engaging stakeholders in curriculum review and development.
- Parents and students are included in formal curriculum review processes
- Students provide input at multiple stages, including initial development and piloting
- Two standing committees exist: one for CEC members and another for high school students
- These committees provide ongoing input on curriculum development and implementation
Rita Joseph
1:57:33
Thank you.
1:57:34
I know one of my colleagues asked this, but I just wanna come back on this for a little bit.
1:57:38
How are parents, educators, and students engaged in development and implementation of the sexual health curriculum?
1:57:45
And do students have an opportunity to provide feedback?
Narrator in Shown Video
1:57:50
Yeah.
1:57:50
So in in specific curriculum reviews, in our formal review process, like when we developed the new HIV curriculum, Growing Up and Staying Safe, we, included both parents and students in that process.
1:58:00
So students were actually included at multiple points at the very beginning before we'd even started writing to make sure that we knew what they needed and what they wanted, what direction they wanted us to go.
1:58:10
In the middle, during, the piloting process, we also, collected feedback from students who had actually received the lessons to see what they thought of them, if they liked them, etcetera.
1:58:20
So that's always built into our formal review process, and then we also have these 2 standing committees, one made up of c CEC members and one made up of, high school students, to give us sort of ongoing input.
Rita Joseph
1:58:32
Oh, so they are the young people are at the table.
Narrator in Shown Video
1:58:34
Yes.
1:58:35
We have a we have a specific committee for young people.
