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Teacher training and resources for sex education in NYC schools
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Council Member Hanif inquires about the training and resources provided to teachers for effectively teaching the sex education curriculum. DOE representatives highlight their extensive training programs.
- The DOE offers multiple training series, including introductory health education topics, LGBTQ inclusion, sexual health topics, and HIV curriculum.
- Thousands of educators participate in these trainings annually.
- Training options include both live sessions and self-guided materials for teachers to complete on their own time.
- A new series on mental health is currently in development.
Shahana K. Hanif
1:50:56
What training and resources, if any, are provided to teachers so that they can effectively teach the curriculum?
Despina Zaharakis
1:51:03
Training is huge for our office.
1:51:05
That is, you know, we have multiple trainings.
1:51:10
We, Sarah, can talk specifically around her team, the health education team that provides the trainings.
1:51:18
So why don't you
Narrator in Shown Video
1:51:20
Yeah.
1:51:20
Training is one of the things that we are are really proud of.
1:51:23
We have, you know, 100 of educators that 1,000, in fact, that that come to our trainings every year.
1:51:29
So we have a a series, talked a little bit about this earlier, but we have a a series, on introductory health education topics, which includes LGBTQ inclusion.
1:51:38
We have a series on sexual health topics, and we have a series on the HIV curriculum, and we're currently working on a series on mental health as well.
1:51:45
And that includes both live training opportunities and self guided for teachers to take on their own time.