In a recent newsletter OSPI sent out they said: Welcome to OSPI's Sexual Health Education Resource Newsletter! OSPI and our partners provide free professional development to educators each year to support evidence-informed, comprehensive sexual health education that is consistent with the Healthy Youth Act. All in-person trainings are provided by master sexual health trainers and include free clock hours. We offer FLASH, KNOW, Foundations (sexual health education basics), Advanced Teacher and Welcoming Schools trainings. To request a training in your area, please contact me. So...we emailed: Laurie Dils, MSW; Sexual Health Education Program Supervisor; Learning and Teaching; … [Read more...]
HIV/AIDS Sexual Health – KNOW Curriculum Grades 7-8
In this document we'll review the Grades 7-8 KNOW Curriculum with a focus on how it compares to the Grades 5-6. To make it as easy as possible for you to follow the differences in the documents we found an interesting tool that allows that comparison. If you haven't already read our Grade 5-6 review you may find it useful: https://swweducation.org?p=5327 Please take the following steps: Go to this website: https://draftable.com/compare You will see two (2) windows on the page. In the left window drag and drop the Grade 5-6 KNOW pdf file. In the right window drag and drop the Grade 7-8 pdf file Click the "Compare" button in the middle. The … [Read more...]
HIV and Sexual Health – KNOW Curriculum – Grades 5/6
Washington State requires HIV/AIDS education starting in 5th grade and continuing through high school. The current recommended material is the subject of this article. We've tried to condense the essential pieces here. KNOW Curriculum: Grades 5-6 The last updates to the KNOW curriculum were done in 2014. The document is 95 pages long in PDF format. (http://www.k12.wa.us/HIVSexualHealth/pubdocs/KNOWGrades5-6.pdf) In this review we will share details from the document and make observations and comments. We encourage the reader to go through the document themselves and either confirm our observations or come to their own conclusions. We offer to share all comments from readers … [Read more...]