Happy New Year!

I apologize for the click-baitish title! In today's newsletter, I want to share a free professional development resource that you use today that can help you level up your teaching in as little as 15 minutes. I'll also share other resources in a PDF. Read on for more information, or click the big blue buttons in this email to go right to the resources.

Before I continue, I want to mention that I'm not affiliated with any of these resources or organizations in any way, and they haven't asked me to plug their resources at all.

Out of all the content areas health educators teach, human sexuality is the trickiest to do well. It was tricky before the culture wars that now exist in the United States, and it's hard to stay on top of what seems like ever-evolving terminology. Are you looking for ways to "level up" your teaching chops and overall confidence when you teach human sexuality?

Let me introduce you to Sex Ed To Go. These are "bite-sized teacher courses" related to being an effective sexuality educator and teaching specific human sexuality topics. Sex Ed To Go is FREE, and most modules are 15-20 minutes long. I found the module on answering student questions helpful, and I plan on watching the module on teaching gender identity and sexual orientation as a refresher before I begin that unit later on this school year. The modules are linked to the National Sexuality Education Standards.​

Sed Ed To Go has student-facing courses, too. You can assign the modules directly to students or download their slides and scripts to use in your own classroom. As they say on their website, "steal away!" You could use these during individual PD time, or as part of department work with your PLC. Free resources that are helpful to make you better at what you do AND that can ultimately make students have a better experience in health class? It's a win-win! If you use Sex Ed To Go, let your administrators know that you're taking time to improve your content knowledge and pedagogy around those topics. Sexuality education can be a landmine for administrators, and knowing that you're improving your teaching around sexuality topics should be comforting to them.

What resources have you found helpful relating to teaching human sexuality? Reply to this email with your favorites, and I'll add them to the Google Doc that's linked below. Click the blue buttons below to access today's resources.

I'll be back in your inbox later this month detailing how I add health skills from the National Health Education Standards and the skill development model to pre-written curriculum (think materials from Common Sense Media, Erika's Lighthouse, etc).

Thanks for reading!

Jeff B.

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