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
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.

What’s Sex Got to Do With It?
Game On!
Go
to Kahoot.it
Enter
the game-pin that will
be displayed
Tools for Assessing
Effective Sex Education
@ Sex Ed
Characteristics of Effective
School-Based Sex Education Programs
Form a trio.
 Read one section of Dr. Kirby’s document:

1. Process
of Developing
2. Contents of Curriculum
3. Process of Implementing

Identify which characteristics schools can impact.
Report to each other.

Large group discussion.

Digging In
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
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Each group will review one curriculum.

Look for intersections between sex education curriculum and the document.
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After 15 minutes, report out to large group
How can sex
education engage
parents/families?
Resources on Blendspace.com
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