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What do teachers think about Sexuality Education? And why it matters.

Do you invite g uest speakers i nto your classroom?. What type of policies or standards would be beneficial?. What did your a cademic training l ook like?. Do you teach differently from the way you would like to?. What content d o you teach?. How important is Sex ed?.

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What do teachers think about Sexuality Education? And why it matters.

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  1. Do you invite guest speakers into your classroom? What type of policies or standards would be beneficial? What did your academic training look like? Do you teach differently from the way you would like to? What content do you teach? How important is Sex ed? What do teachers think about Sexuality Education? And why it matters.

  2. Marla Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H. University of Minnesota’s Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center Pro-Choice Resources Staff

  3. Why Did We Want to Hear from Teachers? Sexuality Education Silo Education Silo

  4. What?: Project Description Focus Group Research Survey Research 368 Teachers Responded Over 70% return rate 7 Focus Groups, 31 Teachers & 10 Sexuality Educators

  5. The barriers teachers face to delivering sexuality education What barriers do teachers face in delivering sexuality education? Do barriers impact which specific topics teachers do and do not teach?

  6. What barriers do teachers face in delivering sexuality education?

  7. Pre-Service Training In your pre-service academic training, did you receive any of the following to prepare you to teach human sexuality?

  8. In your pre-service academic training, did you receive any of the following to prepare you to teach human sexuality?

  9. Barriers to Teaching Institutional Interpersonal Policy

  10. Teaching Sex Ed is Emotional Cautious Frustrated Passionate Overwhelmed Embarrassed Anxious

  11. Do barriers impact which specific topics teachers do and do not teach?

  12. What Teachers Believe Should be Taught? Decision-Making 100% Healthy Relationships 99% STIs/HIV 99% Abstinence 97% Media Influence 96% Communication 95% Sexual/Dating Violence 94% Anatomy 93% Puberty 84% Contraception 84% Teen Parenting 77% Adoption 68% Sexual Orientation 68% Abortion 52%

  13. What Should Be Taught vs. What I Currently Teach Decision-Making 100% 96% Healthy Relationships 99% 94% STIs/HIV 99% 92% Abstinence 97% 90% Media Influence 96% 84% Communication 95% 84% Sexual/Dating Violence 94% 82% Anatomy 93% 79% Puberty 84% 75% Contraception 84% 70% Teen Parenting 77% 58% Adoption 68% 41% Sexual Orientation 68% 33% Abortion 52% 29% B I G G A P Huge Gap

  14. Do barriers impact Specific Topics taught? Media Influence Communication Sexual Violence Anatomy Puberty Contraception Teen Parenting Adoption Sexual Orientation Abortion Institutional Interpersonal Policy

  15. Barriers correlated to Specific Topics Institutional Communication Teen Parenting Abortion Sexual Violence Sexual Orientation Abortion Interpersonal Policy

  16. Preliminary Findings: Does Pre-Service Training Impact the number of topics taught in the classroom?

  17. Preliminary Findings: Does pre-service training in specific content impact what topics teachers deliver? • MEDIA • COMMUNICATION • ANATOMY • ANATOMY • SEXUAL ORIENTATION • ANATOMY • SEXUAL ORIENTATION • SEXUAL VIOLENCE

  18. Preliminary Findings: Does pre-service training in specific content impact what topics teachers deliver? • SEXUAL OREINTATION • ABORTION • CONTRACEPTIVES • CONTRACEPTIVES • COMMUNICATION

  19. ACTIVITY: Spotlight on the findingsAre there specific communities of youth that are most likely to be impacted by these barriers? Why? What people within the Education Silo might we need to engage to break down these barriers? How might our work look different if we focused on helping teachers overcome these barriers?

  20. In Summary… • There are Interpersonal, Institutional and Policy forces that need to be addressed • Quality Sexuality Education is an Education Issue (not just a public health issue) • Much of the work and solutions to barriers are within the Education Silo Education Silo Sexuality Education Advocates

  21. Sexuality Education Residency

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