About This Phase
A readiness assessment is critical to determining whether and how to move ahead with sex education implementation. Ensuring there is commitment from administrators – such as school principals, district superintendents, school board members – is essential to success. Without support from key administrators in the district, sex education efforts will be stalled or stopped altogether and teachers will not have the support they need for implementation.
Steps to Engage School Districts
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1 Assess School District Readiness and Capacity to Implement Sex Education |
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2 Secure Commitment from Key School District Stakeholders |
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Sustainability
The long-term sustainability of gains made during this phase of the work is supported by:
- Key administrators and teachers speaking publicly about their commitment to sex education and its value to students.
- An interdisciplinary team supporting ongoing sex education implementation.
- A document, such as an MOU, that articulates the school district sex education goals and path toward attaining and sustaining sex education.