My Goals for This Week:
Find examples of lesson plans for sex ed. classes, and advice on writing a lesson plan.
My Mentor:
I have yet to hear back from my mentor again, so I am still waiting for that in order to send my bill out.
My Research:
One of the major sites that I found for lesson plans and sex education classes in general is http://www.sexedlibrary.org/ which is organized by SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States). They have lesson plans sorted by topic in the classroom, such as development, relationships, sexual behavior/health, and more. A lot of these lesson plans are out of date, they go back to 2000 or so. That means that plans that are very statistics heavy or have to do with "new" findings (ex. "What's New in Contraceptive and Reproductive Health") I would mainly use for layout purposes. The library also allows lesson plan submission, which I will do once I am done with my own lesson plans.
I also looked at the resources that Planned Parenthood has (which can be found here: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/educators/resources/curricula-manuals), which my mentor had mentioned to me earlier. They don't have resources that are unique to themselves, but they are (like the sex ed library) a good collection from multiple sources.
My Goals for Next Week:
Have an outline for the lesson plans (time frame, things to cover, how etc.) to work off of, and start work on the first lesson plan.
Find examples of lesson plans for sex ed. classes, and advice on writing a lesson plan.
My Mentor:
I have yet to hear back from my mentor again, so I am still waiting for that in order to send my bill out.
My Research:
One of the major sites that I found for lesson plans and sex education classes in general is http://www.sexedlibrary.org/ which is organized by SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States). They have lesson plans sorted by topic in the classroom, such as development, relationships, sexual behavior/health, and more. A lot of these lesson plans are out of date, they go back to 2000 or so. That means that plans that are very statistics heavy or have to do with "new" findings (ex. "What's New in Contraceptive and Reproductive Health") I would mainly use for layout purposes. The library also allows lesson plan submission, which I will do once I am done with my own lesson plans.
I also looked at the resources that Planned Parenthood has (which can be found here: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/educators/resources/curricula-manuals), which my mentor had mentioned to me earlier. They don't have resources that are unique to themselves, but they are (like the sex ed library) a good collection from multiple sources.
My Goals for Next Week:
Have an outline for the lesson plans (time frame, things to cover, how etc.) to work off of, and start work on the first lesson plan.