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Showing posts with label transactive. Show all posts

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Supporting Gender Expansive Students training

Passing along this training opportunity...

Kathy

Kathy Wilson-Fey  
Mental Health & Wellness Manager/Coordinator (she/her)
503-431-4038  |  kwilson-fey@ttsd.k12.or.us


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From: Center for Community Engagement at Lewis & Clark <reply@cce.mail.lclark.edu>
Date: Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Subject: Supporting Gender Expansive Students: Implementing the ODE Guidelines
To: <kwilson-fey@ttsd.k12.or.us>


This online workshop will provide school administrators, educators, and staff with the information and methodology needed to effectively implement the Oregon Department of Education's 2023 Supporting Gender Expansive Students guidelines within every community and district.

$74, 4 PDUs
Group rate discounts available. Alumni save 20%. $25 student rate
Presenters Jenn Burleton (TransActive Gender Project) and Kate Hildebrandt (Oregon Department of Education) will discuss the objectives below, and engage in audience Q&A.
Following this training, participants will have the ability to:
  • Discern “fact from fiction” with regard to overcoming objections to the implementation of gender-inclusive guidelines and policies

  • Understand and communicate to others the legal foundations for implementing ODE’s Supporting Gender Expansive Students guidelines

  • Understand how existing, non-inclusive school environments are contributing to student trauma and poorer outcomes in learning and socialization

  • Adapt to rapidly changing expectations of an increasingly gender-diverse student population
Learn More and Register Online
About the Presenters
Jenn Burleton is an internationally recognized educator and advocate on issues relating to transgender and gender expansive children, youth and their families, and has been involved in nonprofit education and advocacy work specific to gender identity and expression for more than 35 years. In addition to her work as program director for TransActive Gender Project, she serves on the Oregon Youth Authority LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee, and has served on Oregon Health & Science University’s Transgender Program Advisory Committee, and the LGBTQ Child Welfare Workgroup for Multnomah County.
Kate Hildebrandt is a Civil Rights and Title IX Specialist at the Oregon Department of Education. She has spent more than 10 years working in Title IX compliance at the K-12 and college level in Oregon, Ohio, and Texas, with previous experience in violence prevention, crisis response, and international public health. Kate has a BA in Women’s Studies from Rice University and an MA in Higher Education Administration from The Ohio State University. 
The Center for Community Engagement offers classes, workshops, conferences
and events for educators, counselors and therapists, writers and community members.

Center for Community Engagement
Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
Lewis & Clark College, 615 S Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR, 97219
503-768-6040

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Professional Development Opportunities offered by TransActive Gender Project

 Passing along PD opportunities from TransActive.

Kathy

Kathy Wilson-Fey MS  
Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator (she/her)
kwilson-fey@ttsd.k12.or.us  |  503-431-4038


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From: TransActive Gender Project <reply@cce.mail.lclark.edu>
Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 1:30 PM
Subject: Professional Development Opportunities offered by TransActive Gender Project
To: <kwilson-fey@ttsd.k12.or.us>


As a past recipient of professional development training from TransActive Gender Project, we wanted to reach out to let you know about two upcoming workshops taking place this spring, as well as our Gender Diversity Certificate Program. Both workshops are offered in an online format, and are eligible for CEU or PDU credit.

We invite you to take a look at the opportunities below, and sign up for our mailing list to receive periodic emails about future workshops and trainings (select TGP under 'Projects & Programs'). 


We hope to see you soon!
 
Uprising: Understanding Current Legal Protections and Advocating for Transgender Lives
Saturdays, February 18 & 25, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Online 

This two-part online workshop with TGP program director Jenn Burleton and attorney Judah Largent, JD, will focus on the current state of legal protections for transgender people at the federal and state level (OR and WA), as well as the growing amount of proposed anti-trans youth legislation across the nation. Participants will leave with a better understanding of rights in schools and healthcare settings, the rights of parents and caregivers, the legal obligations of child-serving agencies and institutions, and more. Details: $160. Includes 6 CEUs or PDUs. 

Gender Diversity in Children & Youth: Inclusive & Affirming Care in Schools
Saturdays, March 11 & 18, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Online 

This workshop for educators, school counselors, and other school personnel will focus on how we can foster inclusive and affirming environments for gender nonconforming, gender diverse and transgender students in K-12 schools. Content will include age-related developmental challenges of transgender students, specific guidance on discussing gender identity and expression with students, how to best explain gender transition to students and parents, and the use of non-binary inclusive teaching tools for biology, history, and diversity curriculum. Details: $135 before 2/9. Includes 6 CEUs or PDUs. Instructed by Jenn Burleton and Kit Crossland.

Online Gender Diversity Certificate Program
New cohort begins September 28, 2023! 
This 9 month online program prepares participants to better support trans-spectrum children, youth, and adults — providing the groundwork to act as an agent of change within PK-12 educational systems and youth serving organizations. Learn more on our website
The Center for Community Engagement offers classes, workshops, conferences and
events for educators, counselors and therapists, writers and community members.

Center for Community Engagement
Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling
Lewis & Clark College, 615 S Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR, 97219
503-768-6040