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What do I do if a pupil asks everyone to use different pronouns? How can we make sure RSE is inclusive of trans and non-binary young people? Why is it so important to be inclusive of trans young people? What language should we be using in school around gender? How can we foster a safe, inclusive school for everyone?
This online course will support you and your school to understand gender and gender diversity and learn how to teach gender, support trans young people and be an ally.
Trans, non-binary and gender questioning young people are living in complicated times with rates of bullying, poor mental health, self-harm and suicide significantly higher than in cisgender young people. Whether you teach RSE or not, as a teacher you can play a key role in supporting transgender, non-binary and gender questioning young people.
Faced with this current situation, Brook and Gendered Intelligence have teamed up to produce this new online course, Gender Diversity. With the expertise, tips, and guidance included in this course, you can feel confident understanding how you, your staff/colleagues and school can help trans young people to not just survive but to thrive.
For just £35 you can benefit from decades worth of knowledge and expertise compiled into one 3-hour course. Come away with an improved awareness and knowledge of the issues that transgender students face and how we can better support them, including hearing about what young trans and non-binary young people themselves say they need from their school. And better yet, your purchase buys you two years’ access to the course which you can revisit as and when you need.
Here are just some questions that this course will help you answer.
And get BONUS lesson plans, lesson activities and resources included in the price of £35.
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By the end of Module 1, you will be able to understand terminology around sex, gender and being trans.You will also understand a little more about the different types of transitioning and the basics of UK laws in relation to trans people.
You will also learn more about the experiences of trans young people and the disadvantages they might face, as well as understanding the importance of learning more about gender diversity in schools and how an inclusive approach benefits all learners.
Module 2 focuses on our interactions with trans people; how we can use the right language and be a trans ally.
We will explore the language trans people use to describe themselves, how you can be inclusive in your use of language and how to manage mistakes in your interactions.
Module 3 is focussed on the statutory RSHE guidance for England and will show you how to embed gender through a holistic, age and stage appropriate spiral RSE curriculum.
It will provide you with downloadable resources to support your teaching practice year-by-year, all the way from Primary through to Secondary. This will equip young people to navigate a diverse world with compassion and understanding, of themselves and others.
Module 4 explores the laws and guidance relevant to supporting trans, non-binary and gender questioning young people. It describes how to create an inclusive, open and supportive environment for young people through a whole school approach and describes how to effectively support and signpost students to useful organisations.
Along with all the content of the course, interwoven within these modules are 89 additional resources including:
Gender Diversity is hosted on our online learning platform, Brook Learn. Over 32,000 people are already registered on Brook Learn, for content that you can’t get anywhere else. What’s more, 95% of people rated our online training as ‘good’ or ‘very good’.
Explore the 11 courses Brook Learn has to offer – many of which are free to access.
We also have a full PSHE curriculum for key stages 1-5. By using it, you will be meeting the statutory guidance for mandatory Relationships and Sex Education, and all PSHE Association principals and outcomes.
This course is relevant to primary and secondary schools. It looks at the guidance for schools around gender for primary and secondary schools and provides lesson plans that approach the topic of gender through a spiral curriculum. This is when topics are introduced when appropriate and are built on each year to develop a child’s understanding.
Yes! Upon completion of this course you will get a certificate to show your commitment to supporting young gender questioning people.
Yes. We’ve built this course with the aim of providing teachers with the best way to support young people. A lot of the laws referenced, like the Equality Act and the Human Rights Act, are UK wide-legislation.
If you work in Scotland you may want to complete the course alongside the Scottish Government’s guidance on transgender young people at school. The Welsh Government are due to publish guidance later this year.
Module 3 looks at teaching about gender based on England’s statutory guidance. However, lesson plans cover similar themes to those specified schools in Scotland and Wales.
This course is relevant to anyone who works with young people in schools. It discusses how to implement a whole-school approach to gender diversity that goes beyond the RSE class. So whatever subject you teach there is something in this course for everyone.
Have another question? Get in touch with us and we’ll be happy to help.
Go to the course product page and pay online using our secure system.
Once payment is complete, your account on Brook Learn will be created. You will be able to access the course on the page after checkout, or log in to Brook Learn using the email address and password you chose at checkout. On Brook Learn, the course will be under the ‘My Courses’ tab.
Brook and Gendered Intelligence have teamed up to produce this course for schools and educators. It will support you to deliver high quality RSE on gender diversity in a way that aligns with the current RSHE guidance and the Equality Act 2010. It will also give you the confidence to better support trans young people…
Purchasing the course using the above will only allow the purchaser to access the course.
If you’re buying the course for someone else, you can buy it for them using a voucher. Enter their email address on the voucher page, add it to your basket and checkout. Once payment is complete, they will be sent a code to buy the course to redeem at checkout.
If you’re buying for a few people, the easiest way is to buy several vouchers and add them individually. Enter their email address on the voucher page, add it to your basket and checkout. Once payment is complete, they will be sent a code to buy the course to redeem at checkout.
If you’re buying 10 or more, we can offer group discounts. The more you buy, the more you save.
Get in touch with our Business Development team to discuss your options at training@brook.org.uk. We can then set up a group enrolment code making it easy for your staff to self-register on our platform when it suits them best.