Appendix B
Supplemental Handout for Teacher Interviews
Key Aspects of Instructor Knowledge, Skills, and Comfort
HIV and STD transmission
Health consequences of HIV, STDs, and teen pregnancy
Healthy relationships
Abstinence
Using condoms effectively
Dual use of condoms and other contraception
Limiting the number of sexual partners
Sources for reliable sexual health information
How sexual orientation is related to sexual health
How gender roles, gender identity, or gender expression influences sexual health
Using a variety of effective instructional strategies to deliver sexual health education
Building student skills in HIV, other STD, and pregnancy prevention
Assessing student knowledge and skills in sexual health education
Using appropriate classroom management techniques
Creating a comfortable and safe learning environment for students receiving sexual health education
Teaching sexual health education in a manner that aligns with current district or school board policies or curriculum guidance
Teaching students of different sexual orientations or gender identities
Balancing personal values and what you are being asked to teach
Thinking about and talking about sex and sexuality with your students
Talking about abstinence with students
Talking about sexual behaviors with students
Talking about using condoms and other birth control with students
Using correct terminology about body parts and sexual behaviors
Answering students questions about sex and sexuality
Doing the condom demonstration (for high school teachers only)
Responding to student comments and reactions during interactive class exercises like role plays
Managing behavior in a classroom of students who are discussing sexual health
Understanding students’ developmental stage and what they need to learn about sexuality
Key Aspects of Student Skills
Help students learn how to:
Assess risks
Weigh possible outcomes
Make decisions about complicated topics
Set goals for their lives and their future
Solve problems
Talk about difficult topics
Practice things that keep them healthy, even when it’s hard to do
Ask adults for help
Advocate for themselves and for others to make healthy choices and decisions
Understand the influence that their family, friends, and culture have on their health
Know which information sources and services are reliable and how to access them
Resolve conflict
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