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Working with School Personnel for Safer Schools Recording & Training Toolkit
With the passage of “Don’t Say Gay” bills in numerous states and book bans making national headlines, the past few years have been devastating for safe schools advocates. Many chapters are having a much tougher time getting their foot in the door at schools in their community – if they’re able to at all. This session examines the many different ways we can strive to make schools safer for LGBTQ+ students, by identifying the best ways to work with school personnel, from bus drivers and cafeteria staff to district level administrators and the school board.
Thanks for participating in PFLAG National’s Working with School Personnel for Safer Schools webinar. One of our key goals is to help you take the information that you learned in this session and use it to make your chapter stronger and more effective. To do that, we’ve created this page to provide you with tools, resources, and references.
As always, the PFLAG National staff is here to help. If you have any questions, comments, or just need some good advice, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
PFLAG resources:
- #ReadWithLove
- Fighting Censorship
- Claim Your Rights
- PFLAG Policy Statements
- Safe Schools For All (This is a PFLAG collaboration with GLAD, GLSEN, and NCLR.)
- Cultivating Respect: Safe Schools for All
- PFLAG Chapter Scholarship Programs
- PFLAG National: Glossary of Terms
- Top Ten Ways to Make Schools Safe
Research & Data for all School Personnel
- Trevor Project National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2019 | 2020 | 2021
- Movement Advancement Project: Safe Schools Laws | LGBTQ Curricular Laws | Bans on Transgender Youth Participation in Sports
- PEN America: Banned in the USA
- American Library Association: Banned & Challenged Books
- Victory Institute: Few & Under Fire
- Eschelon Insights: National Parents Union Survey
Resources for Eduction Support Professionals
- Training from the National Association for Pupil Transfer
- Resources from stopbullying.gov
- Supports from the National Education Association
- The National School Climate Survey from GLSEN
Resources for Student Support Staff
- Training from HRC And the National Association of Social Workers
- Resources from Campus Pride
- Articles from the American School Counselor Association
- National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health from the Trevor Project
Resources for Librarians and Resources Officers
- Training from Red, Wine, & Blue and PFLAG
- Resources from the American Association of School Librarians
- Articles from the School Library Journal
- Book Banning: A Guide for Advocates from Navigator Research
Resources for Teachers
- Training from Project Thrive by the HRC Foundation
- Lesson Plans from Welcoming Schools by the HRC Foundation
- Back to School Guide for Educators from GLSEN
- Safe Space Kit from GLSEN available for download or purchase
Resources for Principals and School Administrators
- Self-Guided Training from The Safe Zone Project
- Model Laws and Policies from GLSEN
- Resources from the NASSP
- Resource from the NAESP
- Research and Publications from the Williams Institute at UCLA
Resources for School Board Members
- Policy Recommendations and Guidelines from GLSEN
- Resources from the National School Board Association
- Tools from The Movement Advancement Project
- Support from Statewide Equality Groups
Partner Organizations:
- American Library Association
- Campus Pride
- GLSEN
- GSA Network
- HRC Foundation
- Movement Advancement Project
- National School Safety Center
- PEN America
- The Point Foundation
- StopBullying.gov
- The Trevor Project
- The Williams Institute
PFLAG Academy Online On-Demand Sessions:
- Cultivating Respect: Safe Schools for ALL Children
- Cultivating Respect: Working with Stakeholders for Safer Schools
- Creating a Scholarship Program: A How-To Guide for PFLAG Chapters
- Change the World in Two Minutes: How to Share Your Story
- When Someone Comes Out: A PFLAGers Guide to Demonstrating Support
- What the +?: Understanding and Supporting Expansive LGBTQ+ Identities
- LGBTQ Sex Ed: Health, Rights, and Pleasure
- Health Risk Behaviors Among Gender Expansive Students
Crisis Intervention Resource:
- The Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
- GLBT National Help Center: 888-843-4564, 800-246-7743
- Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988