Registration is Open for our Facilitator Trainings
Facilitator Training for 2025
Oak Park OWL will host two trainings for facilitators in September of 2025. These trainings are intended for educators, sex education professionals and all those who plan to become facilitators for Our Whole Lives classes.
2025 Dates:
7-9 & 10-12 Grade Training Sept 12 - Sept 14
Deadline to register: August 22
*This event does not include training on the Sexuality and Our Faith visuals that are an option for UU and UCC settings. Participants in this training will not be approved to use the visuals, although they may co-facilitate with someone who is authorized to use them.
K/1 & 4-6 Grade Training Sept 26 - Sept 28
Deadline to register: September 5
All questions may be directed to registrar@opowl.org.
For details about time and location of the training, and to register, please select the training of interest to you.
Cost: $375. Breakfast and lunch are included; dinner is included the first night of the training. We are unable to provide accommodations.
The most convenient and comfortable accommodations are likely to be found on private short-term rental services like AirBnB. Look for locations in Oak Park, Forest Park, River Forest, and Berwyn.
Participants in prior trainings have recommended these hotels:
Our next classes for students will begin in September 2025. To receive our newsletter, including when registration opens for classes, please join our mailing list.
1st Grade, Winter 2025
Children learn and talk about families, feelings, bodies and babies. The class conveys ideas and allows for expression using stories, songs and art.
Classes run from 1/26 to 3/16 on Sundays from 3:15 - 4:15 pm (class meets Sunday before President's Day: 2/16). View full schedule here: 1st Grade Schedule Winter 2025
Required Family Information Meetings (Virtual) - Please attend one: Tuesday, 1/21 OR Wednesday, 1/22 from 7:00-8:00pm
5th Grade, Winter 2025
Kids learn and talk about sexuality and values, gender, the media, healthy friendships, puberty (including physical, emotional and mental changes), consent, and making good decisions.
The class is discussion and activity-based.
Classes run from 1/26 to 3/16 on Sundays from 3 - 4:15 pm (class meets Sunday before President's Day: 2/16). View full schedule here: 5th Grade Schedule Winter 2025
Required Family Information Meetings (Virtual) - Please attend one: Tuesday, 1/21 OR Wednesday, 1/22 from 7:00-8:00pm
8th Grade, Winter 2025
Youth learn about and discuss values, gender, the media and the internet, body image, sex and disability, puberty, relationships, contraception and stds, consent, pregnancy, and decision-making.
The class is discussion and activity-based.
Classes run from 1/26 to 4/27 on Sundays from 5:30 - 7:30 pm (class meets Sunday before President's Day 2/16, and class does not meet on 3/23 and 4/20). View full schedule here: 8th Grade Schedule Winter 2025
Required Family Information Meetings (Virtual) - Please attend one: Tuesday, 1/21 OR Wednesday, 1/22 from 7:00-8:00pm
Waitlist
If you have a student in Kindergarten, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th or 9th grade and are interested in Winter 2025 classes, sign up on the waitlist below to be enrolled if there are spots remaining in our 1st, 5th, and 8th grade classes!
If you have a student in 1st, 5th and 8th grade, and the registration link conveys that classes are already full, please also use the below waitlist to register.
We will work our way down the waitlist in the order names were submitted, except in the case of giving priority to 1st, 5th and 8th grade students.