Facilitator Training
For details about time and location of the training, and to register, please select the training of interest to you.
Cost: $350. Breakfast and lunch are included; dinner is included the first night of the training. We are unable to provide accommodations.
Participants in prior trainings have recommended these hotels:
Oak Park OWL will host two trainings for facilitators in September of 2022. These trainings are intended for educators, sex education professionals and all those who plan to become facilitators for Our Whole Lives classes.
Training for Grades K-6 is Sept 23-35, 2022, and training for Grades 7-12 is Sept 9-11, 2022.
The deadline to register for either training is August 21, 2022.
Full payment is required by this time, and withdrawal requests are honored with a full refund minus $25 processing fee up to this date.
All questions may be directed to registrar@opowl.org.
K/1st Grade, Winter 2022
Children learn and talk about families, feelings, bodies and babies. The class conveys ideas and allows for expression using stories, songs and art.
Required Family Information Meetings (Virtual) - Please attend one: Tuesday, 1/18 OR Wednesday, 1/19
Regular Sessions Begin: Sunday 1/23
4/5th Grade, Winter 2022
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.
Required Family Information Meetings (Virtual) - Please attend one: Tuesday, 1/18 OR Wednesday, 1/19
Regular Sessions Begin: Sunday 1/23
7/8th Grade, Winter 2022
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.
Required Family Information Meeting (Virtual): Tuesday, 1/5
Regular Sessions Begin: Sunday, 1/9