Consent Culture

Reflect:

How might we teach students about consent?

How might we teach students about identifying values, setting boundaries and honouring consent in relationships?

How and what are we teaching students about being in 'right' relationships, where the concern and respect is mutual and dignity is upheld for everyone?

How might we help students navigate the importance of consent in all healthy relationships, especially in the Early Years?

How might we teach students about the language of consent?

How might we create spaces for questions and concerns?

How are we teaching students to shift away from the culture of "it was just a joke"?

Learn:

Something to Read:

Teaching Consent Doesn't Have to Be HardWhat if teaching consent to middle school students was so easy and uncontroversial that every school did it? The good people at Power Up, Speak Out! believe that's possible.

2 Exercises for Teaching Secondary Students About ConsentActivities that guide middle and high school students to say no to each other in the safety of the classroom help them unpack the concept of consent.

How to Teach Consent Across the CurriculumStudying the concept of consent outside the confines of health classes may leave students better equipped to apply what they learn.

Teaching Consent to Elementary StudentsTeaching consent in the elementary grades means using nonsexual situations to guide students to assert and respect boundaries.

Something to Watch:

Something to Engage With:

Consent Culture Infographic Learning Experiences.pdf

Secondary Consent Culture Toolkit - Violence.pdf

Resources for Addressing Sexual Assault and Harassment in ClassStart a conversation about sexual harassment and assault—or respond effectively when your students do—with these resources from the TT archives.

Resources | Creating Consent CultureWe help educators and youth leaders teach consent to teens and tweens through a fun, interactive and age appropriate workshop.

Act:

Addressing Disclosures

PDSB-School-Administrator-Guidance---Sexual-Assault---Violence.pdf

Informing Students About Consent

Teach the Language of Consent

Talk early, talk often

Talk about setting personal boundaries

Gather and share age appropriate resources

Teach the language needed for consent

When you're not sure, find out and circle back

35 Restorative Justice Circle Questions to Engage Middle School StudentsBy creating a safe, brave container for self-inquiry and deep listening, restorative circles are a powerful tool for building community, checking in, sharing stories, learning about relationships and values, encouraging individual and shared goals and dreams, and taking responsibility for behaviors and choices.

5 Questions for Learning About Values

What makes you feel safe, supported, and empowered in friendships? At school? In your community? In society? How do you share these qualities with others?
Do you think it’s ever okay to lie [cheat, steal, etc.]? Why or why not? Has anyone ever lied to you? How did that make you feel?
What are some rights you think everyone--including you--deserves? What might the world look like if everyone had these rights?
Have you ever done something to help someone else when you thought no one was watching? How did this experience make you feel?
What do the words ‘justice’ and ‘injustice’ mean to you? How do you think we can proactively create a more just classroom, community, and world?

Resources

Video Read-Along Storybook: Tulee Means BusinessThe Tulee Means Business video read-along storybook helps teach children about assertiveness and personal boundaries.

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