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Setting Up a F.L.A.S.H. curriculum training for your school district

Contact the Public Health Educator who serves your district in King County (names are clickable to their email address)
Contact for outside King County
  • Roberta Domres with Cardea (formerly Center For Health Training): 206-447-9538
Recommended length for training

Allow 11 hours PLUS breaks and meals, which can be 2 full-day or 4 afterschool workshops. Ideally, elementary, middle and high school staffs would have separate training, but it isn't strictly necessary. Agendas can be tailored to your district's needs, but this is a sample...

Day 1: The Basics

9:00-9:15 coffee, sign-in, distribute curricula
9:15-9:45 welcome, intros, housekeeping, icebreaker
9:45-10:15 sexuality education -- Why do we do this work? What do we hope to accomplish?
10:15-10:30 break
10:30-11:10 overview of curriculum
11:10-11:55 climate-setting
11:55-12:15 law & policy
12:15-1:15 lunch
1:15-2:05 values in the classroom & answering value-laden questions
2:05-2:35 other types of questions
2:35-2:50 break
2:50-3:20 question practice
3:20-3:50 family homework & family involvement
3:50-4:00 closure & evaluations

Day 2: Content Updates and Lesson Modeling

9:00-9:10 coffee, sign-in
9:10-9:20 welcome back, check back in
9:20-9:9:50 responding to administrator and family concerns
9:50-10:40 content: birth control (Background for you -- Key concepts for kids to know)
10:40-10:55 break
10:55-11:45 content: sexual exploitation (Background for you -- Key concepts for kids to know)
11:45-12:45 lunch
12:45-1:35 content: STDs including HIV (Background for you -- Key concepts for kids to know)
1:35-2:10 set up prep time
2:10-2:50 first 2 teach backs and feedback (abstinence & birth control)
2:50-3:05 break
3:05-3:45 second 2 teach backs and feedback (sexually transmitted disease & sexual assault prevention)
3:45-4:00 closure & evaluation

Costs to the school district
  • Trainers:
    • Within King County, Public Health can cover one of your two trainers for a one day training at no cost to a district or ESD. Contact your closest health educator (see above.)
    • Outside King County, two trainers cost $3,250-5,650 depending upon the length of a workshop -- one or two days -- and the amount of travel time for trainers. This fee covers two trainers for one to two days for up to 40 participants and at least one planning meeting with the district, as well as the contracting and coordination of trainers' services provided by Cardea. Contact Roberta Domres with Cardea (formerly Center For Health Training): 206-447-9538
  • Travel and per diem (variable):
  • Curricula (variable):
  • Other costs (variable):
    • The district is responsible for a site, equipment, photocopying, coffee service and trainees' meals.
Attending a FLASH teacher training outside your own district

Sometimes districts will allow someone from out-of-district to attend and we also occasionally offer freestanding trainings. For more information, contact Roberta Domres with Cardea (formerly Center For Health Training): 206-447-9538.

Web-based training for teachers regarding comprehensive sexual health education

These aren't specific to the FLASH curricula, but we recommend online courses for teachers offered by: