Resources

Safe Schools Coalition Australia provides a range of resources to help school staff create safer and more inclusive environments for same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse students, school staff and families. Resources include whole school guides for more inclusive policies and practices, posters with anti-bullying messages and an age appropriate teaching and learning resource for use by qualified school staff. Principals and teachers make their own professional judgement on how to use these resources in a school setting.

Safe Schools Coalition Australia’s resources are available for free from the Safe Schools Hub.

Our whole school guides for school staff are:

• Safe Schools Do Better - an introductory guide to supporting gender diversity, intersex and sexual diversity in schools. It includes key research that underpins the need for more inclusive practices and practical information about how to create change.
  
  
• Kick Starting Your Safe School - a quick reference guide that outlines eight simple ideas for staff to create more inclusive schools.
  
  
• Guide to Supporting a Student to Affirm or Transition Gender Identity at School – a guide helping schools to support transgender and gender diverse students and their families.
  
  
• Guide to Inclusive School Formals – a guide supporting schools to ensure that school formals, debs, dances or other events are inclusive for same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse students.

Our teaching and learning resource, titled All Of Us, is designed for use by school teachers with Years 7 and 8 students. It focuses on helping students to build an awareness and understanding of diversity in the community and to foster empathy for others. All Of Us was developed by a team of professional experts and has been independently reviewed as being age appropriate, educationally sound and aligned to the Australian Curriculum. Schools and teachers make professional judgements about using All Of Us in the context of their school and curriculum planning.It is an Australian Government direction that schools communicate with parents about any plans to use All Of Us.

Information for parents about the work of Safe Schools Coalition Australia is coming soon. Watch this space!