SOGIE-Affirming Schools Project
Workshop Description
The LAUSD is launching a new initiative to enhance the capacity for our schools and work sites to be sexual-orientation gender-identity/expression (SOGIE) affirming. In this workshop we will present student experience data and ask you, members of our school and extended communities, for your input as we design the ultimate school district for students, staff, and families.
Conference Track
Family
Primary Contact
Judy Chiasson, LAUSD
Workshop Presenters
Timothy Kordic, LAUSD
Presenter Bio
After being a classroom teacher for a decade, Timothy Kordic, MA, began working in health and prevention education. Over time, he has worked in violence-, alcohol-, tobacco- and other drugs- prevention-education programs. He oversees comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention for his district and manages the LAUSD HIV/AIDS Prevention Unit funded by CDC DASH. Part of his work is surveillance on LAUSD student health behaviors through multiple surveys and programmatic research.
Judy Chiasson, LAUSD
Presenter Bio
Dr. Judy Chiasson is a coordinator in the Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity Office of the Los Angeles Unified School District. She advocates for safe and affirming campuses for students, staff, and families by creating policies, practices, and curriculum that are affirming of sexual orientation and gender identity. Chiasson is recognized as a national leader in LGBTQ concerns in K-12 education.