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Protecting Children Course Collection for K-12

Professor and teenage students

About This Collection

Educators have a responsibility to protect the well-being of minors. This course collection will help educators and adults learn how to recognize, prevent, and report sexual misconduct. It includes courses for educators and a short video for employees or volunteers that don’t work directly with children.
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Boundary Training for Educators

Audience

Faculty & Staff

Course Length

30 minutes

Languages

English, Spanish

This course was designed for educators who work with minors. After consulting with industry experts, the course aims to help educators:

  • Identify what boundaries are.
  • Differentiate between different types of boundaries.
  • Recognize how boundaries differ from rules.
  • Understand how a boundary crossing is different than a boundary violation.
  • Stay vigilant when they sense their actions or a student's actions are approaching a boundary.
  • Recognize the consequences for themselves and their students when boundaries are crossed

The course uses scenarios and interactive exercises to illustrate how easily educators can find themselves in a situation where boundaries are being approached and how they can safely navigate away from boundaries.

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Identifying and Reporting Sexual Misconduct

T​​​his course examines concrete ways to recognize, prevent, and report situations of sexual misconduct by educators. Learners will test their own decision-making skills through scenarios based on actual cases of abuse.​​

This course contains content that may be upsetting to learners.

Audience

Faculty & Staff

Course Length

45 minutes

Languages

English

This course will help learners:

  • Recognize warning signs manifested by abused children.
  • Describe specific characteristics of predators.
  • Identify danger areas where abuse can take place.
  • List rules of conduct for working with children.
  • Apply proper boundaries in educator/student relationships.
  • Detail specific steps to report abuse situations.

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Hiring Staff Who Work With Minors

How can we keep the children in our care safe? This course is designed for K-12 hiring managers who employ staff that will work with minors.

This course contains content that may be upsetting to learners.

Audience

Supervisors

Course Length

30 minutes

Languages

English

This course will help educate learners about:

  • Warning signs of sexual abuse by adults
  • How to report incidents or suspicions
  • Specific locations to keep an eye on
  • Hiring practices including screening, interviewing, background checks, and spotting common red flags

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Shine a Light Video

This short video covers the warning signs of sexual abuse by adults. It also reviews specific locations to keep an eye on and concrete steps for reporting incidents or suspicions.

This video contains content that may be upsetting to learners.

Audience

Faculty & Staff, Supervisors

Course Length

10 minutes

Languages

English

Shine a Light

This video will help learners:

  • Recognize the warning signs of abuse in situations involving children and teens.
  • Detect “red flag” behaviors manifested by victims and perpetrators.
  • Distinguish the locations where abuse is more likely to take place.
  • Determine when and where to report abuse situations.

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When Minors Cross the Line: Minor-on-Minor Sexual Misconduct

Sexual misconduct between minors presents serious safety, legal, and reputational risks for institutions. This course prepares faculty, staff, and volunteers to identify problematic behaviors, recognize high-risk environments, and respond appropriately. Through scenario-based learning, it reinforces supervision practices, clarifies mandated reporting responsibilities, and supports a proactive approach to prevention, early intervention, and compliance.

Audience

Faculty & Staff

Course Length

25 minutes

Languages

English

This course will help learners:

  • ​Recognize signs of harmful sexual behavior in youth.

  • Identify high-risk zones and activities.

  • Apply prevention and monitoring strategies to build a culture of safety.

  • Demonstrate intervention and reporting practices.

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