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SFUSD task force recommends Welcoming Schools pilot, professional development and accountability steps
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The Family Diversity Task Force recommended piloting the Welcoming Schools K–8 curriculum in three elementary sites, adding family diversity measures to the district’s CPM accountability tool, and creating a senior liaison in teaching and learning to coordinate rollout and PD.
San Francisco Unified School District on Tuesday received a report from its Family Diversity Task Force that calls for a districtwide push to update and expand instruction about family diversity, gender roles and safe-schools practices.
Judy Appel, executive director of the Family Coalition and a task force member, told the board the group recommends piloting the Welcoming Schools curriculum in three elementary sites and requiring teachers to deliver at least two lessons annually across three topic areas: family diversity, gender roles and anti-bullying tied to sexual orientation and gender identity. "We really recognized the importance of increasing districtwide awareness of…
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