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District staff outline Aaron's Law K–12 rollout and teacher training
Summary
District staff told the Health Advisory Committee that Aaron's Law trafficking-prevention training will be delivered annually to all students K–12 via trained facilitators; training materials and parent letters are posted in the district's Rubicon curriculum repository, and principals will receive trafficking-of-minors training.
District staff briefed the Beaufort County School District Health Advisory Committee on the districtwide implementation of Aaron's Law training and the train-the-trainer model for facilitators.
Staff said facilitators from each high school received training in May and August, with support from the solicitor's or district attorney's office, and that the district requires annual student instruction under Aaron's Law. "Aaron's Law ... is non-negotiable. That is every student every year," a staff member said during the presentation.
The district prepared grade-appropriate parent letters: one that covers pre-K through 5th grade and a second that describes materials for grades 6–8. Materials and facilitator attachments are stored in Rubicon, the district's curriculum app, so teachers and facilitators can review and preview resources. Staff said principals will be offered trafficking-of-minors training at an upcoming meeting (noted for Oct. 15) and that the district will verify school-level training dates via a shared spreadsheet.
The committee discussed implementation details: some high schools may present training in large groups (auditoriums), others in classroom settings; the train-the-trainer model allows staff who missed initial sessions to be trained locally by those who attended. Staff proposed developing a short survey for teachers who deliver the material to collect feedback on readiness and integration into lesson plans.
"All of this material and any attachments or any facilitator train-the-trainer ... all of it lives in Rubicon," the Staff member said, summarizing where the curriculum is housed. Committee members agreed feedback and evidence of practice would be useful for Academic Committee and district reporting.
Next steps: Staff will share school-level dates and provide a spreadsheet of scheduled trainings; the committee plans to survey trained teachers and review results at the next HAC meeting in November.
