A Critical Component of Our Curriculum
Virtual professional learning is included as a critical component of our curriculum, with a targeted approach for elementary educators or secondary educators. Also included are monthly office hours and special programming for ongoing support and to meet the evolving needs of today's world. Single-school accounts receive five (5) hours of live virtual training sessions and we offer customized options for school districts.
All licenses include our full curriculum for K-12 classrooms with automatic updates, revisions, and additions of new content.
For Elementary Educators: Creating LGBTQ-inclusive Classrooms, Libraries, and School Culture
LGBTQ-inclusive history, language, and cultural mindsets (recommended for full staff)
Building empathy through storytelling
Elementary level LGBTQ-inclusive social studies curriculum
Modeling methods and strategies for integration
Analyzing authentic scenarios from K-5 classrooms and contexts
Structuring sustainable mentorship
"The most valuable part of this PD was the scenario exercise and the discussions it brought out with colleagues. We were all concerned about how to address potential kickback from parents but with this great curriculum, and the strategies to engage in conversation about LGBTQ inclusion, I feel more comfortable and clear about why we are doing this!" - Joe
For Middle School and High School Educators: Contextualized, Intersectional Approaches for Systemic Change
LGBTQ-inclusive history, language, and cultural mindsets (recommended for full staff)
Our contextualized, intersectional pedagogy for culturally responsive teaching
Aligning learning outcomes with current curricula
Modeling methods and strategies for integration
Analyzing authentic scenarios from secondary classrooms and contexts
Structuring sustainable mentorship
"I was so inspired that LGBTQ history was approached here in such an academically rigorous way. Your curriculum, and the context you provide, will go a long way towards making teachers who perhaps are not so comfortable feel like they can teach this and teach it well. I absolutely love the diversity and the depth of the teaching materials!" - Amber
Add-On Virtual Training Options
For School and District Leaders
This training is tailored through systems and behavioral lenses to build strategic adoption support of our LGBTQ-inclusive, intersectional curriculum. We structure the training to align with your current state and/or district policy, as well as provide methods and strategies to manage potential discomfort or resistance. For more information, please contact us
"This was by far the best training we have ever had. Thank you for an incredible day of learning, thinking, and reflecting. This has impacted my mindset about what an inclusive school means and I feel much better prepared to support our teachers and engage with the community about this new initiative." - Fred
Informational Session for Parents/Caregivers
We tailor these webinar sessions to meet the unique needs of parents and caregivers in your school community. We work with you to provide the most relevant and meaningful outcomes with day, evening, and weekend scheduling optionsm and with no limit on the number of participants. For more information, please contact us
"History UnErased may cause confusion, opposition, and many, many questions, but after going through this training I can't deny that this is about truth and knowledge and helping children have empathy. I am so happy my child will benefit from this new instruction." - Parent response on our training feedback survey
For ELL Educators
This training analyzes unique implications and considerations for your context of ELL students, the potential parent/caregiver concerns from a multi-cultural and multi-lingual perspective, as well as methods and strategies to overcome language barriers surrounding LGBTQ identities. For more information, please contact us.
"I appreciated learning from educators who have actually done this work with their students, as there is no "one-size-fits-all" for all ELL and SLIFE populations. And analyzing situations with students and families was so helpful!" - Evelyn
Diversifying Classroom Collections and School Libraries
This training presents where to find and research potential selections, tips on conducting a diversity audit, how to engage your students and/or faculty in your new collections, examples of fiction and nonfiction titles for K-12 students, and the current social, political, and cultural conversations about inclusive books. For more information, please contact us
"This expanded my understanding about accessibility and equity and I learned so much! Thank you." - Sue
Youth Equity Leadership
Our youth equity leadership training offers a variety of options and is designed to help students see their various identities, discuss the issues of equity they see in their world, and help them uncover the intersecting goals in addressing issues of equity. For more information, please contact us.
"I joined this leadership training because I was tired of day-long celebrations of diversity which do nothing! This training has been awesome and we now have a solid plan and product to take to supporters to spark real change." - Charley
History UnErased's co-founders and professional learning facilitators have presented at the following conferences on integrating LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum: National Council for the Social Studies, National Council for History Education, Organization of American Historians, Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources, New England Library Association, New England League of Middle Schools, and the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents.
UnErasing LGBTQ History and Identities: A Podcast for Teachers
For educators who want to create LGBTQ-inclusive classrooms, getting started can be confusing--and quite often prompts some fear. What if I say or do the wrong thing? What if there is pushback? And where do I even begin? Each episode provides real-world advice and reasonable, practical strategies to help you create inclusive classrooms.
Go to our podcasts here!
Virtual Special Soirées Are Open to All
Our virtual soirées are always unique and feature special guests, raffle prizes, and fun surprises! Bring your favorite sips and snacks and join host Kathleen Barker for this special programming, offered weekday evenings every month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Eastern and open to all! You can learn exciting, intellectually inspiring LGBTQ history and ideas to make classrooms inclusive for all students.
Learn more and register here!