Safer Learning Environments Training, Washington, D.C. - December 2017

Participant Manual

Links demonstrated during the training:
ECCN Resource Repository
ECCN Evidence Gap Maps

USAID and Safer Learning Environments Presentation -Nina Weisenhorn

Assessing Safety: ECCN’s SLE Qualitative Assessment Tool Presentation -Gwen Heaner

Handout: Summary of SLE Toolkit Process

Handout: Qualitative Scoring Rubric (from earlier version of SLE Assessment Toolkit)

SLE Assessment Toolkit 

School-Related Gender-Based Violence Presentation -Julie Hanson Swanson and Kalene Resler

Handout: School-Related Gender-Based Violence (RGBV) Scenario Activity

Links referred to in the presentation—SRGBV Resources:

1. USAID Conceptual Framework for Measuring SRGBV
2. Global Guidance on SRGBV
3. A Rigorous Review of Global Research Evidence on Policy and Practice on SRGBV
4. Addressing School-Related Gender-Based Violence is Critical for Safe LearningEnvironments in Refugee Contexts
5. KNOW Violence in Childhood Reports
6. Guide of Strengthening Gender Equality and Inclusiveness in Teaching and Learning Materials

SRGBV Global Data Sources:

1. UNICEF Hidden in Plain Sight
2. CDC’s Violence Against Children (VAC) Surveys 
3. KNOW Violence in Childhood Reports
4. Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
5. Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

Education under Attack Presentation
Handout: Definitions
Handout: School-Based Protection Measures
Handout: What Schools Can Do
Handout: Safe Schools Declaration
Gang Violence Presentation

Well-being Presentation
Handout: Terms fill-in-the-blank
Video Links:
Video 1: Toxic Stress
Video 2: ECR Project in Nigeria: Example of including social and emotional learning in formal and non-formal education
Video 3: Mindfulness education in Colombia
Links for further reading:

1. An example of integration of psychosocial support programs into the public education sector (Lebanon).
2. Essence of Learning: A combination of pedagogical and psychosocial components that are oriented towards the development of the child (Switzerland, Gaza, Palestine).
3. Teachers for Teachers: Strengthening teacher professional development in crisis/conflict and supporting teachers to promote their own well-being and build their own social and emotional competencies (Kenya).
4. PISOTÓN: Fostering the psycho-affective development of children through emotional education programs (Colombia)

Natural Disasters Presentation
Handout: Disasters and CSS Framework
Handout: Disasters Scenario
Health Presentation