The Advocate Educator’ Handbook

Creating Schools Where Transgender and Non-Binary Students Thrive


by:

Vanessa Ford, M.A.T.

Rebecca Kling

COMING SOON

With a powerful foreword by Dr. Peggy Brookins, President and CEO of The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, The Advocate Educator’s Handbook: Creating Schools Where Transgender and Non-Binary Students Thrive offers a tested framework for educators to use in their journeys to creating inclusive classrooms and education environments for transgender and non-binary students. Centered on a framework of four principles – educate, affirm, include, and disrupt –, this book provides a new way of thinking about inclusivity in the classroom, as well as practical ways to foster students’ sense of belonging. The authors bring rich understanding to the topic as educators themselves, Kling as a transgender educator and advocate and Ford as a teacher and parent of a transgender child. You’ll also read stories from transgender and non-binary students, teachers, researchers, parents, and more, providing unique and important perspectives. 

Inside the book, you’ll find practical tools that you can start using on day one. You’ll also find curriculum ideas for teachers and model policies for school administrators and public policymakers, so you can begin the important work of advocating for and with trans and non-binary students. By engaging with trans youth and allies, we can build inclusivity in and beyond the classroom.

The Advocate Educator’s Handbook: Creating Schools Where Transgender and Non-Binary Students Thrive will help you: 

  • Understand what it means to be transgender or non-binary and learn about the experiences of trans youth

  • Learn how to support trans and non-binary students, with firsthand accounts from a wide range of experts serving those communities 

  • Find resources you can use as an educator to support you in your journey toward inclusivity  

  • Recognize and respond to anti-trans policies and laws targeting trans students

  •  Identify important actions unique to your situation with personal reflection questions and scenarios

     

This book was created especially for K-12 educators, administrators, pre-service teachers and others looking to enact change and create safe spaces for transgender and nonbinary youth. From daily life in the classroom to policy at the highest levels, The Advocate Educator’s Handbook will help educators & their community work toward meaningful change.