Event Information
WEA is excited to be hosting this event at Kamiak High School, Saturday, November 7, 2026, for LGBTQ+ educators and allies. Attendees will have the option to take classes discussing different topics. Some classes will focus on how to create safe and supportive environments for LGBTQ+ educators and students to thrive in, how to advocate for contract language that supports LGBTQ+ educators and their classrooms, and several other topics. There will be time and space for networking, learning, and breaking bread.
Snacks and lunch are provided for all attendees.
Catering Information
Panera Bread: Vegetarian and meat options.
Waitlist Limit: 0/50
Courses
WEA LGBTQIA+ Educator Conference (Equity) (6hr)
Clock Hour
Course Description
The LGBTQ+ Educators Conference is devoted to creating an inclusive educational environment for students and staff to ensure a safe and welcoming school setting for all communities. As professional educators, participants will network and learn ways to create culturally responsive practices within all systems and structures using a lens of diversity, equity and inclusion representing the LGBTQIA+ communities. This will be done through improved communication between staff, students, administration, school boards and their surrounding communities. Through better communication and improved relational school settings, an environment will be created for social emotional learning that impacts academic achievement.Course Objectives
1. Participants will identify varying paths to success in challenging environments for LGBTQIA+ students and staff. Objective one aligns with CCDEI Standard 1 through hearing the story of the keynote speaker, Rep. Claire Wilson as well as networking with one another understanding themselves, each other, and the learning environment of the students and how to respond. 2. Participants will explore how intersectionality increases academic obstacles and how to overcome them in an increasingly challenging time. Objective two aligns with CCDEI Standard 4 through understanding intersectionality and biases attached to them, and creating a safe learning environment by creating opportunities in building communities and advance communication. 3. Participants will learn strategies to create a warm and safe learning environment that is beneficial for staff and academically ideal for students. Objective three aligns with CCDEI Standard 4 through understanding intersectionality and biases attached to them, and creating a safe learning environment by creating opportunities in building communities and advance communication. 4. Participants will learn the impacts of biases across all levels of the school systems and structures and best practices in organizing through them. Objective four aligns with CCDEI Standards 1 and 4 through sharing personal biases, experiencing others’ biases, how those manifest in school settings, policies and practices that negatively impact student learning, and how to organize and communicate around them.