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Questions About Program Implementation In Schools/Agencies (In South Carolina)
How much will it cost the school/agency to use the Heritage Keepers® program? Because federal and/or state grants fund the programs, our services are offered at no cost to the schools or students in South Carolina. However, there are limited numbers of trained representatives to provide the Heritage Keepers® program across the state. Please contact Heritage@HeritageServices.org to find out if a Heritage representative is available in your area to come to your school/agency. How much time does the Heritage Keepers® program take? The core program, the Heritage Keepers® Abstinence Education program, requires 450 minutes. Also available are Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education II and five life skills follow-up programs for students. If my school chooses to use the Heritage program, are we able to also teach any other curricula? Yes! Using the Heritage Keepers® Abstinence Education program does not prevent use of any other sexual education programs. Schools are not limited to only providing an abstinence curriculum to their students. Does the Heritage Keepers® curriculum comply with the SC State law? Yes. Heritage Keepers® curricula, approved by many school districts across the state, do not violate any portion of the SC Comprehensive Health Education Act. Documentation of how every segment of Heritage Keepers® Abstinence Education curricula meets the SC Comprehensive Health Education Act is available upon request. Does the Heritage Keepers® curriculum comply with the SC Health and Education Standards? Yes. A detailed chart of how the Heritage Keepers® curricula meet the 2009 South Carolina Health and Safety Education Standards is available upon request. How is the curriculum implemented in the school? The Abstinence Education curriculum is a high-impact program with each lesson intended to be presented sequentially, with students receiving Heritage Keepers® every day for five days in 90-minute classes or 10 days in 45-minute classes, for a total of 450 minutes. The school determines in what classes/programs it will be implemented--most commonly, our teachers work in health, PE or JROTC classes. It can also be presented over fewer days if in a “retreat” type setting. The Heritage Keepers® Life Skills program is adaptable to fit specific needs. Only trained Heritage Keepers® educators can present the curriculum. A classroom teacher could present the curriculum after receiving training. The school/agency is required to designate a Site Approved Representative to be in the classroom with a Heritage educator at all times. The Site Approved Representative should be the person normally in charge of the students, such as the regular classroom teacher. Heritage staff members are instructed to not be in the classroom with minor students without the Site Approved Representative. Both the Heritage representative and the Site Approved Representative sign and date a Site Approved Representative Agreement form indicating agreement to this requirement. Are students in mixed gender classes or are they separated? South Carolina requires that the genders be separated for portions of the curriculum in the public school classroom, but Heritage prefers genders be separated for the entire curriculum. In settings other than public schools, Heritage still prefers that genders be separated, unless absolutely not possible. Also, Heritage prefers that males teach male classes and females teach female classes. We have found this allows for more open communication on this subject. Will students receive any resources from Heritage? Each student is provided with their own student manual. Absolutely. Please contact Heritage@HeritageServices.org for more information and to find out if a Heritage representative is available to speak during the time that you need. |
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