The Duty of Care?

Dave Edwards, PhD (ABD), MAT, is a queer person
and career educator who has served in almost every role in
preK-12th grade school communities. 


After getting started as a special education paraprofessional in
an Autism classroom in Saint Paul Public Schools, he served as a
special education teacher, middle/high school classroom teacher,
special education coordinator, Dean of Students, and Assistant
Head of School. From 2015-2018, Dave made the jump to higher
education as lead instructor for the nontraditional teacher
licensure program in Emotional Behavior Disorders at the
University of MN Twin Cities.


He was an undergraduate and graduate professor in the teacher
preparation program at Hamline University from 2018 to 2020
before devoting his efforts full-time to Gender Inclusive
Schools. 


Dave is the proud parent to a transgender daughter, and his
family's experience with the discrimination she experienced in
kindergarten directly informs his vocation of helping school
communities create safe learning environments.


Dave serves on the board of the Minnesota Transgender Health
Coalition and his family is heavily involved with Transforming
Families MN.


Gender Inclusive Schools provides parent and
educator training to proactively create safe learning
environments for LGBTQ+ young people. We specialize in
facilitating full-staff professional development sessions on a
variety of equity topics, providing small group consultations,
collaborating on support for individual students, and
school-board policy development.


During the 2023/2024 school year, Gender Inclusive Schools
supported educators in over 75 different school communities
across the United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia.


https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/gender-inclusive-school/


https://www.graduateprogram.org/2024/10/making-your-classroom-more-gender-inclusive/


https://www.genderinclusiveschools.org


https://www.mapresearch.org/news/policy-spotlight-conversion-therapy-bans-release


https://www.notion4teachers.com/blog/fostering-gender-inclusivity-educator-strategies


https://www.highereddive.com/news/trump-executive-order-diversity-equity-inclusion-colleges/738052/


https://www.genderinclusiveschools.org/educator-pd








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