Course Schedule
Session |
Course Dates |
Application Deadline |
Document Deadline |
Payment Deadline |
Fall 2025 |
Monday, September 29, 2025 – Friday, December 5, 2025 |
Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 4pm PT (CLOSED) |
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 1pm PT (CLOSED) |
Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 1pm PT (CLOSED) |
Late Winter 2026 |
Monday, February 16, 2026 – Friday, April 17, 2026 |
Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 4pm PT |
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 1pm PT |
Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 1pm PT |
Late Spring 2026 |
Monday, May 4, 2026 – Friday, June 26, 2026 |
Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 4pm PT |
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 1pm PT |
Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 1pm PT |
Deadline dates are subject to change.
Fall 2025
- Course Dates: Monday, September 29, 2025 – Friday, December 5, 2025
- Application Deadline: Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 4pm PT (CLOSED)
- Document Deadline: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 1pm PT (CLOSED)
- Payment Deadline: Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 1pm PT (CLOSED)
Late Winter 2026
- Course Dates: Monday, February 16, 2026 – Friday, April 17, 2026
- Application Deadline: Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 4pm PT
- Document Deadline: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 1pm PT
- Payment Deadline: Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 1pm PT
Late Spring 2026
- Course Dates: Monday, May 4, 2026 – Friday, June 26, 2026
- Application Deadline: Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 4pm PT
- Document Deadline: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 1pm PT
- Payment Deadline: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 1pm PT
Course Description
In this course, you’ll dive into what it truly means to build a SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) inclusive practice. You’ll explore how adopting this lens helps your students feel seen, heard, represented and safe—and why that matters deeply in today’s classrooms.
As an educator, you play a vital role in shaping schools into affirming spaces for queer students, their families and caregivers, colleagues and community members. In this course, you’ll learn how to apply current terminology, evolving language, and inclusive curriculum strategies that reflect best practices and evidence-based research.
In a world that’s increasingly challenging for those outside the cis-heteronormative binary, your commitment to this learning is an act of care and advocacy. This course will help you align your practice with professional standards while fostering the empathy and responsibility you bring to your role. In this course, you’ll gain
- a deeper understanding of SOGI-inclusive education
- practical tools for integrating inclusive language and curriculum
- confidence in supporting queer students and communities
- insight from queer voices, stories and research
This is more than a course—it’s a call to action. You’ll leave equipped to create learning environments where queer students feel safe, affirmed and empowered to thrive.
What You Will Learn and Do
In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to
- synthesize how inclusive language practices are foundational to current best practices in teaching
- explore how SOGI inclusion supports a justice framework for learning and is connected to human rights laws
- apply interdisciplinary approaches to SOGI inclusion and culture building within a classroom, school and community
- build an inclusion practice that contributes to a community mindset of care and belonging for all students
- implement interdisciplinary approaches to SOGI inclusion and culture building within a classroom, school and community
- develop an inclusion practice that contributes to a community mindset of care and belonging for all students
- examine how SOGI inclusion practices are essential in capacity building and fostering a culture of safety in our schools and beyond
- evaluate your own biases and be given tools that support the cultivation of peer-to-peer learning relationships to maintain a reflective justice framework and action-oriented approach to pedagogy
- discover that community is essential in maintaining a reflective practice that is rooted in justice and an action-oriented approach to SOGI inclusion
- create a multifaceted approach to SOGI inclusion on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly cycle
Course Outline
Each module includes a variety of resources, such as articles, videos, websites, podcasts and other media, as well as discussion posts, reflective tasks, collaborative tasks, culminating tasks, and assignments.
Modules | Minimum hours |
Module 1: Inclusion in Educational Contexts |
15 |
Module 2: SOGI and Inclusion Progress Update 1 |
15 |
Module 3: SOGI in the Curriculum |
15 |
Module 4: Building Inclusive Classrooms and Spaces Formative Assessment |
15 |
Module 5: Fostering an Inclusive School Community Progress Update 2 |
16 |
Module 6: Professional Development Applications |
14 |
Module 7: Developing Your SOGI-Informed Inclusive Practice Summative Assessment |
10 |
Total hours |
100 |
Application Requirements
This course has no application requirements.
Course Materials
There are no additional resources required for this course.
Accommodations
Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.
Have a question? Contact us!
Refund Schedule
If you drop a course:
- by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee.
- after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee.
Session |
100% Refund Deadline |
50% Refund Deadline |
Fall 2025 | Friday, October 31, 2025 | Friday, December 5, 2025 |
Fall/Winter 2025 | Friday, December 19, 2025 | Friday, February 6, 2026 |
Winter 2026 | Friday, February 27, 2026 | Friday, April 3, 2026 |
Late Winter 2026 | Friday, March 13, 2026 | Friday, April 17, 2026 |
Spring 2026 | Friday, May 1, 2026 | Friday, June 5, 2026 |
Late Spring 2026 | Friday, May 29, 2026 | Friday, June 26, 2026 |
Summer 2026 | Friday, July 10, 2026 | Friday, August 7, 2026 |
Fall 2025
- 100% Refund Deadline: Friday, October 31, 2025
- 50% Refund Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2025
Fall/Winter 2025
- 100% Refund Deadline: Friday, December 19, 2025
- 50% Refund Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026
Winter 2026
- 100% Refund Deadline: Friday, February 27, 2026
- 50% Refund Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2026
Late Winter 2026
- 100% Refund Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2026
- 50% Refund Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026
Spring 2026
- 100% Refund Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2026
- 50% Refund Deadline: Friday, June 5, 2026
Late Spring 2026
- 100% Refund Deadline: Friday, May 29, 2026
- 50% Refund Deadline: Friday, June 26, 2026
Summer 2026
- 100% Refund Deadline: Friday, July 10, 2026
- 50% Refund Deadline: Friday, August 7, 2026
For more about our refund policies, visit our Fees & Refunds page.