SCHOOL EDUCATION
“Walking Wise
offers the best tools I’ve
seen for teaching students about sexual exploitation and sextortion—without being scary or lewd.”
Nigel Hunter, DeputySchool Resource OfficerSustainable Education
Many schools invite guest speakers to address sexual exploitation 11 pwith staff, parents, and students. While a presentation can raise important awareness, its impact is often short-lived. Walking Wise offers a sustainable, school-led solution—empowering school safety teams to integrate prevention education into their middle and high school curricula over time.
This ongoing approach helps students build lasting awareness, strengthen critical thinking, and develop the skills to recognize and resist the manipulative tactics commonly used by sexual predators.
Adaptable Curriculum
Our curriculum is designed for flexibility, enabling educators to tailor materials to align with school policies and protocols, age appropriateness, teaching styles, and available class time.
Learning Journey
- Walking Wise prevention curriculum helps students understand the grooming process, vulnerability risks, and the predatory behavior of some adults and peers.
- Rather than presenting all content at once, Walking Wise uses a developmental approach that introduces age-appropriate concepts over five years.
- Students receive prevention education annually from grades 6–10, allowing schools to reinforce key safety concepts as students encounter new social, emotional, and digital challenges.
- The curriculum consists of 12 lessons delivered through animated videos, classroom presentations, and guided discussions. Schools may teach the lessons during health classes, advisory periods, or as part of other safety or prevention initiatives.
- Recommended Implementation
- • Begin with staff and parent education to establish shared understanding and support.
- • Reinforce learning annually from grades 6–10.
- • Deliver 2–3 student lessons per year, up to 40 minutes per lesson.
- • Adapt discussion depth and activities to meet student maturity levels and local school policies.
5-YEAR TEACHING TRACK
- Student Instruction: ~8 Hours
- PARENTS & STAFF
- #1 Myths & Reality
- 6th GRADE - Grooming
- #2 Trustworthy vs. Unsafe Adults
- #3 Grooming Process
- 7th GRADE - Online Risks
- #4 Pornography & Exploitation
- #5 Sextortion Scheme
- 8th GRADE - Vulnerability
- #6 Male Victims
- #7 Runaways as Targets
- #8 Rural Risks
- 9th GRADE - Predators
- #9 Human Traffickers
- #10 Femail and Peer Recruiters
- 10th GRADE - Hidden Exploitation
- #11 Family Secret
- #12 Hidden Buyers
School Safety Teams
In 2021, the U.S. Department of Education provided guidelines for implementing human trafficking education and suggested empowering a ‘safety team’ to develop and oversee school education as well as policies and response protocols for reporting suspected child trafficking.
Safety teams are recommended to include school counselors, social workers, nurses, resource officers, psychologists, principals, wellness-focused educators, and members of their local anti-human trafficking coalition. With this diverse expertise, these teams are well-equipped to provide staff training, raise awareness among parents, and educate students.
For more information, please review the guidelines written for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, called Human Trafficking in AMERICA’S SCHOOLS.
Report Suspicions of Human Trafficking to:
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Text: 233733 (BEFREE)
Call: 1-888-373-7888
Rescue America
Call: 833-599-FREE (3733)
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