This article is for anyone interested in going into the sexology field or is curious about the job of a sexual health educator. This article is really useful to understand the importance of this job in today's society because the sexual health educators are often forgotten, neglected or disliked. My motivation to write this article was to prove that sexual health educators are crucial to live in a better world, have great sexual health and psychological health.
To be a sexual health educator is to teach others about an important sphere that is presented in everyone's life, sexuality, whether we don't talk a lot about it or often ignore it.
Sexual health educators teach mostly kids and teenagers, but sometimes also parents about essential information regarding love, relationships, genders, sexual orientations, sex, health, biology, internet, risks, and pleasure.
On a typical day, sexual health educators prepare the classes they're going to give depending on the subject chosen and the age of the class. Then, they're going to get to a school or their school to teach the classes in question. They can also respond to the students' questions and do interactive activities. Sometimes, they will also meet parents to educate them of answer their concerns.
Sexual health educators primarily work at primary schools and high schools, but they will sometimes be brought to do conferences in colleges or health care facilities.
To become a sexual health educator, you first need your degree in sexology, which is offered in only two universities in Quebec. You then need to do your master's degree in education to be able to teach in schools. So, in total, it takes five years at university to be able to do this job.
The salary of sexual health educators varies a lot. Most sexual health educators are independent workers, so their salary depends on how many contracts they get. Sexual health educators can also be employed by a school; in that case, their salary resembles a teacher's pay. In average, the salary of a sexual health educators are between $50,000 and $100,000.
Sexual health educators need to keep up with the new information on the subject by doing regular formations.
There isn't a lot of dangers being a sexual health educator, but the most common is having to confront parents with different beliefs, that thinks their kids should receive sexual education at school, and it belongs to the private sphere.
Sexual health educators could easily be replaced by technologies like informative videos, but I think a robot wouldn't be as interesting and interactive as a trained human.
Sexual health educators retiring times varies. Right now, since there aren't a lot of individuals doing this job, but demands are high, sexual health educator tends to work longer than the majority. On the other side, this job requires continual formations to follow the new information that keeps evolving, which can be more difficult for some people doing their job for a long time. Also, since some sexual health educators are government employees, they have really good retirement benefits, which may impact their decision.
In conclusion, I hope that I love my sexology degree at university and that I learn a lot of interesting things. I also hope that I will like doing my job and that I can make a difference in people's lives.
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