My Teacher Leader Journey

Mona Al-Hayani

History Teacher, Toledo Early College HS

Toledo Federation of Teachers Human Sex Trafficking Mitigation Project Manager

Vice President, Toledo Federation of Teachers

Original research project:

What would the Common

Core look like in a high school history classroom?

http://www.speaktruthvideo.com/2013-winners.htmlCurrent research

project:

Domestic minor human sex trafficking awareness

and mitigation in Toledo, Ohio.

AFT Identified Cities with a

high prevalence of Human

Sex Trafficking to participate

in a mitigation pilot:

Toledo, Ohio

Baltimore, Maryland

Houston, Texas

Why Toledo, Ohio?

Ohio State Representative,

Teresa Fedor

• Safe Harbor Act

• End Demand Act

Mandated human sex trafficking

awareness training for school

practitioners in the state of Ohio.

• Collaboration • “Waiver Day” for district

wide training

• 2000 school practitioners trained in one day.

School Practitioners as first responders

Of 115 child victims surveyed

from the Toledo area, none of

them reported receiving

assistance from their teachers.

Risk Factors

• Educational Problems• Sexual Assault• Court Appearances• Using drugs/alcohol• Emotional Abuse• Childhood abuse/neglect• Homelessness• Influential Others• Loving Someone Older• Difficulty Making Friends• Runaway

Students dropping out of school

dramatically increases their

chances of becoming victims of

human sex trafficking.

(Source: Domestic Sex Trafficking in Ohio

Research and Analysis Sub Committee

Report August 8, 2012/Ohio Human

Trafficking Coalition)

Community Partnerships

TFT and TPS have formed a

community partnership with the

Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition and Lucas

County Children’s Services.

Grades 3-12 Human Trafficking Awareness

Poster Campaign