Parents fear ‘well-being coordinators’ at public schools are pushing trans ideology

Australian students from the age of 12 are encouraged to explore new gender identities without their parents knowing.

The move is part of a multi-state student wellness program to bolster their mental health.

But some teachers and students think that ‘welfare coordinators’ go too far.

In one example, a grade seven class at Melbourne’s Northcote High School was emailed a quiz in March by the welfare department asking students if they wanted to try out new gender identities and pronouns.

The survey was sent directly to college students, many of whom were just 12 years old, without parents’ knowledge.

Many received it when they were only five weeks into school and are said to have a poor general understanding of sexuality.

“The welfare team has created a survey for students who want to be known by a different name, gender, or use different pronouns,” the email read.

This was told by a teacher who wished to remain anonymous The Australian that the direct approach of students with an agenda to encourage gender reassignment was “next-level outrageous and shocking.”

The qualifications and ideologies of welfare coordinators have come under scrutiny in some schools, with many schools engaging with trans activists and organizing sessions to celebrate increasing gender diversity.

Welfare coordinators are often paid between $100,000 and $120,000 per year.

The role is relatively new in many schools, and despite dealing with complex mental health, cultural, and peer issues, the appointed employees often have no formal psychology or educational training.

But the program is starting to generate anonymous complaints from teachers who fear career consequences if they speak in public.

“Advanced education is filled with the idea that children should lead things. I think teachers are really off track. I really think a lot of teachers don’t really have a good understanding of what the law says about this,” the teacher said.

The law supports children to explore their gender options in the school environment in Australia’s two most populous states.

Australian students from the age of 12 are encouraged to explore new gender identities without their parents knowing

In NSW, schools can support students through a social transition at school without parental consent if they are considered an adult minor.

In Victoria, schools must work with ‘students to confirm their gender identity to create and implement a student support plan’.

One parent, who also wished to remain anonymous, claimed that a bizarre theory is gaining popularity that says all a student’s problems disappear when they identify as transgender.

“It feels like there has been an institutional ideological grip and people are no longer thinking rationally or making fact-based decisions on this issue.

“It’s very easy to present transgender as the solution to all a teenager’s problems and say, ‘This is it.'”