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The Comprehensive School Health The Comprehensive School Health Education CurriculumEducation Curriculum
This is an organized sequential K-12 plan for teaching This is an organized sequential K-12 plan for teaching students the information and skills they need to students the information and skills they need to become:become: Health literateHealth literate Maintain and improve their healthMaintain and improve their health Prevent diseasePrevent disease Reduce health-related risk behaviorsReduce health-related risk behaviors
As teachers, you have the important role of teaching As teachers, you have the important role of teaching your students these skills that will enhance the quality your students these skills that will enhance the quality of their lives for years to comeof their lives for years to come
Framework for the CurriculumFramework for the Curriculum
Ensure commonality of purpose/consistencyEnsure commonality of purpose/consistency Improve student learningImprove student learning Provide foundation for student assessmentProvide foundation for student assessment Provide foundation for curriculum developmentProvide foundation for curriculum development Provide enhanced teaching preparation and Provide enhanced teaching preparation and
Competence in:Competence in:Critical thinking and problem solvingCritical thinking and problem solvingSelf-directed learningSelf-directed learningResponsible and productive citizenshipResponsible and productive citizenshipEffective communicationEffective communication
8 National Health Education 8 National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence Standards: Achieving Excellence
(ACS, 2007)(ACS, 2007)
1.1. Comprehend concepts related to health Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease preventionpromotion and disease prevention
2.2. Analyze the influence of culture, media, and Analyze the influence of culture, media, and other health factorsother health factors
3.3. Demonstrate the ability to access information, Demonstrate the ability to access information, products, and services to enhance healthproducts, and services to enhance health
4.4. Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance healthcommunication skills to enhance health
8 National Health Education Standards: Achieving 8 National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence (ACS, 2007) cont’d.Excellence (ACS, 2007) cont’d.
5.5. Demonstrate the ability to use decision-Demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills that enhance healthmaking skills that enhance health
6.6. Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance healthskills to enhance health
7.7. Demonstrate the ability to practice health-Demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health riskshealth risks
8.8. Demonstrate the ability to advocate for Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community healthpersonal, family, and community health
The Performance IndicatorsThe Performance Indicators
These are a series of specific concepts and skills These are a series of specific concepts and skills students should know and be able to do in order students should know and be able to do in order to achieve each of the broader National Health to achieve each of the broader National Health Education StandardsEducation Standards
1.1. Understanding the relationship to behavioral Understanding the relationship to behavioral objectivesobjectives
HealthHealth is the quality of life that includes the is the quality of life that includes the following domains:following domains: PhysicalPhysical Mental/emotionalMental/emotional Family-socialFamily-social
WellnessWellness is another description of quality of life is another description of quality of life which encompasses the above domains of health which encompasses the above domains of health
The Model of Health and Well-BeingThe Model of Health and Well-BeingIncludes the 3 domains of health and 10 content areas that influence health concepts
This blueprint divides the charts into This blueprint divides the charts into separate grade levelsseparate grade levels
The Components of Health Literacy The Components of Health Literacy drives the following:drives the following:The Content AreasThe Content AreasHealth GoalsHealth GoalsThe National Health Education The National Health Education
A A Behavioral ObjectiveBehavioral Objective is a statement of what a learner should is a statement of what a learner should be able to do after a learning experiencebe able to do after a learning experience
There are 5 rules for writing these objectivesThere are 5 rules for writing these objectives 1) expectation is clearly stated for 1) expectation is clearly stated for whowho?? 2) specify the kind of 2) specify the kind of behaviorbehavior that will be accepted that will be accepted 3) include 3) include content content about the specific learning experienceabout the specific learning experience 4) describe a 4) describe a conditioncondition which the behavior will occur which the behavior will occur 5) specify the 5) specify the criteriacriteria for acceptable performance for acceptable performance
Different types of desired behaviors Different types of desired behaviors are identified to classify objectives are identified to classify objectives into 3 domainsinto 3 domainsCognitive: thinking behaviorCognitive: thinking behaviorAffective: feelings and attitudesAffective: feelings and attitudesPsychomotor: action behaviorPsychomotor: action behavior
A subject within each content areas that need to A subject within each content areas that need to be taught so students will have health knowledge be taught so students will have health knowledge to practice and master the performance to practice and master the performance indicators of the health standardsindicators of the health standards
Life skillsLife skills should be taught within each content should be taught within each content areaarea
Health goalsHealth goals should be identified by the student should be identified by the student Select each health topic carefully with regards to Select each health topic carefully with regards to
scopescope Health topics should be placed in Health topics should be placed in a sequencea sequence that that
How to Introduce and Teach the How to Introduce and Teach the National Health Education National Health Education
Standards?Standards?
Prioritize the “self-responsibility for health” Prioritize the “self-responsibility for health” conceptconcept
Focus on “Health Promotion” by allowing the Focus on “Health Promotion” by allowing the students to use environmental constructs and students to use environmental constructs and enables them to act on their knowledge and skillsenables them to act on their knowledge and skills
Promote the 8 National Health Education Promote the 8 National Health Education StandardsStandards
How to Teach Health Education How to Teach Health Education Standard 2: Analyze Influences on Standard 2: Analyze Influences on
HealthHealth
1.1. Identify people and things that might Identify people and things that might influence youinfluence you
2.2. Evaluate how the influence might affect Evaluate how the influence might affect your health behavior and decisionsyour health behavior and decisions
3.3. Choose positive influences on healthChoose positive influences on health
4.4. Protect yourself from negative influences Protect yourself from negative influences on healthon health
Students will analyze the influence of family, peer
culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.
How to Teach Health Education How to Teach Health Education Standard 3: Access Health Standard 3: Access Health
InformationInformation
1.1. Identify health information products, services that Identify health information products, services that you needyou need
2.2. Find health information, products, and servicesFind health information, products, and services3.3. Evaluate health information, products, and servicesEvaluate health information, products, and services4.4. Take action when health information is misleading Take action when health information is misleading
and/or products and services are not satisfactoryand/or products and services are not satisfactory
Students will demonstrate the ability to access
information, products, and services to promote health
How to Teach Health Education How to Teach Health Education Standard 7: Practice Healthful Standard 7: Practice Healthful
BehaviorsBehaviors
1.1. Explain a health behavior contract and devise a Explain a health behavior contract and devise a written planwritten plan
2.2. Write specific statements to describe how this Write specific statements to describe how this behavior would reduce health risksbehavior would reduce health risks
3.3. Make specific plans for recording your progressMake specific plans for recording your progress4.4. Complete the evaluation of how the plan helped you Complete the evaluation of how the plan helped you
accomplish your health goalaccomplish your health goal
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health
enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks
How to Teach Health Education How to Teach Health Education Standard 8: Be a Health AdvocateStandard 8: Be a Health Advocate
1.1. Select a health related concernSelect a health related concern2.2. Gather reliable informationGather reliable information3.3. Identify you purpose and target audienceIdentify you purpose and target audience4.4. Develop a convincing and appropriate Develop a convincing and appropriate
messagemessage
Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for
personal, family, and community health.
A health advocate is a person who promotes health for self and others
Clever titleClever title Designated content areaDesignated content area Designated grade levelsDesignated grade levels Infusion into other Infusion into other
curriculum areas other curriculum areas other than healththan health
Health LiteracyHealth Literacy Health education Health education
Opportunity-to-Learn Standards:Opportunity-to-Learn Standards: specifies directions for the policies, resources, and activities to specifies directions for the policies, resources, and activities to
be conducted in schools to implement the National Health be conducted in schools to implement the National Health Education StandardsEducation Standards
Curriculum:Curriculum: The Comprehensive School Health Education Checklist (Box 3-9) The Comprehensive School Health Education Checklist (Box 3-9)
StudentsStudents Observation, Cooperative Learning, Different forms of exams or testing, Observation, Cooperative Learning, Different forms of exams or testing,
Performance Activities, Projects, Portfolios, Attestations, and RubricsPerformance Activities, Projects, Portfolios, Attestations, and Rubrics TeachersTeachers