Overview of the NAF Health Sciences Curriculum

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Overview of the NAF Health Sciences Curriculum

Peter Weinstein, Pearson Foundation

Welcome

Who’s with us today?

Driving Question for Global Health

What global health issue is worthy of being a focus at an

international health summit?

What skills and types of knowledge would students need to produce a presentation like this?

As You View the Narrated Presentation

AOHS Program of StudyYear 1• Healthcare Careers Exploration• Personal Health & Wellness*

Year 2• Foundations of Anatomy and Physiology I & II

Year 3• Global Health and/or Specialized courses (Medical

Diagnostics, Medical Therapeutics, Sports Medicine, etc.)*

Year 4• Specialized courses* and/or Certification course

*Still to be developed

Structure of a NAF course

1 semester (75 – 80 class periods) Class periods are 50 minutes long A NAF course is “one size fits most” Advisory board members have roles in every course Every course is correlated to the applicable Common

Core State Standards Includes a culminating project…

Project Based Learning

Positive Interdependence (Sink or Swim Together)

Face-to-Face Interaction (Promote Each Other’s Success)

Individual & Group Accountability (No Hitchhiking! No Social Loafing!)

Interpersonal & Small-Group Skills (Being a Team Player)

Group Processing (A Metacognitive 21st Century Skill)

Structure of a NAF lesson

Each lesson includes three main components: Lesson Plan, Student Resource, Teacher Resource. Some also include PowerPoints, videos, and other file types.

Each lesson includes one or two assessment products

Most documents are in Word format to be edited as needed

Every lesson includes at least one literacy activity

Extensions and cross-curricular activities are provided at the end of each lesson

A Look at NAF Lesson Design

Circle or Label what you notice in this lesson:• key elements of structure• key elements of instruction• types of content

A Look at NAF Lesson Design

Pair, Share: • Which elements of this lesson are familiar

to you?• What seems new and interesting to you?• What do you notice about the sequencing

of the lesson?

Where are the courses?

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