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11. Building Health Skills: Interpersonal Communication

By Suzanne Schrag | March 27, 2019

If you’re an educator, you know that children and youth communicate all the time. Most classrooms and school grounds present an absolute flurry of communication. It’s no wonder the National Health Education Standards expressly include interpersonal communication as an essential element of effective health education.

This is because communicating about health, and knowing how to communicate in ways that build relationships, are distinctive skills that take practice to master. 

Tags: K12, Comprehensive school health, School health education, Health education, National Health Education Standards, Communication, HealthSmart

12. Health Teachers + Professional Development Make a True Difference for Students

By Chris Moore, MS and Rachel Erisman | March 13, 2019
Health Educator/Assistant Soccer Coach (CM) and Health & Physical Education Instructor (RE), Fort Worth Independent School District

You could call us lucky health teachers. We are lucky enough to work within the Fort Worth Independent School District. For the last several years, FWISD has put a big emphasis on professional development (PD) for its health teachers.

This has helped us become stronger and better educators. It’s helped all our colleagues—both the seasoned vets and the newbies. Most importantly, it’s creating a more engaged and energetic health education environment for our students. We have some suggestions for educators who’d like to introduce more effective PD in their setting.

Tags: School health education, School health, Physical education, Teachers, Professional development, HealthSmart, K12, Health education

13. Three Ways to Supercharge Your HealthSmart Lessons

By ETR | February 13, 2019

Here at ETR, we’re very proud of HealthSmart. This signature health education curriculum is a dynamic, exciting program for educators and students alike. HealthSmart supports the National Health Education Standards, National Sexuality Education Standards and Common Core State Standards. The lesson objectives and assessments are based on knowledge and skill expectations outlined in the Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT).

Tags: Teachers, School health education, Health education, HealthSmart

14. Building Health Skills: Analyzing Influences

By Suzanne Schrag | February 7, 2019

What makes young people do the things they do? And how does this affect their choices about health and risk?

Young people’s health behaviors can be influenced by a number of different factors, including family, friends, entertainment and social media, fads and trends, and their own internal attitudes and beliefs. One particularly powerful area of influence is the family, peer and social norms they see reflected in the actions and values of those around them. The things they see—and, sometimes even more important, the things they think they see (the perceived norms)—can either support or discourage healthy behaviors.

Tags: Health education, School health education, K12, HealthSmart

15. Building Health Skills: Goal Setting

By Suzanne Schrag | January 22, 2019

“In 2019, I’m finally going to…eat better…meditate daily…get fit…stop smoking…”

Ah, the New Year. A time for making plans and setting goals—often ones that are health related. But moving those aspirations from wishful thinking into action steps isn’t always easy, and it definitely takes skill.

In fact, goal setting is one of the essential skills for health literacy defined in the National Health Education Standards (NHES), which means it’s also a skill focus in the HealthSmart program. 

Tags: K12, School health education, Health education, HealthSmart

16. A Historic Year in Education and School Health

By Jamie Sparks | January 15, 2019

The current school year is historic. Every state has shifted away from the federal education accountability mandates of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and towards state-created measures aligned to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

For those of us who have worked diligently for decades to promote and prioritize school health, this offers a “giant step” opportunity. 

Tags: HealthSmart, ESSA, School health education, Health education, K12, Comprehensive school health

17. Exemplary Professional Development: What Are the Critical Elements?

By Tracy Wright, MAED | January 10, 2019

At ETR, we value research and science. We apply those values throughout all of our work and across the entire agency. We encourage other organizations to do the same.

A few years back, ETR conducted a synthesis of current research on professional development (PD) programs. Our goal? To determine the critical elements needed to provide PD that leads to change in learners' practice—that is, PD that has a true impact. 

Tags: Teachers, Health education, HealthSmart, K12, Distributive learning process, Professional development

18. Theater in Education: Engaging Students Through Intellect & Emotion

By Narda Skov, MPH | October 30, 2018

Theater has captured people’s interest for thousands of years. It takes on many forms—traditional African storytelling and drumming, shadow puppets in Indonesia, Chinese opera, simple local children’s theaters and high-production Broadway musicals. In every form, across every culture, theater has the potential to create magical moments and memorable experiences.

Tags: Sexual and reproductive health, School health education, Health education

19. If It's September, This Must Be Teamwork

By John Henry Ledwith | September 19, 2018

Hello, September! Like many of you, I am part of a team that has been getting local classrooms ready for the new school year. The hum and clatter and movement of all of that effort has left me thinking a lot about teamwork this week.

Tags: School health education, Health education, Teamwork, K12, HealthSmart

20. ETR's Health Equity Framework in Practice: HealthSmart

By Suzanne Schrag | August 31, 2018

JJ is 11 years old and on the way to school. JJ usually stops at the bodega to buy a candy bar for a snack. But today is different. This week JJ is learning in school about increasing your heart rate through physical activity to stay healthy. So, instead of stopping at the bodega, JJ runs around the block three times. JJ shows up to school a little sweaty but excited and energized.

Tags: School health education, Health education, Health Equity Framework, Health equity, K12, HealthSmart
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