Skills-Based Health Education Introductory Training Series
The Skills-Based Health Education Introductory Training Series offers health educators and administrators the opportunity to learn about issues that commonly affect the health education classroom and real-world strategies to solve them. Through interactive, two-hour virtual trainings, participants will build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to create safe and engaging learning environments in their health education classrooms.
Please note: Purchasing this product will give you one seat to attend one of the topics below, which you will register for after purchase. If you are interested in attending multiple topics, you will need to purchase multiple seats. Not all topics will be available at all times, see the calendar for our current offerings!
Topics in the Introductory Training Series include:
Answering student questions is an essential skill for all health educators. Unlike other subjects, questions in a health classroom can range from simple and straightforward to awkward and confusing, and sometimes leave educators wondering, “Can I even answer this and keep my job?” In this interactive training, participants will discuss the most common question types, learn a five-step process for answering sensitive questions, and practice responding to real student questions to build their confidence and skills.
Intentional classroom management creates the foundation for meaningful learning, but building this culture can bring unique challenges for both the teacher and students. In this interactive training, participants will explore a classroom management toolkit, observe actionable techniques in a health education lesson, and apply proactive strategies to real-world scenarios. Participants will leave with practical tools for fostering a classroom culture where students and teachers can succeed.
Creating emotionally healthy classrooms is an important way to create safe teaching environments as well as emotionally healthy young people, but how can we achieve this goal? In this interactive training, participants will learn more about emotionally healthy classrooms and how their health lessons already support emotional growth and development. Participants will also see how emotional well-being can be integrated into their classrooms and practice handling common classroom scenarios with confidence and compassion.
Trauma impacts our classrooms every day. Being mindful of trauma is a key component of health education, but putting trauma-informed practices into action can be challenging. In this interactive training, participants will learn skills to help avoid re-traumatizing the young people in their classrooms, while also managing trauma responses when they do occur. Participants will practice navigating different scenarios where trauma may come up in health education settings and learn best practices for creating safe classrooms.
All trainings align with ETR’s distributive learning process, an interactive experience that takes place over time. Core to this research-based approach is the acquisition of knowledge and development of skills, followed by the implementation of the program and educator self-reflection. During this process, ETR trainers engage learners through teaching strategies, interactive activities, modeling, and follow-up support.
