On the Horizon The California Health Education Standards

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On the Horizon The California Health Education
Standards

• Presented by
• Mary Marks, Ph.D.
• School Health Connections Office, California
  Department of Education
• and
• Jacquelyn Russum, MPH, RD
• California Healthy Kids and After School Resource
  Centers

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What Else is On the Horizon?
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Changes on the Horizon After the Standards are
Adopted ...

• Instructional Content
• Instructional Approach
• Resources
• Professional Development

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Changing Content ...

• 1. Essential Health Concepts
• All students will comprehend essential
• concepts related to enhancing health.
• 2. Analyzing Health Influences
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to analyze internal and external
• influences that affect health.
• 3. Accessing Valid Health Information
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to access and analyze health information,
• products, and services.
• 4. Interpersonal Communication (IC)
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to use interpersonal communication skills
• to enhance health.

• 5. Decision Making
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to use decision-making skills to
• enhance health
• 6. Goal Setting
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to use goal-setting skills to enhance
• health.
• 7. Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to practice behaviors that reduce risk and
• promote health.
• 8. Advocacy (ADV)
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to advocate for personal, family, and
• community health.

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Health Quiz 1

• Answer True or False
• It is healthy to wear a seat belt.
• It is healthy to eat a nutritious breakfast every
  day.
• It is healthy to brush and floss your teeth.
• It is healthy to get 30 minutes of aerobic
  exercise at least 3 times a week.
• It is healthy to get adequate sleep.

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Health Quiz 2

• Answer True or False
• I always wear a seat belt.
• I regularly eat a nutritious breakfast.
• I brush and floss daily.
• I get 30 minutes of aerobic exercise at least 3
  times a week.
• I always get adequate sleep.

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Changing Content?

• Which standards are you already addressing?
• Check those you include in your instructional
  program
• Write examples for two standards (include grade
  level)

• Activity - Turn to a partner and your share your
  status and examples

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Changing Content?

• 1. Essential Health Concepts
• All students will comprehend essential
• concepts related to enhancing health.
• 2. Analyzing Health Influences
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to analyze internal and external
• influences that affect health.
• 3. Accessing Valid Health Information
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to access and analyze health information,
• products, and services.
• 4. Interpersonal Communication
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to use interpersonal communication skills
• to enhance health.

• 5. Decision Making
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to use decision-making skills to
• enhance health
• 6. Goal Setting
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to use goal-setting skills to enhance
• health.
• 7. Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to practice behaviors that reduce risk and
• promote health.
• 8. Advocacy
• All students will demonstrate the ability
• to advocate for personal, family, and
• community health.

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Changing Instruction ...

• Developing Skills
• Instruction (Modeling)
• Guided Practice
• Independent Practice
• Reflection

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Its not whats poured into a student that
counts, but what is planted. Anonymous
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Changing Resources ...

• Activity
• Go back to your two examples, what resources do
  you use to teach these?
• Turn to your partner and share the resources you
  use

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Changing Professional Development ...

• Activity - Go back to standards examples, what
  trainings does your program provide to support
  these standards?
• With your partner share with another pair (4)

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Changing Models ...

• From your meetings and networking so far, have
  you learned of LIAs with standards/skills-based
  programs.

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Technical Assistance ...

• Network Program Managers
• Network Nutrition Education Coordinators
• California Department of Education
• CHKRC
• CASRC

For STANDARDS
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On the Horizon ...
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They must often change, who would be constant
in happiness or wisdom.  Confucius He who has
health has hope and he who has hope has
everything. Arabian Proverb
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Thank you! Jackie Russum, MPH, RD Toll free -
888-318-8188 or E-mail - jrussum_at_californiahealth
ykids.org

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  Administered for the California Department of
  Education and the California Department of Public
  Health, Network for a Healthy California. The
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