Health Education in International Schools
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Welcome & Introductions
My objective for today...
You will leave here PUMPED and READY to level up your school’s approach to health and wellbeing.
https://thehealthteacher.com/health-ed-phase-10-22/
For those doing certification: Link to the Course Syllabus
For all of today’s resources...
Step 1: Audience
Who are we currently teaching? What do our students need?
Updating your approach...
Take a moment to answer the following question in the chat….
In what ways is being a teenager today different than it was when you were growing up?
In what ways is being a teenager still the same?
And… what was your experience with health class growing up? Do you feel like it prepared your for what you were dealing with at the time?
In the breakout rooms, please discuss the following:
NBC News:
Dec. 7, 2021
Enter: What are the top 3 health and wellbeing concerns of the students in your community?
Making connections...
What do the kids think they should be learning about?
Step 2: Approach
Remember, the content changes. Identify your key health literacy skills/standards and start from there!
Updating your approach...
Skills-Based Health Education
Personal health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.
Skills-based health
Resource: The Essentials of Teaching Health Education by Sarah Benes and Holly Alperin
Resource: Skills-Based Health Education by Mary Connolly
Skills-based health
NHES 2:
Analyzing Influences
NHES 3:
Accessing Information
Activity:
SOCIAL MEDIA TEST DRIVE
People don’t just automatically know how to use social media, it takes practice and care. You’re going to take social media for a “test drive”, so you can learn how to use it in healthy ways that won’t cause you any unwanted stress.
NHES 5: Decision-Making
Dietary Guidelines Around the World
Hong Kong
South Korea
NHES 5: Self-Management
It’s time to explore, ideate and connect!
Just call me into your room if you
have a question or need some help!
20 minutes
Today’s ideation padlets:
Step 3: Overview
What core concepts are we currently teaching? Where are we seeing some gaps?
Updating your approach...
Health & Wellbeing- Grade 6
Self-management
Decision-making
Accessing Information
Health & Wellbeing- Grade 7
Self-management
communication
Goal-setting
Health & Wellbeing- Grade 8
Analyzing influences
communication
Advocacy
Step 4: Framework
How will we know what we can and can’t teach? How will our stakeholders know what to expect?
Updating your approach...
Why do we need a guidance doc and a framework to teach health education in school?
And which one should we use?
Step 5: Resourcing
Remember, there are a ton of up-to-date (and free!) tools online. Identify your anchor resources and build from there!
Updating your approach...
Schoolwide Learning with a Focus on
Health & Wellbeing
Anchor resources for planning and implementation:
Or use this:
Go to Menti.com and enter the code: 36 79 66 5
And lastly, please reach out for anything at all!