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Practice, Practice, Practice: The Road to Students Mastering Health Skills
Practice makes perfect. When it comes to skills-based health education, practice is the hinge that connects instruction and mastery. Providing real-life, engaging practice opportunities in the health education classroom is vital to ensuring that students develop their health literacy. In this training, participants will first have the opportunity to evaluate… Read More
Introduction to Skills-Based Health Education: Daily Lesson Planning, Mastery, and Assessment
Maintain healthy behaviors, change unhealthy behaviors, and delay the onset of risky behaviors for all students. Research shows that to reach these goals, health teachers need to specifically teach health skills. Teachers will first have an opportunity to explore the new Colorado Health Standards (effective 2020) and the National Health… Read More
Carlos’ Colorful Salsa (2nd Grade Nutrition Education Lesson)
This hands-on nutrition education lesson encourages students to eat a variety of vegetables every day. Students learn about farming, plants, and the cultural aspects of the Espanola Valley, and they make and eat a colorful salsa together with their classmates and teacher. Read More
Messaging for Multilingual Families-Health Education
When it came to notifying our parents and guardians that schools were about to begin Comprehensive Health units, we ran into logistical issues with distribution of letters and connections with home. We were finding that our translated letters did not always make it into the hands of parents, and in… Read More
No-Cost Tools to Support Skills-Based Health Education
No-cost resources and tools are shared during this session, including CDCs HECAT, RMC Health Skills Models, Cairn Guidance’s new Performance Assessment Toolkit, example scope and sequences, free curricula & a skills-based High School Program we are working on. Read More
Food Day Curriculum To Use in Schools During October (or anytime)
These lessons are designed to be taught as part of Food Day events in your community, but they can be used at any time. Teaching these lessons, we believe, will be a rewarding experience for you and your students. Your students will be motivated to follow the Food… Read More
Introduction to the Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool and Building a Health Ed Unit
This webinar is the second in a series of four webinars offered. This webinar will introduce CDCs Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) and its’ many uses in analyzing curriculum, revising curriculum and developing scope and sequences, units, lessons and assessments. Read More
Foundations of Health Education
This webinar is the first of a series of 4 that will will go over what we believe are the four foundational components of a skills-based health education program: Effective Practices in Health Education, Content Standards (like the National Health Education Standards), Data and Policies. Read More
Public Health in the Rockies: August 26-28, 2020
This conference is a gathering of individuals associated with public health from Colorado, Wyoming and surrounding states. Conference attendees will consist of a wide variety of participants from the public, private and non-profit sectors, as well as the medical, academic and community settings. The theme of the 2020 Public Health… Read More
Empowering Wellness: Manitou Springs School District 14 Video
Manitou Springs School District 14 is the 2017 Healthy School Champions recipient of the Platinum Governor’s Award for School Health and Wellness. Manitou Springs is implementing school health into their systems, policies, structures, and culture. They have a vision for putting health at the center of what they do, and a… Read More
A Way of Wellness: Fraser Valley Elementary Video
Fraser Valley Elementary School in Fraser, CO, is the 2018 Healthy School Champions recipient of the Platinum Governor’s Award for School Health and Wellness. Fraser Valley has embedded health as a core component of their mission, vision, policies, and instructional model. They have a systematic approach with a shared leadership model… Read More
Unleash the Responsible Classroom: How Social-Emotional Learning Fits into Physical Education
This workshop will empower participants to explore the five core competencies of social emotional learning. During the day, participants will experience activities, dialogue, and ideas on how to implement the competencies into your pedagogy, while supporting students to develop a 21st century skill set. Participants will leave with resources that… Read More
Colorado Retail Marijuana Education and Prevention Resource Guide
This guide provides tools for retail marijuana education and prevention efforts. It is an overview of education and prevention programs and research, links to fact sheets, talking points, campaign materials, webinars and trainings, activities, and case studies from Colorado organizations. The guide is recommended for community-based organizations, government agencies, youth-serving… Read More
Bicycle Safety Lesson Plans (Grades 3-6)
This resource includes lesson plans for implementing a bicycle safety program in school curriculum, particularly in physical education classes, for students from third through 6th (or even 8th) grade. These lesson plans introduce a variety of skills that can help children stay safe while they ride their bicycles and have been… Read More
Alliance for a Healthier Generation – Healthy Schools Program
Is your school ready to join the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program? This link will take you to a sign-in page where you will have access to free guidance, tools, and resources to implement healthy policies and practices that improve student performance, attendance, and behavior. After signing-in, you… Read More
Health Education: WSCC Menu of Evidence-based Practices
This menu provides a user-friendly overview of evidence-based practices for the Health Education component of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model. Read More
Health Education: WSCC Menu Advocacy Brief
As schools pursue the strategies for each component of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, using evidenced-based strategies increases their likelihood of successful results. This document provides a sampling of the benefits and evidence-based strategies of the Health Education WSCC component as found in the Menu of… Read More
Pedestrian Safety Lesson Plans (Grades K-2)
This resource provides lesson plans for implementing a pedestrian safety program in your school curriculum, particularly in physical education classes. The curriculum is a combination of indoor and outdoor lessons that can be used together or separately, depending on time and space available. Each lesson builds on the concepts and skills… Read More
Alliance for a Healthier Generation – Healthy Schools Framework
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation works to empower students to develop lifelong healthy habits by ensuring the environments that surround them provide and promote good health. The Alliance’s Healthy Schools Program helps to create and sustain healthy environments where students, especially those in greatest need, can learn and flourish. Read More
Bicycle Rodeo – Train the Trainer
These resources will help schools or districts with organizing a bicycle rodeo- a clinic to teach children the skills and precautions to ride a bicycle safely. All materials are available for download and use. Included are a sample PowerPoint presentation that you can modify when developing a training for bike rodeo facilitators… Read More
Students Mentoring Students (SMS) Curriculum Video
At Poudre High School in Fort Collins, CO, students teach other students important lessons in diversity, equity, and social-emotional skills that not only create a more inclusive climate but impact academic achievement as well. This video accompanies the full SMS Curriculum and highlights how Poudre High School is transforming school… Read More