MS Health I Instructional Guide

Health I Overview Health I is dedicated to teaching middle school students the skills they need to establish a healthy and safe lifestyle and enhance behaviors to resist unhealthy choices through adolescence. Health Education will focus on: Health Foundations and Protective Factors of Healthy Self, Mental and Emotional Health, Safety and Disease Prevention, Substance Abuse Prevention, and Nutrition. DWSBA Timeline Window For the administration of the DWSBA in Health, a bank of questions connected with standards has been created for each strand of Health. There are multiple options to administer the DWBSA, including the following: ● A pre-assessment and post-assessment at the beginning and ending of the course ● An assessment using DWSBA questions at the end of each unit/strand ● A mid-course/end of quarter assessment covering the frst units/strands taught and an end of course/end of semester assessment covering the last units/strand taught

● A pre-assessment, mid-course assessment, and post-assessment As such, DWBSA window dates will be determined at the building level.

PD Opportunities

Links to Additional Resources

● CSD District Day - August ● District (Early Out) Collaboration Meetings: ○ Middle School ○ High School ● SHAPE Utah - Spring 2024 ● Sex Ed. Law and Policy USBE Course ○ must be completed every 3 years ● LifeSkills Training by Botvin ○ One-time online, asynchronous training, approximately 5 hours. ● MS Health Textbook Training ○ self-enroll link to Canvas course ● HS Health Textbook Training ○ self-enroll link to Canvas course

● District Resources

○ Shared Google Drive - CSD Health/PE Shared Teacher Resources ○ CSD Sex Education Instruction Approved Materials ○ USBE Health Core Standards ○ Parent/Guardian Consent Form for Sex Education Instruction ○ USBE Assessment Guides - New ○ A Teacher’s Guide to Teaching the Harmful Effects of Pornography - New ○ USBE Health Resource Page* ○ Health Education Hub (eMedia Hub)* ○ Health Education Webinars ○ Prevent Child Abuse Utah School-Based Programs

● State Resources

● National Resources

○ SHAPE America *USBE Sex Education resources may not be approved by CSD - check the CSD approved materials link above.