Objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the characteristics of high-quality health education curricula for pre-service teachers.
  2. Identify strategies to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion and Social Determinants of Health into current and future health education curricula.
  3. Integrate key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Schools tools and resources within their health education curricula for pre-service teachers.
  4. Develop an action plan to strengthen their health education teacher preparation programs.

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Mon, Jun 13 at 1:00 pm EDT
2022 Digital Institute for Higher Education Academy - Monday

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Overview

Agenda

SOPHE Welcome

Tammy Dillard-Steels, CEO, SOPHE
Chelsey Hughes, Project Manager, Grants, SOPHE

CDC Welcome

Holly Hunt, Chief, CDC Healthy Schools Branch

Overview of the Institute for Higher Education Academy

Rachael Dombrowski, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University and SOPHE School Health Project Consultant

Agenda and Ground Rules

Rachael Dombrowski

Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)

Melissa Fahrenbruch, MEd., Program and Professional Development Team Lead, CDC Healthy Schools and
Sarah Lee, PhD, Research and Application and Evaluation Team, CDC Healthy Schools

In this session, participants will be provided key resources and tools that can be used for integrating the WSCC model within their health teacher preparation programs.

Characteristics of High-Quality Pre-Service Health Teacher Education Curriculum

Moderator:
Marlene K. Tappe, PhD, MS,

Professor and Chair, Department of Health Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Panelists:
Bonni Hodges, SUNY Cortland
Kandice Porter, Professor and Department Chair, Kennesaw State University
 
This panel will:

  1. Demonstrate the characteristics of high-quality HE teacher education programs
  2. Review how to assess your curriculum
  3. Describe SOPHE resources available for improvement to your program

Break

Breakout Sessions and Discussion with Panelists
SOPHE School Health Team members to facilitate breakout rooms

Adjourn

Speaker(s)

Tammy Dillard-Steels, MPH, MBA, CAE, Chief Executive Officer

Chelsey Hughes, MS, CHES®, Project Manager, Grants

Holly Hunt, MA, Chief of the Healthy Schools Branch in the Division of Population Health (DPH)

Dr. Rachael Dombrowski, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor

Melissa Fahrenbruch, MEd, Program and Professional Development Team Lead

Sarah Lee, PhD, Team Lead, Research Application and Evaluation Team

Bonni Hodges, PhD,

Kandice Porter, PhD, Department Chair of the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education

James Philip A. Mallare, PhD, MS, CHES®, Associate Researcher

Marlene K. Tappe, PhD, MS, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Science

Tue, Jun 14 at 1:00 pm EDT
2022 Digital Institute for Higher Education Academy - Tuesday

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Overview

Agenda

SOPHE Welcome & Ice Breaker

Rachael Dombrowski

Concurrent Track Sessions I 
(Determined through application. Participants will have a break within their concurrent session as determined by the facilitator).

School Health Index: 

In this session, participants will: Be introduced to the School Health Index (SHI) Self- Assessment Planning Guide. An interactive step-by-step demonstration of the tool and related materials will be presented.

Melissa  Fahrenbruch, MEd., Program and Professional Development Team Lead, CDC Healthy Schools

Improving the Health of Students by Applying the Characteristics of Effective Health Education Curricula using HECAT – Part I

In this session, participants will: Describe each of the characteristics of effective Health Education curricula and explain how to apply the characteristics of effective Health Education curricula.
*must attend Part I and Part II

Susan Telljohann, Professor Emeritus, Health Education, The University of Toledo
Bonnie Edmondson, Associate Professor, Southern Connecticut State University

Utilizing the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

In this session, participants will: Be able to describe ways in which data and analysis from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System can be integrated into pre-service health education teacher programs for utilization within their schools/districts.

Leigh Szucs, PhD, CHES, Health Scientist, Research Application and Evaluation Branch, CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
Jonetta J. Mpofu, PhD, MPH, LCDR, USPHS, Team Lead, Scientific Support & Innovation, SBSB, DASH, CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)

Concurrent Track Sessions II
(Determined through application. Participants will have a break within their concurrent session as determined by the facilitator).

CDC Teacher Standards/NHES

Leigh Szucs, PhD, CHES, Health Scientist, Research Application and Evaluation Branch, CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)

Improving the Health of Students by Applying the Characteristics of Effective Health Education Curricula using HECAT – Part II:

In this session, participants will: Describe each of the characteristics of effective Health Education curricula and explain how to apply the characteristics of effective Health Education curricula.
*must attend Part I and Part II

Susan Telljohann, Professor Emeritus, Health Education, The University of Toledo
Bonnie Edmondson, Associate Professor, Southern Connecticut State University

Utilizing the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

In this session, participants will: Be able to describe ways in which data and analysis from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System can be integrated into pre-service health education teacher programs for utilization within their schools/districts.

Jonetta J. Mpofu, PhD, MPH, LCDR, USPHS, Team Lead, Scientific Support & Innovation, SBSB, DASH, CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)

Adjourn

Speaker(s)

Dr. Rachael Dombrowski, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor

Melissa Fahrenbruch, MEd, Program and Professional Development Team Lead

Sarah Lee, PhD, Team Lead, Research Application and Evaluation Team

Susan K. Telljohann, HSD, CHES, Professor Emeritus of Health Education

Bonnie J. Edmondson, EdD, Associate Professor

Leigh Szucs, PhD, CHES, Health Scientist

Jonetta J. Mpofu, PhD, MPH, LCDR, USPHS, Team Lead, Scientific Support & Innovation

Wed, Jun 14 at 11:00 am EDT
2022 Digital Institute for Higher Education Academy - Wednesday

Thu, Jun 16 at 1:00 pm EDT
2022 Digital Institute for Higher Education Academy - Thursday

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Overview

Agenda

Welcome of Program Chairs and Institution Leadership Presentation

Lloyd Kolbe, Professor Emeritus of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health—Bloomington

In this session, participants will be joined by university and program leadership to discuss potential changes to health education teacher preparation programs for the advancement of health among children.

Group Breakouts and Program Presentations
(Break within the session)

So You’ve Finished Your Action Plan, Now What?

IHE 2021 Academy Alumni Perspectives
SUNY Brockport; Jacqueline Dipzinski
Syracuse; Michael Norris
Athens; Jaime Gilbert
U. Hawaii; Erin Centeio

Adjourn

Speaker(s)

Lloyd Kolbe, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Applied Health Science

Dr. Rachael Dombrowski, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor

Jacqueline Dipzinski, EdM, Lecturer and Coordinator of School Health Education

Michael Norris, PhD, M.Ed, M.A.,

Jaime Mikell, Ed.D,

Erin Centeio, PhD, Associate Professor