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Agenda

SOPHE Welcome      

Speakers: Elaine Auld, CEO, SOPHE  

Jordan Fuhrmeister, Associate Project Director, SOPHE       

CDC Welcome

Speaker: Holly Hunt, Chief, CDC Healthy Schools        

Overview of the Institute for Higher Education Academy

Speaker: Rachael Dombrowski, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University and SOPHE School Health Project Director          

Agenda and Ground Rules    

Speaker: Rachael Dombrowski         

Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model

Speaker: Melissa Fahrenbruch, Program and Professional Development Team Lead, CDC Healthy Schools         

Objectives: In this session, participants will be provided with an overview of the WSCC model and will become familiar with key resources and tools that can be used for integrating the WSCC model within their health teacher preparation programs. 

Break             

Concurrent Track Sessions               

*Determined through application. Participants will have a break within their concurrent session as determined by the facilitator.

Track Session: School Health Index 

Speakers: Bridget Borgogna, Health Education Specialist, CDC Healthy Schools 

Seraphine Pitt-Barnes, Health Scientist, CDC Healthy Schools

Objectives: 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.

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

Speakers: Susan Telljohann, Professor Emeritus, Health Education, The University of Toledo 

Bonnie Edmondson, Associate Professor, Southern Connecticut State University

Objectives: 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

Track Session: Health Education Teacher Education Standards for Accreditation   

Speaker: Susan Goekler, SOPHE's SPA Coordinator 

Objectives: In this session, participants will: Define what graduates of a PreK-12 health education teacher preparation programs should know and be able to do by the end of their coursework and ways to integrate the teacher preparation standards into their program's structure and materials.

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

Moderator: David Birch, Retired Professor and Program Coordinator, The University of Alabama

Panelists: Beth McNeill, Clinical Professor, Texas A&M University
Donna Videto, Professor, SUNY Cortland
Joseph Donnelly, Professor, Montclair State University
Kandice Porter, Professor and Department Chair, Kennesaw State University

This panel will:  

I.          Demonstrate the characteristics of high-quality HE teacher education programs

II.         Review how to assess your curriculum

III.        Review action plan to improve your curriculum 

Debrief of Day 1 and Review of Offline Activities

Speaker: Rachael Dombrowski         

Adjourn                       


Holly Hunt, MA

Chief of the Healthy Schools Branch in the Division of Population Health (DPH)

CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)

Holly Hunt, MA, is Chief of the Healthy Schools Branch in the Division of Population Health (DPH), at CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). The School Health Branch leads chronic disease prevention activities specific to children and adolescents in schools with a focus on obesity prevention, nutrition and physical activity, and management of chronic conditions. With a long history of working across education and public health agencies, the School Health Branch provides rich partnerships and expertise for implementing public health practices in schools.Ms. Hunt leads innovative projects in research application, evaluation, and program and professional development. Prior to joining the Branch, Ms. Hunt served as the Deputy Director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), responsible for the overall management of Division operations and establishing effective working partnerships with key national, federal, and nonprofit organizations working to improve the health of youth. Ms. Hunt joined CDC in 1997 and has served as the Associate Director for Policy, Evaluation, and Legislation, Director of Science Education, and as a Project Officer to CDC-funded national, state and local school health projects. Before joining CDC, Ms. Hunt served for seven years as an HIV Prevention Education Consultant in the Kentucky Department of Education, responsible for the development and implementation of statewide HIV prevention and school health programs, professional development, and community partnerships to promote the health of school-aged youth.

Melissa Fahrenbruch, MEd

Program and Professional Development Team Lead

Division of Population Health’s School Health Branch, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Melissa Fahrenbruch, MEd is the Program and Professional Development Team Lead in the Division of Population Health’s School Health Branch, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Melissa earned a BS in Education from the University of Nebraska, and a master’s in educational leadership from Doane College. She has over 25 years of experience in the education field as a teacher, coach and as a high school principal. Her school health expertise led her to Kansas and was the Director of CDC’s Coordinated School Health Program in the early 2000s. She then moved to Atlanta to serve as a Project Officer of that program which led her to her current position as team lead. Melissa currently oversees two school health cooperative agreements for states and national organizations and is the lead for internal and external professional development events for CDC staff and funded partners.

Bridget Borgogna, MEd

Health Education Specialist

CDC Healthy Schools

Bridget Borgogna is a health education specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Population Health, where she serves as a Project Officer and manager for the Training Tools for Healthy Schools professional development trainings. She is a member of the Program and Professional Development team, and provides expertise and technical assistance for professional development internally and with external partners. Bridget was a health and physical education teacher and worked at the GA Department of Education as the state’s Safe and Drug Free Schools and HIV Prevention Coordinator. She also was an international Master Trainer for the Lions Quest Programs, as well as for her own Training and Consulting business. She earned her Bachelor of Education degree from SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY and a Master of Education degree from the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, and a Curriculum and Supervision certificate from the University of Georgia. Bridget has served on the ASHA Board of Directors for two years, and is currently the Future Leaders Academy facilitator.

Seraphine Pitt Barnes, PhD, MPH, CHES

Health Scientist

CDC Healthy Schools

Dr. Seraphine Pitt Barnes currently serves as a health scientist in the CDC’s Division of Population Health, Healthy Schools Branch. Seraphine designs and conducts cross-cutting school-based evaluation research. She also oversees the school health evaluation activities of the Healthy Schools Program (1801) and provides evaluation technical assistance to grantees and a variety of partners with the goal of improving nutrition, physical activity, and managing chronic health conditions in schools. Seraphine also serves as the lead for the School Health Index. Dr. Pitt Barnes earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in Public Health from the University of South Florida.

Bonnie J. Edmondson, EdD

Associate Professor

Southern Connecticut State University

Dr. Bonnie Edmondson is an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of the School Health Education Program at Southern Connecticut State University. She has over 35 years of experience as an educator, coach, and former professional athlete. Nationally, Dr. Edmondson has served on expert panels for the CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a peer reviewer for numerous professional publications and journals, and is a nationally renowned speaker on health and education policy and athletic coaching. At the state level, Bonnie lead the writing and implementation of numerous school health policies and programmatic guidance documents. In addition, she is a two-time national champion and former world ranked hammer thrower. She is active with USA Track and Field having served as head coach for the 2019 IAAF World Championship team, coach for the 2016 United States Olympic Team, and seven IAAF World Championship teams. Bonnie also serves as Chair of the prestigious USATF Women’s Commission and is a member of the Women’s Track and Field Executive Committee. Dr. Edmondson holds an EdD in Educational Leadership, an MS in School Health Education, and a BA in English.

Susan K. Telljohann, HSD, CHES

Professor Emeritus of Health Education

The University of Toledo

Susan K. Telljohann, HSD, CHES, is a Professor Emeritus of Health Education at The University of Toledo. She received her doctoral degree in health sciences from Indiana University with an emphasis on school and college health education. Her experience in health education spans over 30 years, including health instruction from the junior high to the university level. She has conducted research and published over 60 articles on health education in professional journals, presented over 60 papers at professional conferences and is the co-author of Health Education: Elementary and Middle-Level School Applications, 8th Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2015). She is the co-author of the HealthSmart K-12 curriculum and the Teach and Reach health series published by ETR Associates. She also was one of the lead authors of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s original and revised Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT). She is the recipient of several honors and awards, including the Howe Award from the American School Health Association

Susan F. Goekler

PhD, RMCHES

As CEO of two professional associations, the Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE) and the American School Health Association (ASHA), Susan Goekler (aka Susan Wooley) oversaw operations and represented the association, its members and the field. She has co-authored/co-edited several school health-relevant publications that include book chapters, encyclopedia articles, peer reviewed journal articles, and books, including Health Is Academic: A Guide to Coordinated School Health Programs.  She has worked in academia, schools, hospitals, non-profit agencies, associations, and government.  She is currently living in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and enjoying retirement from full time work while taking on projects of interest. One such project was co-chairing the Health Education Teacher Preparation Standards Writing Group for SOPHE and now serving as a part time consultant. She has served as a folio reviewer for NCATE and then CAEP since 1989, has chaired the AAHE NCATE Committee, trained other reviewers, and co-authored the 2008 iteration of the Health Education Teacher Preparation Standards.  She received her bachelor’s degree with honors in biology from Case Western Reserve University, a master’s degree in health education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Ph.D. in health education from Temple University.  She is a Retired Master Certified Health Education Specialist (RMCHES).

David Birch, PhD, MCHES®

Retired Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Science

The University of Alabama

David A. Birch retired as a professor from The University of Alabama in 2020. He served as professor and chair of the Department of Health Science at UA from 2011-2018. He is a Past-President of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and the American Association for Health Education (AAHE). Dr. Birch serves and has served on the Boards of Directors of numerous professional organizations, editorial boards, and in various other professional leadership roles. He has received the American School Health Association William A. Howe Award and the SOPHE Distinguished Fellow Award. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, several books and book chapters.

Elisa Beth McNeill, PhD, CHES

Instructional Professor of Public Health

Texas A&M University

Dr. Elisa Beth McNeill is an Instructional Professor of Public Health at Texas A&M University [TAMU]. Beth is a 40-year teaching veteran having experience at all academic levels. Beth teaches courses in human sexuality, health pedagogy, technology for educators, and community & school health methodology. She is a co-author of the textbook, Health Education: Creating Strategies for School and Community Health. Beth has served on committees to update the Health Education Code of Ethics, The HESPA II project with NCHEC, the Health Education Terminology project and most recently co-chaired the committee to update the National Health Education Standards (3rd edition).

Donna M. Videto, PhD, MCHES®

Vice President

FAHE

Donna Videto, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Health, has worked in school health education and pedagogy for over 40 years. An AAHE Fellow and a CDC HECAT trainer, she is currently employed by SUNY College at Cortland where Donna teaches graduate and undergraduate students in health education. Donna has a number of national publications including Birch & Videto’s 2015 Promoting Health and Academic Success: The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach. With over 150 national, regional and state level presentations at conferences and committee work for SOPHE, AAHE, and ASHA. Currently Donna serves as the Vice President of FAHE.

Kandice Porter, PhD

Department Chair of the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education

WellStar College of Health and Human Services at Kennesaw State University

Dr. Kandice Porter is a Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education at Kennesaw State University. For over twenty years, she has taught health education methods coursework in a HPETE P-12 program. Currently, she is working with the GADOE to train professionals to develop curricula aligned with the newly approved Georgia Standards of Excellence for health education.

Joseph Donnelly

Professor, Public Health

Montclair State University

For the past twenty-five (25) years, Dr. Donnelly has served as a faculty member at Montclair State University in the Dept. of Public Health. Over the years, Dr. Donnelly has published two textbooks (Health Counseling & Mental Health), published and presented numerous manuscripts throughout the years, and has established a specialization in School Health Education. Primarily, Dr. Donnelly instructs students who are future Health/Physical Education teachers. Finally, Dr. Donnelly served on the NJ Dept. of Education committee revising the most recent NJ Student Learning Standards, which will affect Health/Physical Education instruction for K-12 students throughout the next five years.

Elaine Auld, MPH, MCHES

CEO Emerita

Society for Public Health Education

M. Elaine Auld, MPH, MCHES, is the chief executive officer, emerita, for the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). As SOPHE’s chief executive officer from 1995 to 2021 she oversaw the organization’s portfolio in professional preparation, professional development, research, publications, and advocacy. Over her more than 40-year career, Ms. Auld has published some 50 journal articles and book chapters on the profession’s role in community and school health education, health equity, national and international workforce development, and public policy. With regard to the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model, Ms. Auld was principal investigator on several Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreements that provided training and materials development for professionals, promoted the model as part of the National Task Force on the Future of School Health Education, and helped establish SOPHE’s School Health Teacher Education Standards used in credentialing.

Jordan Fuhrmeister, MPH, CHES

Associate Project Director

Society for Public Health Education

Jordan Fuhrmeister, MPH, CHES is an Associate Project Director at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). She brings her background in federal and state grant administration and public health non-profit management to lead the CDC Healthy Schools and CDC Arthritis cooperative agreements. Additional portfolios she directs include SOPHE Awards, Professional Preparation, and the National Committee on the Future of School Health Education. She has overseen and contributed to various CDC funded field resources for school health educators, and co-authored literature in areas of opioid addiction, school health, and childhood obesity to inform health policy and practice.

Dr. Rachael Dombrowski, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

California State University San Marcos

Rachael Dombrowski, PhD, MPH, designs, implements and evaluates multilevel interventions to advance social justice and improve community health. Dr. Dombrowski is a faculty member of California State University San Marcos where she conducts community-based participatory research, including program development and evaluation within the Midwest and nation-wide. Dr. Dombrowski serves as an evaluator for the Best Food Forward school-based nutrition supports intervention, and recently conducted an assessment of over 300 grocery stores for the Great Grocer Project. Prior to working in academia, Dr. Dombrowski spent over 10 years directing and evaluating several multilevel interventions focused on policy, systems and environmental change within schools, communities, hospitals and corner stores in suburban Cook County and Chicago, Illinois. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago (PhD) and the University of Michigan (MPH). She has worked in the public health field for over 15 years.

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

Associate Researcher

Wayne State University

James Mallare is an Associate Researcher at Wayne State University He has assisted in research initiatives that cover experiences across the life span from childhood and adolescent nutrition to cognition and physical activity in the older adult population. His areas of interest are in nutrition and chronic disease in low socio-economic populations and the professional preparation of community and school health educators at institutions for higher education. A native Canadian, he is constantly looking for connections and opportunities to collaborate internationally on matters of education and betterment of health systems.

Tiffany Edgar, MS

Lecturer

Wayne State University

Tiffany Edgar is a Lecturer in the Sport Administration and Management Program at Wayne State University in the College of Education’s Kinesiology, Health and Sports Studies Division. With 10+ years of college teaching experience, Tiffany’s primary responsibilities include teaching courses online, asynchronously, for both graduate and undergraduate courses. She has completed several Quality Matter’s courses focusing on online course design and learner centered approaches to online learning, including earning the Quality Matter’s Teaching Online Certificate for Higher Education as well as the Accelerated K-12 Reviewer Course for Higher Education. Tiffany also has experience working in K-12 physical education, coaching college, high school, and competitive youth fast-pitch softball, and college athletic administration in the roles of Senior Women’s Administrator and Athletic Academic Advisor.

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Main Room Session
05/10/2021 at 12:00 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 05/10/2021
05/10/2021 at 12:00 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 05/10/2021
Track Session: School Health Index
05/10/2021 at 1:30 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 05/10/2021
05/10/2021 at 1:30 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 05/10/2021
Track Session: Improving the Health of Students by Applying the Characteristics of Effective Health Education Curricula using HECAT – Part I
05/10/2021 at 1:30 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 05/10/2021
05/10/2021 at 1:30 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 05/10/2021
Track Session: Health Education Teacher Education Standards for Accreditation
05/10/2021 at 1:30 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 05/10/2021
05/10/2021 at 1:30 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 05/10/2021
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