Directions: Click on each Characteristic to see 1-2 examples of how to support the Characteristic in a lesson.
Characteristic 1

Focuses on clear health goals and related behavioral outcomes. Characteristic 2

Provides functional health knowledge that is basic, accurate, and directly contributes to health-promoting decisions and behaviors. Characteristic 3

Focuses on reinforcing protective factors and increasing perceptions of personal risk and harmfulness of engaging in specific unhealthy practices and behaviors Characteristic 4

Addresses personal values, attitudes, and beliefs Characteristic 5

Uses strategies designed to engage students Characteristic 6

Addresses social pressures and influences Characteristic 7

Builds personal competence, social competence, and self-efficacy by addressing skills Characteristic 8

Provides opportunities to reinforce skills and positive health behaviors Characteristic 9

Addresses individual and group norms that support health-enhancing behaviors Characteristic 10

Provides age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate information, learning strategies, teaching methods, and materials Characteristic 11

Incorporates learning strategies, teaching methods, and materials that are culturally inclusive Characteristic 12

Provides opportunities to make positive connections with influential others Characteristic 13

Includes teacher information and plans for professional development and training that enhance effectiveness of instruction and student learning Characteristic 14

Provides adequate time for instruction and learning Characteristic 15

Is research based and theory driven