School Health Education Teacher Preparation Model Guidance

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Strong professional preparation programs in school health education teacher preparation are needed to ensure that future teacher candidates are well prepared to enter the 21st-century K-12 classroom, school, and community environments and ultimately help youth grow up as healthy and health-literate citizens (Mann and Lohrmann, 2019; Birch and Auld, 2019; Videto and Dake, 2019; Kolbe, 2019). This need has been magnified and exacerbated by challenges in the teaching and learning environment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in addition to the social and emotional health and related factors experienced by faculty, staff, students, and parents, especially among students and families with differing learning styles and abilities (Pressley, 2021).

The School Health Education Teacher Preparation Model Guidance provides a curricula roadmap for higher education faculty and staff including steps or broad approaches to align school health education curricula with national standards in teacher and student education. Lesson plans and examples of quality curriculum—aligned with national, state, tribal, local, and territorial standards—for health education teacher preparation programs are included within this guide for potential adaptation within programs. This outline and related resources provide faculty and staff information on characteristics of a high-quality curriculum that can be considered for program revisions within their institutions. Curricula content should also be reflective of local community health data, priorities, and contexts.

In addition, a Model Toolkit for K-12 School Health Educators with up-to-date resources and tools created or promoted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Schools is also included in the guidance. Click on the tabs to review resources within each section and view the short video to assist you in navigating this site.

This guide was developed in collaboration with CDC Healthy Schools, school health experts, and the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) to increase access to high-quality, comprehensive school health teacher preparation resources.

If you would like to keep up with the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation standards and insights of other school health education faculty and staff, please sign up for periodic news and information at schoolhealthspa@sophe.org.

Acknowledgements

The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) extends its appreciation to the authors and the following individuals for their subject-matter expertise. The individuals listed below constitute the School Health Project Think Tank. The document does not necessarily represent the official views of these individuals or their respective organizations.




Rachael Dombrowski*
Wayne State University, SOPHE		Kelly M. Boyd* 
East Stroudsburg University 		Lloyd J. Kolbe* 
Indiana University School of Public
Health — Bloomington 
James Mallare* 
Wayne State University, SOPHE 		Hannah P. Catalano* 
University of North Carolina Wilmington 		Sarah Lee 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Elaine Auld* 
SOPHE 		Sandra Chafouleas* 
University of Connecticut 		Jenny Linker* 
North Dakota State University 
Jordan Fuhrmeister* 
SOPHE 		Bonnie J. Edmondson 
Southern Connecticut State University 		Beth Marshall* 
Johns Hopkins University 
Tiffany Edgar* 
Wayne State University, SOPHE 		Mariane Fahlman 
Wayne State University 		Fran Meyer* 
The Society of State Leaders of Health
and Physical Education 
Holly Alperin 
University of New Hampshire 		Melissa Fahrenbruch 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 		Denise Seabert 
California State University, Fresno 
Kymm Ballard* 
Campbell University 		Susan Goekler 
SOPHE SPA Coordinator 		Susan Telljohann 
The University of Toledo 
Sarah Benes* 
Merrimack College 		Holly Hunt 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 		Mohammad Torabi 
Indiana University – Bloomington 
David Birch 
The University of Alabama 		Troy Hutchings* 
National Association of State Directors of
Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) 		*Denotes Curriculum Guide & Toolkit
Working Group Member 
Bridget Borgogna 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 		Lea Jaspers 
Maryland State Department of Education 

Suggested Citation:  

Dombrowski, R.D., Mallare, J., Fuhrmeister, J. and Auld, M.E. (2021). “School Health Education Teacher Preparation Model Curriculum.” Resource prepared for the Society for Public Health Education. Washington, DC. https://elearn.sophe.org/SchoolHealth

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