EARCOS Weekend Workshop Agenda and Resources:
Designing a Health & Wellness Program to Meet the Unique Needs of the International Student
Saturday, September 12th
8:30-Welcome and Intros
Where is your school at in terms of a Health and Wellness Program?
8:45-9:15- What would your ideal Health program look like?
9:15-9:45-What’s happening in Health Ed today?
Wall Street Journal: Schools Rethink Health Class, Incorporate Mindfulness Training
9:45-10:15 Exploring Health Standards
What standards are you using?
10:30-11:15 Current Health Concerns
What are the biggest health concerns at your school?
11:15-12:00 Integrating SEL and Mindfulness into your Health, Wellness and PE programs
Edutopia: Evidence Based SEL Curriculums
2015 CASEL Guide: Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs—Middle and High School Edition
The Greater Good Science Center from UC Berkeley: SEL in Education Blog
Social Emotional Learning Activities for Health Class
Getting the kids on board:
1:00-1:45 What’s The Latest with Sex Ed?
CBC News: Feb. 6, 2015: Sex Ed Should Include Consent, Identity and Porn
NPR: Oct. 2013- Puberty is Coming Earlier, But That Doesn’t Mean Sex Ed is
UK Telegraph: Sep. 2013- David Cameron Calls For Update of Sex Ed
PBS News Hour: The Case for Starting Sex Ed in Kindergarten
1:45-2:15 John Oliver Video
Guttmacher Institute: Sex and HIV Education by State as of Sept. 2015
2:15-2:45 Teaching Kids to Evaluate Online Health Information
Choices: October 2015- Are You Googling Yourself Sick?
2:45 Additional Resource Share out
Choices Magazine from Scholastic: 33 Approved & Reliable Health Websites
Sunday, September 13th
8:30-9:15 –Movement in the Health Class (Optional)
Flow Yoga Class
Open fitness room
9:30-10:30- 5 Ways to REBOOT Your Health Class
2. Bring in outside experts/ Involve parent community
3. Keeping content current and relevant
Teacher blogs for students and parents
Set up a Tweet Deck for the latest in #HealthEd
4. Finding new ways to utilize technology
From Leah’s blog: teachinghealthandhappiness.com
5. Project based learning in the health class
10:45-12:00- Open Work Space
- Creating projects for your school community
2. Developing your Scope & Sequence
3. Curriculum development
1:00-1:30 Continue Open Work Space
1:30-2:00- Developing a Health & Wellness PLN
2:00-3:00- Continue work, resource share-out/Q&A
Additional resources for curriculum planning: