This course provides an overview of the Coordinated School Health Program with major focus on school health instruction in the K-6 classroom. Application of assessment procedures using the State of Maine Learning Results will be addressed. Unit and lesson plan methodology will cover the 10 State of Maine health strands, including personal health, nutrition, substance use and abuse, injury and accident prevention, growth and development, disease prevention, consumer health, environmental health, community health, and family life education. Prerequisite(s): Any two-credit elective in health or permission of instructor. Every semester.
Credit: 2 |