Health 11/20/08
Health Curriculum Meeting
11/20/2008
Next meeting Scheduled 12/11/08 at the Central Office Board room from 3:40-4:40.
Members Present:
K-Patty Guild
1-Sally Brann
2 Sarah Brown
3 Mary Gilbert
4 Patricia Adams
5 Meggan Henerlau
6-8 Stori Shaw
9-12 Doug Driscoll(absent)
We reviewed the current state of each common assessment. At each grade level. See below for a report.
| K Safety for you and Me | Needs to go to grade level in January. Patty will share with another K Teacher |
| 1 Germ Busters | All done it in the past. Sally will bring to grade level remind teachers to implement. |
| 2 Super Safety Skills | Needs to be shared at grade level. Sarah will share in January. |
| 3 Nutrition | No Assessment – Unit developed only.Mary will speak to Pat Keene to set up a time for Anthony, Mary and pat to complete assessment. |
| 4 Rocking with Health | Unit Completed-Needs to be discussed with at grade level and assessment needs to be developed. |
| 5 Media and Personal Health | Unit-Media and Personal Health. Assessment – Healthy Ad/Anti-Tobacco Ad. |
| 6 Nutrition, Life Skills, The Way We Look | Fully implemented and assessed |
| 7 Lifeskills, Reach Out, How can I Resolve this conflict | Fully implemented |
| 8 Life Skills Assessment, Human Sexuality, Nutrition | Fully Implemented |
| High School | No Report |
Academic Review for Health Education
After a brief discussion about the review we broke into grade spans and continued to work. We worked in grade levels for the remainder of the meeting. See attached for the first draft. Each grade level has begun (except for HS). The next meeting we will see much more progress.
Results of the Survey (this far)
| Question | SD | D | Ndd | A | SA | Total |
| I have all the resources I need to teach health education: | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
| I would like time to discuss health education w/other teachers. | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| I find my copy of the health curriculum useful. | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| I would like more professional dev. time for health education. | 3 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
In total we have 29 teachers return the surveys this far.
• 20 teachers indicate they plan to do 1-3 health units this year.
• 21 teachers indicated they plan to do zero health assessments by the end of the year.