Learning
Highly effective health education programs provide students with knowledge and the skills to thrive physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially across their lifetime. Health education can assist students to be better consumers of information, manage the complex world around them, and be more inclusive of others. Through an effective skills-based health education curriculum, students will practice skills that protect, promote, and enhance lifelong health.
Looking for the standards and performance expectations? Go to the Health Education and Physical Education Standards page
Resources
Professional Development, Training & Certification
Connections to Health Education
Advocacy
- Advocacy Resources for School Health Education
- American School Health Association (ASHA) Advocacy
- SHAPE America Advocacy
- Appropriate Practices in School-Based Health Education
- What is Health Literacy? (SHAPE America)
- Improving School Health (US CDC Healthy Schools)
- Health and Academics (US CDC Healthy Schools)
- Parents/Caregivers for Healthy Schools (US CDC Healthy Schools)
- School Health as a Strategy to Improve Both Public Health and Education (Journal Article)
Curriculum Design & Development
The following resources and tools may be helpful when designing and developing comprehensive school health education curriculum. In Maine, how schools choose to implement standards remains entirely a local decision.
- 15 Steps for Designing, Coordinating & Managing Health Education Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment A framework used by many Maine schools when designing and developing their comprehensive school health education curriculum.
- Characteristics of Effective Health Education Curriculum Research-based characteristics of state-of-the-art health education curricula according to reviews of effective programs and experts in the field of health education.
- Health Education Description of Content Areas A compilation of potential content to connect with skills when teaching health education.
- Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) Developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this tool can help districts, schools, and others conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of health education curricula. Results can assist schools in selecting or developing appropriate and effective health education curricula and improve the delivery of health education.
Contact
Susan Berry
Health Education and Health Promotion Specialist
Phone: 207-215-1844
Email: Susan.Berry@maine.gov
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