EARCOS Weekend Workshop Agenda and Resources:
Designing a Health & Wellness Program to Meet the Unique Needs of the International Student
Saturday, September 12th
Morning Session
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
10:15-10:30 Break
What standards are you using?
California State Health Standards: K-12
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
SEL Resources:
Edutopia: Evidence Based SEL Curriculums
2015 CASEL Guide: Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs—Middle and High School Edition
—Preschool and Elementary Edition
The Greater Good Science Center from UC Berkeley: SEL in Education Blog
Greater Good in Action Curriculum Guide– pdf
GGIA Website with online resources (Online Curriculum Tool)
Social Emotional Learning Activities for Health Class
Teaching Kids How to Cultivate Happiness
Meditation Resources
Teaching Meditation in Schools
Starting a Classroom Meditation Practice
Getting the kids on board:
Meditation in sports, in business, in the tech world, and in hip-hop and popular culture.
12:00-1:00-Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:00-1:45 What’s The Latest with Sex Ed?
Article Jigsaw
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?
Puberty Resources:
The Discovery Channel: Body Story
2:45 Additional Resource Share out
Choices Magazine from Scholastic: 33 Approved & Reliable Health Websites
Sunday, September 13th
Morning Session
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
Using Social Media to Teach Kids Advocacy
Positive Prevention to Combat Cyberbullying
5. Project based learning in the health class
Exploring Dietary Guidelines Around the World
10:30-10:45- Break
10:45-12:00- Open Work Space
- Creating projects for your school community
2. Developing your Scope & Sequence
3. Curriculum development
12:00-1:00 Lunch
Afternoon Session
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:
