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Michael J. Ludwig, PhD, Department of Health Professions & Family Studies, Hofstra University, 220 Hofstra Dome, Room 129, Hempstead, NY 11549, 516-463-5885, hprmjl@hofstra.edu and Jean L. Harris, PhD, Health Studies, Physical Education and Human Performance Science, Adelphi University, Woodruff Hall, Gymnasium, 1 South Avenue, P. O. Box 701, Garden City, NY 11530.

The New York State Education Department is releasing a new document entitled A Guidance Document for Achieving the NYS Standards in Health Education (Guidance Document). The Guidance Document is the result of a process begun in 1998 through the New York State Education Department and its network of Student Support Services Centers which have the goal of improving school health education. The Guidance Document was driven by a curriculum model that includes the following components: standards-based, skills-driven, scientifically research-based, learner-centered, strength-based, authentic, integrated into the total educational program, provided by qualified and skilled teachers, fully supported by the school and community, and within the coordinated school health framework. The process developed through a series of awareness and training sessions culminating in the Health Education Leadership Institute (HELI). The HELI consisted of staff from the statewide network of Student Support Services Centers, exemplary health educators from across New York State, and higher education faculty. The Health Education Leadership Institute is based on a diffusion of innovation model and there is research evidence of its significant impact on the professional growth and development of educators and standards-based, learner-centered education for students in New York. Members of the HELI are obligated to provide training using the Guidance Document for educators and administrators in their region. Health educators across New York State are shifting and improving their practice in the delivery of health education that is based on best practice and are committed to ongoing professional development.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

• Identify the processes and procedures to institute statewide change in health education curriculum development.
• Describe how to develop learning experiences using one (or more) of seven skills linked to areas of functional knowledge.
• Develop varied and authentic assessments using one (or more) of seven skills and an area of functional knowledge.
• Describe the diffusion processes involved in creating professional development opportunities for health educators across NY State.

Keywords: Curricula, School-Based Programs

Related Web page: www.gvboces.org/StudentSupportServices/nyshe.html

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