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Health Education Framework and Standards

CA Health Education Grade Level Content Standards (2008)

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, families, community partners and other school staff

Description:

Weblink to CA Grade Level Health Education Content Standards

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California Department of Education (CDE)

2019 Revision of CA Health Education Framework

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, families, community partners and other school staff

Description:

Weblink with detailed description of the Health Framework Revision process

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California Department of Education (CDE)

Guide to the Revised CA Health Education Framework (2019)

Audience:

Administrators, Health Educators, school staff, families and community

Description:

Infographic guide to the CA Health Education Framework (2019) and Grade Level implementation of Health Education Standards in multiple languages

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Orange County Department of Education (OCDE)

Health Education Framework (2019): Administrator Outline of Chapter 2 - Supporting Health Education

Audience:

Administrators supporting Health Education program implementation/improvement

Description:

Outline for Administrators of DRAFT CA Health Education Framework (2019) Chapter 2: Supporting Health Education

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CA Health Education Framework Collaborative and OCDE

Grade Level Guides to CA Health Education Standards

Audience:

Administrators, K-12 Health Education Teacher-Leaders, and Health Educators

Description:

Reproducible charts of each CA Health Education Standards by Grade Level Spans (K-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12) with Model Skill Cues/Steps and Health Education Content Connections

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CA Health Education Framework Collaborative and OCDE

Communicating About Health Education

Understanding the CA Health Education Framework

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, families, community partners and other school staff

Description:

OCDE Newsroom (August 2019) story and video featuring Dareen Khatib, Student Health and Wellness Administrator at Orange County Department of Education

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Orange County Department of Education Newsroom

Healthy students are better learners — and more likely to become healthy adults

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, families, community partners and other school staff

Description:

OCDE Newsroom (October 2019) article by Al Mijares, Orange County Superintendent of Schools

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OCDE Newsroom

A Guide to Messaging About Role of Student Health in Supporting Academic Achievement

Audience:

School staff, parents/families, secondary students, community partners

Description:

PDF of slides detailing impact of healthy eating and physical activity on academic achievement.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Back to School: A Time to Think About Health and Academics

Audience:

School staff, parents/families, secondary students, community partners

Description:

New video with data released by CDC confirms that regardless of sex, race/ethnicity and grade-level, high school students reporting lower academic marks also reported greater health risk behaviors.

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Centers for Disease Control

California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA) & Comprehensive Sexual Health Education (CSHE)

American Civil Liberties Union Sexual Health Education Toolkit

Audience:

Administrators, teacher-leaders, community leaders

Description:

Briefings about CHYA Fast Facts; ACLU LGBTQ and Parent Opt Out Guidance; ACLU K-6 Guidance related to Sexual Health

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American Civil Liberties Union

Informational Handouts

Audience:

Administrators, school district leadership, teacher-leaders, teachers, parents

Description:

One-two page, print-ready informational handouts with key details for sharing about CHYA and the Framework ; CHYA and the Fair Education Act ; K-6 Guidance on content in the Health Education Standards and Framework related to gender identity

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CaliforniaHealthEducation.org

Comprehensive Sexual Health Education

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, families, community partners and other school staff

Description:

Information on comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS/STD prevention; includes legal requirements for education in these areas and additional resources for quality instructional programs.

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California Department of Education

California Healthy Youth Act & Sexual Health Education FAQs with Ed Code references

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, families, community partners and other school staff

Description:

Hyperlinked list of FAQs with Ed Code and Legal Mandates for California Healthy Youth Act & Sexual Health Education

Source:

California Department of Education (CDE)

California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA)

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, families, community partners and other school staff

Description:

PDF slides review Comprehensive Sexual Health Education mandate - includes all CHYA requirements with Ed Code and State Law references.

Source:

California Department of Education (CDE)

CHYA Compliant Sexual Health Curriculum Review

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, community partners and other school staff

Description:

Review of comprehensive sexual health education curriculum in compliance with CHYA

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Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group (ASHWG) ad-hoc ASHWG sub-committee

Sexual Health Educator (SHE) Training Programs

Audience:

Administrators, teachers, and school staff tasked with teaching CSHE

Description:

An online and in-person training program for California educators. Educators who successfully complete the program’s required and elective modules, will receive a SHE Training Program Certificate of Completion. The required courses are free and most electives are free.

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The SHE Training Program modules are developed and/or vetted by experts in the field of sexual health at the CA Department of Public Health, STD Control Branch.

Providing Students with Confidential Medical Release

Audience:

Administrators and school staff responsible for creating and implementing Confidential Medical Release policy and administrative regulations, protocol and procedures.

Description:

PDF with FAQs, Forms, Communications regarding confidential Medical Release based on California Ed Code BP 5113 and AR 5113 and State Law. CSBA and other CA district Sample Board Policy, Adm Regs and Protocols student.

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The National Center for Youth Law and CA American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on support and Care of Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents

Audience:

Administrators, Board members, Health Educators, School Staff, Teachers tasked with teaching Health Education. Parents and Families, Community Partners

Description:

AAP policy statement with guidance and recommendations for parents and clinicians applicable to educational settings on using a gender-affirming approach to supporting and caring for transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents

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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

What #Me Too Means for Schools

Audience:

School administrators and educators implementing CHYA policies and planning CSHE programming in K-12 schools

Description:

Ideas, suggestions, opinions and experiences from school administrators in the field. Useful for planning district/school communications about “consent” in school.

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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Health Education Curriculum and Instruction

Appropriate Practices in School-Based Health Education

Audience:

Teachers charged with planning, teaching or assessing Health Education

Description:

PDF with Checklist for Appropriate Practices, Examples/Samples of Implementation for Health Education Learning Environment; Curriculum, Instruction; Assessment; Advocacy

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Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE)

Essential Components of Health Education

Audience:

Administrators, teacher-leaders, health educators and other teachers charged with delivering health education

Description:

SHAPE Guidance Document outlines essential components and structure for an effective health education program, evidence supporting why health education is a key element of a well-rounded education for all students.

Source:

SHAPE

Health Education + Physical Education = Student Success

Audience:

K-12 district and school administrators, health educators, community leaders

Description:

CA Health and Physical Education Fact Sheet reviews quality of CA Health and Physical Education, benefits of quality K-12 health and physical education programming

Source:

SHAPE

Aligning Health & Education in the School Setting

Audience:

District and school administrators

Description:

Blueprint for Healthy Schools and Health Education Leadership identifies key roles Principals

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ASCD

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Health Education Framework and Standards

Communicating About Health Education

California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA) & Comprehensive Sexual Health Education (CSHE)

Informational Handouts

Health Education Curriculum and Instruction

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