Back to School
Especially at back-to-school time, SOPHE supports health educators and school health leaders by providing contemporary resources, tools, information, and training on current and emerging topics.
SOPHE is a proud member of the National Consensus for School Health Education, which builds on decades of collaboration among leading national health education organizations in the United States.
The Consensus develops model guidance and other resources for educators interested in quality school health education within the framework of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model. Learn more here.
The National Health Education Standards 3rd Edition is an initiative of the National Consensus for School Health Education (NCSHE). The eight standards and performance expectations reflect, update, and refine previous versions of the standards and performance indicators for health education.
The eight standards and performance expectations are written for use by preK–12 teachers, local school and state directors of health education, curriculum developers, and health education teacher preparation faculty. The standards and performance expectations reflect the functional health knowledge, beliefs, and skills necessary for students to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors, achieve health literacy, and enhance health and academic outcomes. The standards and performance expectations are written so that states, school systems, school personnel, and teachers can focus on health priorities vital to the needs of their students and communities.
Teaching Standards-Based Health Education is a document created by NCSHE for the purposes of both professional development of teachers currently teaching and for pre service purposes. Scenarios and specific lesson examples are provided for elementary, middle school, and high school.
SOPHE School Health Resources
SOPHE School Health
Teacher preparation, tools, on-demand training and more resources at SOPHE School Health headquarters.
Employee Wellness Toolkit
For schools to support the implementation of employee wellness initiatives in school districts and schools across the United States.
SOPHE Journal Articles
Health Education & Behavior
Health Promotion Practice
- Promoting Health Literacy Through Defining and Measuring Quality School Health Education
- Public Health and School Health Education: Aligning Forces for Change
- Evaluation of Health Education Events With a Peer-to-Peer Component in Public High Schools
- Schools as a Source of Mental Health Literacy: Adjusting and Validating a Mental Health Literacy Scale
Pedagogy in Health Promotion
Related Resources
Policy brief on health education in the Every Student Succeeds ActThis policy brief examines the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), the nation’s primary federal K-12 education statute, and explores avenues to advocate for health education curricula in the…
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