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Choose 2 Move Physical Activity Challenge
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Hand Washing
Lesson Plans and Worksheets for grades K-6
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Ensure a
Rewarding & Guaranteed Career for your Students
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Resources
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Funding
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Professional Development
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Choose 2 Move Physical Activity Challenge |
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Start 2008 off right by participating in the
Choose 2 Move Healthy Challenge offered by the
Department of Health. Participants can choose to
do either moderate-intensity physical activity
or vigorous-intensity physical activity in the
challenge that runs January 15th- February 15th.
Sign-up begins now.
Choose 2 Move participants will receive a
Healthy SD reflective arm-band to help to be
seen when exercising outdoors. A personal
activity log and goal sheet is also provided to
help track your progress. Ten randomly selected
participants will receive a prize at the end of
the challenge.
For more information and to sign-up, go to
www.healthysd.gov.
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Hand Washing Lesson Plans and Worksheets for
grades K-6 |
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With the flu season upon us many schools have
been requesting hand washing education
materials. Check out the following lesson plans
and worksheets for grades K-6.
Go to
http://doh.sd.gov/SchoolHealth.aspx
for more help and answers to your flu and flu
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Ensure a Rewarding & Guaranteed Career for your
Students |
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Teachers – you want to help your students choose
a fun, rewarding and guaranteed career, right?
South Dakota’s health care industry is projected
to need nearly 13,000 jobs by 2014 – an increase
of nearly 30% from 2004 to 2014. The South
Dakota Departments of Education, Health, Labor
and the Board of Regents have been working
collaboratively to address the critical need for
healthcare workers in the state. Health
Occupations for Today and Tomorrow (HOTT) was
created to increase students’ awareness of the
wide variety of health careers available to
them. “Check out the
latest HOTT newsletter
for valuable information as well as a variety of
FREE lesson plan activities.” For more
information, contact Halley Lee at 773-6320 or
halley.lee@state.sd.us.
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Resources |
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CDC Launches Health Education Web Tool for
Schools! |
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CDC’s Centers and Divisions have developed a
wide variety of science-based and other
instructional materials that can help schools
enhance existing health education curriculum and
instruction.
CDC’s School Health Education Resources (SHER)
is a unique, user-friendly web tool that
consolidates these resources in one convenient
location. SHER helps Pre-K-12 classroom
teachers, school nurses, counselors, curriculum
directors, and school administrators easily
locate CDC’s health education resources.
SHER features instructional materials aligned
with the National Health Education Standards,
Second Edition, 2007, and CDC’s Characteristics
of Effective Health Education Curriculum. The
online database is searchable by:
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Health education topics commonly found in a
comprehensive school health education
curriculum.
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Four types of resources (curriculum and
lessons, teacher instructional materials,
student materials, and fact sheets).
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Grade level groupings (Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8,
9-12).
SHER
provides the sole comprehensive, user-friendly
place to browse and access these resources at
CDC. Visit CDC's SHER online at
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/SHER
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Team Nutrition |
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Team
nutrition has information on fruits and
vegetables, label reading, and energy drinks
.Use the nutrition labels to make healthy
choices.
Click here to download the Fruit and Veggie
Notes.
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National Association for Sports and Physical
Education (NASPE) January Teacher Toolbox |
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Just
because it is cold outside doesn’t mean you
can’t still play! This month’s Teacher Toolbox
is jam packed with winter wellness ideas like
Extreme Frisbee Jump Rope Challenge, Cardio
Quick Shots and the January elementary and
secondary fitness calendars in English and
Spanish.
Get
your faculty and staff moving with Staff
Wellness Ideas- a new edition to NASPE’s Teacher
Toolbox. This month challenge your staff to
download the “Ten At A Time” activity calendar.
http://iweb.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm?template=teacher_toolbox_jan08.html
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Bright Smiles, Bright Futures |
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For
the first time in 40 years, there has been an
increase in cavities among our nation’s
children. As a teacher, you can help us bring a
lifetime of bright smiles to your students!
It’s easy with the standards-based, ready-made
Bright Smiles, Bright Futures™ early literacy
oral health classroom kit. Order your FREE kit
at
http://kindergarten.colgatebsbf.com. Each
kit includes a Free Toothbrush for every
student!
Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® is an
award-wining oral health program developed
especially for Pre-K through 3rd Grade students
and includes developmentally-appropriate and
engaging activities for language arts, social
studies, science, math and art/music, along with
family involvement ideas and take-home
materials. Discover more FREE teaching materials
at
www.colgatebsbf.com. For more information go
to
www.sddental.org
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Funding
Opportunities |
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Grants for the
Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems
The Grants for the Integration of Schools and
Mental Health Systems (84.215M) opened on
December 7, 2007 and will close on January 30,
2008. The goal of the program is to increase
student access to quality mental health care by
developing innovative approaches to link local
school systems with the local mental health
system. A program funded under this absolute
priority must include all of the following
activities:
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Enhancing, improving, or developing
collaborative efforts between school-based
service systems and mental health service
systems to provide, enhance, or improve
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
services to students.
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Enhancing the availability of crisis
intervention services, appropriate referrals
for students potentially in need of mental
health services, and ongoing mental health
services.
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Providing training for the school personnel
and mental health professionals who will
participate in the program.
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Providing technical assistance and
consultation to school systems and mental
health agencies and families participating
in the program.
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Providing linguistically appropriate and
culturally competent services.
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the program
in increasing student access to quality
mental health services, and making
recommendations to the Secretary about
sustainability of the program.
Additional requirements apply and can be found
in the notice inviting applications and the
application instructions at:
www.grants.gov
(enter the CFDA number 84.215 and look for the
Grants for the Integration of Schools and Mental
Health Systems) or
www.ed.gov/programs/mentalhealth.
Eligible applicants are State Educational
Agencies, Local Educational Agencies, and Indian
tribes. The deadline for all applications is
January 30, 2008.
Click here to download the application package.
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National Through with Chew Week/Great American
Spit Out Day |
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South Dakota has one of the highest spit tobacco
use rates in the nation – 14% of young adult
males. We encourage you to promote National
Through with Chew Week which is February 17 -
23, 2008 and the Great American Spit Out Day on
Thursday, February 21st. Such efforts can reduce
the prevalence of tobacco use and its negative
affects on oral health. We believe that
“teachable moments” are a unique opportunity to
support students who are interested in quitting.
Research of health professionals shows that even
minimal interventions of less than three minutes
increase tobacco cessation. You can direct
tobacco users, including students, to the SD
QuitLine, 1-866-737-8487, which provides
tobacco cessation coaching, at no cost, along
with free medications and at least doubles the
participants likelihood of long-term success.
If you would like additional information about
the QuitLine or to order free youth tobacco
prevention materials including posters or
brochures go to:
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For
a complete list of professional development
opportunities, visit
www.southdakotapd.com.
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SD Health Education Standards and
Assessment II – Searchable Database
CD/Web-based Assessment System
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Child Nutrition Topics Offered through
the DDN
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Children's Gardening Workshop
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SD Health
Education Standards and Assessment II –
Searchable Database CD/Web-based Assessment
System
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January 14-15, 2008, Performance Data Center,
Pierre, SD
Coordinated School Health in the Department’s of
Education and Health is seeking elementary,
middle school and/or high school teachers,
responsible for Health Education in his/her
school district, to participate in the pilot
training for Standards and Assessment II –
Searchable Database CD/Web-based Assessment
System.
Participants in this training must have taken
the South Dakota Health Education Standards
and Assessment I training and/or the
Health Methods for the Elementary Teacher
through Black Hills State University. This
initial training provided participants with an
introduction to classroom instruction and
assessment techniques designed to increase
health literacy in our schools. The Standards
and Assessment II training is the next step to
increasing participants’ assessment capabilities
of their health programs.
This 15 hour follow-up training will be held
January 14-15, 2008, at the Performance Data
Center, 200 West Pleasant Drive, Pierre, SD.
The training is designed to give teachers
specific knowledge, skills, competencies and
techniques in using assessment as motivation for
learning as well as assessment of learning. For
more information go to
https://apps.sd.gov/Applications/DE49TrnTracker/Secure/AvaliableClasses.aspx.
Questions regarding training design and content
can be directed to Karen Keyser, Health
Education Coordinator for Coordinated School
Health in the Department of Education at
Karen.keyser@state.sd.us or 605-773-6808.
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Child Nutrition Topics Offered through the DDN |
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Child and Adult
Nutrition Services are offering 4 DDN sessions on child
nutrition topics from January through April 2008. Each session
will be two hours in length. The target audience is child
nutrition program staff, school wellness committee members,
teachers, administrators, school board members, parents and
other agency staff wanting to know more about these topics.
Others, such as SDSU Cooperative Extension, master gardeners,
health care professionals, concerned community members, etc, may
attend as space permits.
The January session will cover information pertaining to how the
school meal patterns may change and changes schools can make to
be ready. The February session will cover the basics of setting
up a school garden and how to link gardens to the cafeteria and
the classroom. The March session will teach schools to use
social marketing principles to motivate students to choose
healthy foods and beverages and be more physically active. The
April session will cover 2 topics: baking with whole grains and
evaluating all foods and beverages in the school to see how they
fit into the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
The sessions will be taught by Department of Education and South
Dakota State University staff as well as others to be
determined.
At this time, we are accepting applications to host the DDN
sessions. We will then select the locations for which the DDN
will be broadcast. Please submit the attached application form
by January 3rd, if your agency would like to host the sessions
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Children’s Gardening Workshop III |
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Saturday, February
23, 2008
Sioux Valley Energy Community Center, Brandon, SD
Utilizing the
Growing in the Garden: PreK-3 Curriculum
CONNECTING LEARNING AND LIVIING
9:00 a.m. Registration – 9:30 to 4:00 p.m. Workshop
$50.00 registration
(80+ page booklet, lunch and breaks)
A workshop for Master Gardeners, teachers, after-school
providers, teens, Extension Educators, youth organization
leaders and others interested in working with young children in
a gardening project. Curriculum aligns with state and national
benchmarks for many subject areas. The content is current
(revised 2007) and research based.
For more information, please contact:
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Marilyn Rasmussen, SDSU
605-688-6191
Jerry Mills, Brown County
605-626-7120
Bill Keck, Pennington County
605-394-2188
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Rhoda
Burrows, SDSU
605-688-4731
April Borders, Yankton County
605-665-3387
Steve Munk, Minnehaha County
605-367-7877 |
Presented by
South Dakota State University, Cooperative Extension Service
*CONNECTING LEARNING AND LIVING curricula are part of Iowa State
University Extension 4-H Youth Development’s excellent school
enrichment resources. The content and materials are supported in
a variety of ways by REAP Conservation Education Program (www.iowaee.org/ICEC),
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program, Iowa Agriculture
Awareness Coalition (http://www.agaware.org),
and many other groups and businesses related to agriculture,
natural resources, nutrition, and education.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/learningandliving/ |
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