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National Sexuality Education Standards Set the New Gold Standard for Sexuality Education in Public Schools OSL
Released in 2012, the first-ever national standards for sexuality education in schools provides clear, consistent, and straightforward guidance on the essential minimum, core content for sexuality education that is developmentally and age-appropriate for students in grades kindergarten through grade 12. These standards provide teachers, schools, school districts, and state education agencies with a new national standard—the minimum they need to teach to set students on a path to sexual health and responsible adulthood, and are presented in a user-friendly way.
Hurricane Resources Related to Mental Health
Many families and children were impacted by hurricane Irene and while Vermonters are resilient this was a traumatic event for many. The following resources were created by the National Traumatic Stress Network OSL after hurricane Katrina and may prove to be very useful to many parents, school staff, community workers, etc.
CILC Programs PDF
CILC – the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration – provides video conferencing services for classrooms worldwide. CILC partners with nearly 200 national and international content providers offering over 1,300 teacher evaluated standards based K-12 programs. For the first time, the Vermont Department of Education’s Health Education Resource Center (HERC) is making available to the field, at no cost, CILCs on-line health education-related resources. To view CILCs database of available health education programs, visit www.cilc.org OSL and click on the “content provider programs” icon. For detailed instructions on ordering health education programs from CILC through HERC, click on the link above titled, “CILC Programs”
Vermont Community of Health Educators
VCHE provides members with a dynamic network of professional and personal support including professional development tailored to the needs of health education professionals across Vermont and opportunities to connect with health educator colleagues for rich and meaningful discussions about the state of health education across our state and nationally.
Vermont 2010 School Health Profile Report PDF
The department employs the School Health Profiles, a data collection instrument developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to obtain school-based information about current health policies and health education programs. This instrument, designed for use in secondary schools that contain any grades from six through twelve, asks questions of the school administrators and the school health educators. ????
Technical Assistance Resource Guide (TARG) for Sexual Violence Prevention in Vermont PDF
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provides guidance for schools to build their capacity for and knowledge of sexual violence prevention. Created by the Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force, this document was mandated as part of ACT 1 of the 2009 legislative session to improve Vermont's Sexual Abuse Response System. NOTE: This document is 4.3MB. On August 27, 2010, "Appendix E: Sample Forms and Quick Reference Resources" was amended to include "6. Disclosures: What You Need to Know" (pages 119-124 of the PDF).
Health Education Grade Expectation Resources
In 2007, Vermont’s Health Education Grade Expectations (GEs) were revised to reflect current research and best practice. It is hoped that these revised Health Education GEs will enhance the assessment, curriculum, and instruction work of schools and teachers. The new Health Grade Cluster Expectation (GCEs) are organized into seven content areas: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs; Family, Social and Sexual Health; Mental and Emotional Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity; Personal Health and Wellness; and Violence and Injury Prevention. Like the Grade Level Expectations in other content areas, the Health Grade Cluster Expectations are more specific statements of the Vermont standards in Vermont Framework of Standards & Learning Opportunities. However, unlike the Grade Level Expectations which delineate specific grade levels, these grade expectations are organized by Grade Clusters (pre-K and K; 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; and high school). The purpose of using grade clusters is to provide additional flexibility for alignment of local curriculum and local comprehensive assessment systems.
Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for 2011 OSL
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Every two years since 1993, the Department of Health's Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs and the department have sponsored the Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The YRBS measures the prevalence of behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease and injury among youth. The YRBS is part of a larger effort to help communities increase the “resiliency” of young people by reducing high risk behaviors and promoting healthy behaviors.
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Health Education Guidelines for Curriculum and Assessment PDF
These guidelines for aligning curriculum, instruction and assessment are based on Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities, Vermont Health Education Standards, the work of the State Collaborative on Assessment and Student’ Standards and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Adolescent Risk Behaviors. This document will allow schools to select or develop and then implement a curriculum that will help students develop the knowledge and skills they need to be healthy and achieve academically. NOTE: This document is 7.7MB.
Hardcopy Pricing and Information PDF
View pricing information and options for ordering a hardcopy of the guide, rubric cards and skill posters.
Health Education Resource Centers (HERCs)
The Vermont Department of Education operates a Health Education Resource Center (HERC) that maintains a variety of pre-K-12 health education materials. Currently practicing Vermont school and community-based health educators may borrow curricula, books, reference resources, models & kits and audio-visual materials.
Linking Health & Learning Bulletin
This monthly, electronic resource is intended to keep Vermont educators and youth-serving professionals up-to-date on resources, professional development and grant/funding opportunities, and other issues related to healthy and safe schools. NOTE: The bulletin is not published during the summer months.
Share Your School Success Stories
Share a specific success in your school to help educate and motivate others; provide stories for the Vermont Department of Education to share with its partners, including the Centers for Disease Control; and to potentially gain recognition for accomplishments in your school community. The success story may be related to healthy nutrition environment, physical activity/education, tobacco-free lifestyles, alcohol and other drug use prevention, HIV prevention, safe school initiatives, efforts to better coordinate school health, or another health-related topic. To submit a success story, click on http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=128793031841. OSL
Other Health-related Resources
- Center for Health and Learning OSL
The center works collaboratively with schools, communities and institutions of higher education in preparing professionals to help youth make healthy choices and reduce risk-taking behavior.
- Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) OSL
The Center for Disease Control's (CDC) DASH program focuses on preventing the most serious health risk behaviors among children, adolescents, and young adults.
- Vermont Department of Health (VDH) OSL
The VDH works to protect and improve the health of our population through core public health functions.
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