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21. HealthSmart: Putting Health Ed Research into Action - Part 2
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By Suzanne Schrag | November 7, 2017
Editor/Product Manager, ETRIt’s not enough to simply teach students information about health. As health educators, we must help them master key concepts and skills that promote health literacy and lifelong health. HealthSmart, ETR’s comprehensive K–12 health education program, targets Healthy Behavior Outcomes as its primary goal. This sets HealthSmart apart from a more traditional textbook health program.
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22. Understanding the HealthSmart Approach to Health Education - Part 1
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By Suzanne Schrag | October 30, 2017
Editor/Product Manager, ETRI’ve been working with HealthSmart, ETR’s comprehensive, K-12 health education program, since its inception. We’ve recently been traveling to different states to introduce schools, districts and DOEs to the HealthSmart program. Often we are presenting HealthSmart alongside more traditional textbook publishers.
HealthSmart is not a textbook program. In fact, it’s quite different from a textbook approach to health class. We’ve given a lot of thought to how we explain what may be a new way to think about health instruction for administrators and educators.
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23. 5 Steps for Energizing Your Health Class
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By Andrew Milne | August 29, 2017
Health Education & PE Teacher, New Trier High SchoolTeaching health is a fantastic opportunity! What a privilege to get to encourage our students to consider their health and that of others.
With increased pressure on academic scheduling it's important that health educators get the most out of their time in the classroom. These 5 steps should have your students running to your class, eager to learn.
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24. Summer's Ending and It's Time for Something New!
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By John Henry Ledwith | August 17, 2017
Senior Sales Manager, ETRAh. The sun of summer is beginning to wane. Many of my conversations with colleagues are now centering around that classic fall event, “Return to the Classroom.” Teachers are resetting desks. They’re getting books in place. They’re reviewing and finalizing lesson plans.
All this to be ready for the first starting bell of the new school year.
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25. Life and Death Choices: Be a Part of It
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By John Henry Ledwith April 19, 2017
Senior Sales Manager, ETRI just got back from the hospital. I’m fine, but one of my long-time friends is not. He’s recovering from a heart attack. This was one of the ones that put a real scare into me.
When a friend has an experience like this, you can’t help think about certain things. Life. Death. Family. The value of good health.
- By John Henry Ledwith
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26. School Report: 3 Strategies to Help Us Boost Healthy Student Behaviors
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By John Henry Ledwith | March 21, 2017
Senior Sales Manager, ETRAre you rested? Did you have breakfast? How many glasses of water did you drink today?
These three markers of healthy behavior—sleep, nutrition, hydration—are on my mind at the moment.
- By John Henry Ledwith
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27. Ambassadors of Science: Helping Others Understand a Science-Based Framework
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By Janine Saunders, EdD, MPH | February 21, 2017
Program Manager, ETRNeil deGrasse Tyson famously said, "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." During this time of fake news and alternative facts, promoting science-based approaches is more important than ever. If you’re like me, you encounter people every day who, knowingly or unknowingly, are making decisions based on false information.
- By Janine Saunders, EdD, MPH
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28. What's Your District's School Health Policy?
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By John Henry Ledwith | November 17, 2016
Senior Sales Manager, ETRI love school health advocates! Earlier this month I got to spend time with a whole bunch of them at the School Health Education and Services Section (SHES) of the APHA annual meetings. As usual, joining up with that crowd was an illuminating and inspiring process.
- By John Henry Ledwith
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29. Comprehensive School Health: A Matter of Life
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By John Henry Ledwith | September 27, 2016
Senior Sales Manager, ETRWhat’s the true value of a comprehensive school health program? I have a surprisingly simple answer: it’s a matter of life.
This came home to me starkly the other day as I sat with a group of people who had been an integral part of my sons’ childhood and teen years. Here were some of their coaches, many of their friends, the parents of their friends. And my boys, too, now young men in their 20’s.
We had come to honor and remember a friend and former teammate who had taken his own life the previous week. We sat baffled and heartsick as we listened to this young man’s father, reaching out to the people in the room, appealing to us: “Please, do not focus on this one bad decision, this momentary impulse, of my son’s life. Do not let that define who he was and the memories you carry onward. He was so much more than this!”
- By John Henry Ledwith
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30. Partnering Up for School Success: Getting More Physical Activity Into the Mix
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By Kymm Ballard, EdD | September 13, 2016
Previous Executive Director, SPARKAsk an educator, “What do you most want for your students?” Chances are the answer will be, “Success.”
The math teacher wants students to master the concepts in the semester’s curriculum. The health education teacher wants students to learn how to establish healthy habits and make good choices about risks. The PE teacher might focus on building sports skills and encouraging a commitment to lifelong physical activity. The principal might address a combination of academic learning and positive social connection.
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