Health Education Certificate

Health Education Leadership Certificate

Are you a beginning health educator looking for a professional development plan (PDP) that provides the key knowledge and skills needed to improve your emerging practice or hone your skills as a teacher leader? Or are you looking to work more closely with schools in your area? Then the Health Education Leadership Certificate is for you.

To receive this certificate you must choose one of two pathways to completion: the Health Coordinator Track or the Health Education Track. When you choose your track there will be three or four professional events you are required to attend and will have an assignment that you must turn in to the coordinator of the program. Each track has a culminating assignment related to health curriculum, instruction, and assessment, or health coordination that you must complete to receive this honor. It will take at least two years to receive this award.

We have included the following for your review:

A brochure that describes the program.
A copy of the certificate you will receive upon completion of the program.
An official sign up sheet.

Professional Development Opportunities

Health Literacy Distance Learning Collaborative
This 6-week online course allows you to participate in professional development when it's most convenient for you, all without leaving your district or arranging for a sub. Strategies and resources received will benefit you no matter which grade level or content area you are teaching. The course is taken for 2 graduate credits through Carroll University. Course Syllabus.

Step 1: Register with DPI using the "Register Now!" link. Cost is $50 and covers materials.
Step 2: We will e-mail you your course login information the week before the course. Physical materials will be mailed through UPS to the street address you provide.
Step 3: Registration for 2 graduate credits will occur once the course starts. The cost is $200, paid directly to Carroll University.

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HIV: Basic Facts for Wisconsin School Staff

According to the 2008 School Health Education Profiles, 78% of all middle and high school lead health teachers were interested in receiving professional development on HIV/AIDS. This online self-study course is designed to provide you with basic information about HIV and the epidemic in Wisconsin. By the end of the 9 unit course we expect you will be able to:

Explain basic facts about HIV, including biology of HIV, modes of transmission, prevention, testing, diagnosis, and disease progression
Describe the epidemiology of HIV in Wisconsin with a focus on populations at highest risk
Describe Wisconsin data on youth risk behaviors and sexual health outcomes
Access accurate and reliable information about HIV infection.

HIV Prevention Education in Wisconsin Schools

This course examines HIV prevention education in the context of coordinated school health programs in Wisconsin schools and is a continuation of the HIV: Basic Facts for Wisconsin School Staff, course. By the end of the course we expect you will be able to:

Use data to determine goals related to sexual health outcomes and risk behaviors for youth in the community or school.
Describe opportunities for HIV prevention education within the context of a coordinated school health program.
Describe characteristics of effective school-based HIV, other STD, and pregnancy prevention programs.
Describe development of skills/standards based units of instruction.
Gain experience analyzing a unit of instruction and recommending ways the curriculum and instruction could be enhanced to support the healthy development of middle-and high-school students.

Building Skills for Health Literacy

October 20th

November 5th

November 12th

Janesville
Blackhawk Technical College

Wausau
Northern Wisconsin Technical College

West Salem
CESA 4 Office

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This strategy-based training will explore strategies for teaching and assessing for the skills of the health education standards and the deeper meaning of health literacy. Tobacco will be used as the content example, but the strategy is applicable across all content areas and all grade levels. The DPI developed technical assistance documents Building Skills for Health Literacy: Human Sexuality, Tobacco and Nutrition will serve as guides for connecting skill-based instruction and assessment of skill attainment. Available for graduate credit. Pre and post-training assignments are required.

For questions about this information, contact Jon W. Hisgen (608) 267-9234

Last updated on 9/18/2009 8:10:30 AM