Health & Physical Education

Why is Health Education Important?

Teaching knowledge and skills to enable students to be social-emotionally, mentally and physicaly healthy for a lifetime, is the role of Health Education.  Comprehensive school health education programs are meant to equip students with the ability to improve and maintain their health and well-being, including disease prevention, social emotional health, substance misuse prevention, safety, and avoiding or reducing health related risk behaviors. The Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD provides support for teachers and educational leaders in health education programs, curriculum, content knowledge, instruction, and assessment. 

Medicaid Outreach

www.michigan.gov/mibridges

Please share with families the MiBridges site, and let them know that is where they can apply for Free to low-cost medical coverage for their children, as well as other assistance.

Here is a short video on how MiBridges works.

https://youtu.be/43J9X7uYQUs

Michigan Health Education Standards

Michigan Health Education Standards were last updated in 2007. Physical Education Standards were last updated in 2019. You can access the standards below:

• Michigan K-8 Health Education Standards
• Michigan Merit Curriculum for Health
• Michigan K-12 Physical Education Standards

Michigan Model for Health(TM)

 

 

The Michigan Model for Health™ is an evidence-based, comprehensive and sequential Pre-K through 12th grade health education curriculum that aims to give children the knowledge and skills needed to practice and maintain healthy behaviors and lifestyles. It provides age-appropriate lessons addressing the most serious health challenges facing school-aged children. The Michigan Model for Health™ facilitates learning through a variety of interactive teaching and learning techniques. Skill development through demonstration and guided practice is emphasized resulting in the development of positive lifestyle behaviors for students and families. The skills taught in Michigan Model for Health™ are aligned to the Social Emotional Learning Competencies (SEL). The curriculum includes units around social emotional health, nutrition and physical activity, safety, substance use prevention, personal health and wellness, and, under LEA Board adoption, HIV/STI and pregnancy prevention.

Content covered:

• Social Emotional Health
• Violence Prevention
• Safety
• Nutrition and Physical Activity
• Substance Misuse Prevention
• Personal Health and Wellness
• HIV and Other STIs (this requires separate training and curriculum from the core Michigan Model for Health. Contact Helen Craig for information)

The Michigan Model for Health™ is designed for implementation as a component of the core school curriculum, with each of the lessons lasting 15-45 minutes in length. Many lessons include activities and resource sheets to facilitate parental and family involvement beyond the classroom. The curriculum can be implemented in public, private, or alternative schools. 

Effectiveness 

https://www.michiganmodelforhealth.org/about-mmh/standards-effectiveness

Scope and Sequence  

https://www.michiganmodelforhealth.org/about-mmh/scope-sequence

Hot Topic Alignments 

https://www.michiganmodelforhealth.org/about-mmh/hot-topic-alignments  

Gold Standard Implementation Plans

K-6  Gold Standard Implementation Plan

Skills to be taught in Health Education

• Social Skills/Interpersonal Communication
• Accessing Information
• Decision-Making
• Goal Setting
• Self-Management
• Analyzing Influences
• Advocacy

 

Michigan Model for Health™ uses Skills-Based Instruction to teach the above skills

Step One: Explain the Skill 

• Name the skill 
• State the purpose for using the skill 
• Describe the parts and characteristics of each element of the skill 
• Check for understanding 

Step Two: Model the Skill 

• Choose one or more ways to model the skill: 

• Use a prepared example, such as a skit, or problem solved using the model taught 
• Guide the students through an example 
• Provide opportunities to observe the use of the skill 

• Discuss the use of the skill and its personal benefits 
• Check for understanding 

Step Three: Guided Practice 

• Involve individuals or small groups in completing an example, such as using role play, or solving a problem 
• Discuss in small and/or large group 

• What was easy or hard about using the skill? 
• What was one thing you did well as you practiced the skill? 

• Provide opportunities for self-assessment, as well as any needed feedback and correction 

Step Four: Personalize the Use of the Skills 

• Discuss, write, draw, or synthesize in another manner plans for application of the skill 

• How will using the skill help you? 
• What is one skill you will use in the next day or week? 
• Where will you practice this skill in the next 24 hours? 

 

Implementation and Time Needed to Teach Michigan Model

https://www.michiganmodelforhealth.org/about-mmh/guidance-implementation  

Needs Assessments

Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth

The Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth (MiPHY) is an online student health survey offered by the Michigan Departments of Education and Health and Human Services to support local and regional needs assessment. The MiPHY provides student results on health risk behaviors including substance use, violence, physical activity, nutrition, sexual behavior, and emotional health in grades 7, 9, and 11. The survey also measures risk and protective factors most predictive of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and violence. MiPHY results, along with other school-reported data, will help schools make data-driven decisions to improve prevention and health promotion programming.

Schools and districts register and survey via an on-line system.

• Quick Start Guide
• County Reports Access Page - 2023-24 Reports Now Available!

Healthy School Action Tools

The Healthy School Action Tools, or HSAT, are a suite of online tools designed to help Michigan schools and districts assess the health of their school environments and take action to improve those environments. Links to preview the assessments are available on the HSAT website. The school-level tools include:

• School Core Assessment & Feedback Report*
• 8 Topic Area Assessment & Feedback Reports*
• Action Plan 

The district-level tools include:

• District Assessment & Feedback Report*
• Action Plan

*Feedback reports are provided each time an assessment is submitted- with trends and graphs to help you visualize your strengths, challenges and progress, along with a summary of which best practices are being achieved and which need more work. These reports allow teams to clearly share their work with stakeholders.

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of health-related behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including:

• Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence
• Sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection
• Alcohol and other drug use
• Tobacco use
• Unhealthy dietary behaviors
• Inadequate physical activity

YRBSS also measures the prevalence of obesity and asthma and other health-related behaviors plus sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts.

YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by CDC and state, territorial, tribal, and local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments.

Formative Assessment

There regular embedded formative assessments throughout the Michigan Model for Health curriculum.

Pre & Post Tests

Michigan Model has pre- and post-tests starting at 2^nd grade.  They measure knowledge, attitude and skill.  Assessments are available through the Michigan Model for Health Curriculum digital licenses. Contact Helen Craig for more information.

Michigan Merit Curriculum Health Education Curriculum Assessment (MMC-HECA)

Please contact Helen Craig for access to this assessment, which was created by a special work group within the Michigan School Health Coordinators' Association (MiSHCA)

Fall 2024 Newsletter

The Health & PE Newsletter for Fall 2024 is now published