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Guidance Documents

       New!  Released: 2018
Suggested Job Interview Questions for Prospective Health Education Teachers
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Featured Guidance Documents

Appropriate Instructional Practice Guidelines
Expanded edition, with more advice & practical suggestions for parents & caregivers than ever before. 
Position Statements

Survey Report
New! Released: 2018
Student Recruitment for Physical Education and Health Education Teacher Education Programs
There is a pressing need to address recruitment and admission challenges for physical education and health education teacher education (PETE/HETE) programs. Many PETE/HETE programs are struggling to recruit students and this has important implications for PETE/HETE’s contribution to the teacher pipeline, teaching quality, and K-12 student learning.
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        Released: 2018
Health Education is a Critical Component of a Well-Rounded Education
SHAPE America's position: SHAPE America believes that a preK-12 comprehensive skills-based health education program is a critical component of a student’s well-rounded education in order to support healthy and academically successful students.
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        Released: 2016
Using the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model to Ensure Student Health and Success
SHAPE America's position: SHAPE America supports schools' use of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model as a framework for ensuring that students are healthy and successful academically.
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The Essential Components of Health Education

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Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education

Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education is a highly practical and useful resource for middle school and high school health educators looking for innovative and tried-and-true ways to implement a skills-based approach to health education.