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Essential Components of Health Education
The Essential Components of Health Education guidance document outlines the essential components that provide the structure for an effective health education program, as well as evidence supporting why health education is a key element of a well-rounded education for all students.
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        Released: 2018
Supporting the Implementation of School-Based Employee Wellness Programs
 
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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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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.