Course Name:	Health Education	Room Number:	209	
School Name:	Wadsworth Magnet for High Achievers	Textbook:	Your Health. Author-Hargrove Brace. Published 1999.	
School Phone Number:	678-874-2402	Teacher Email:	Don_Jackson@dekalbschoolsga.org	

Course Description: This course is designed to present current health related knowledge and skills that will enable teachers to design and deliver culturally-sensitive, developmentally-appropriate, performance based instruction to elementary students so they may make health-promoting decisions. In addition to the primary focus on “best practices”, this course will provide an overview of coordinated school health programs and the relationship between these programs and academic achievement.

Materials Needed: Color pencils, Markers, Folder, Pen/Pencil. 

Classroom Materials needed: Hand Sanitizer, Facial Tissue.

Course Objectives:  At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

· Define health and relationships among dimensions of health (i.e., physical, emotional, social, mental/intellectual, and vocational).
· Justify the importance of comprehensive health education at the elementary level and describe the relationship between health and academic achievement.
· Discuss physical and psycho-social developmental changes that occur in elementary/middle school youth.
· Access and select valid, reliable, and credible web-based sources of health-related information.
· Investigate health risk behaviors among youth.
· Identify culturally-sensitive, developmentally-appropriate instructional strategies that reflect “best practices” in health education.
· Evaluate existing health education materials for essential elements of effective curricula;
· Design learning experiences that integrate key health concepts within reading/language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and other subject areas.
· Articulate how components of a coordinated school health program can address critical health issues of elementary children and their families.

GRADING SYSTEM: In Health, students will receive a “P” for pass and “F” for Fail. These letter grades are driven by percentages. (see above). The grading protocol/weighted scale in Health is aligned with what has been approved by the DeKalb County School District and Board of Education.

*English Learners (ELs) must not receive numerical or letter grades for the core content areas in elementary and middle school during their first year of language development. A grade of CS or CU must be assigned. This rule may be extended beyond the first year with approval from the EL Studies Program. English Learners must receive a grade for ESOL courses.

~Elementary schools will utilize P (pass) and F (fail) in Health/Physical Education, Music, World Languages, Visual Arts and Performing Arts. 

DISTRICT EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS	
STUDENT PROGRESS	Semester progress reports shall be issued four and a half, nine and thirteen and a half weeks into each semester.  The progress of students shall be evaluated frequently and plans shall be generated to remediate deficiencies as they are discovered. Plans shall include appropriate interventions designed to meet the needs of the students. See Board Policy IH.	
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY	Students will not engage in an act of academic dishonesty including, but not limited to, cheating, providing false information, falsifying school records, forging signatures, or using an unauthorized computer user ID or password. See the Code of Student Conduct - Student Rights and Responsibilities and Character Development Handbook.	
HOMEWORK	Homework assignments should be meaningful and should be an application or adaptation of a classroom experience.  Homework is at all times an extension of the teaching/learning experience.  It should be considered the possession of the student and should be collected, evaluated and returned to the students. See Board Policy IHB.	
MAKE-UP WORK 
DUE TO ABSENCES	When a student is absent because of a legal reason as defined by Georgia law or when the absence is apparently beyond the control of the student, the student shall be given an opportunity to earn grade(s) for those days absent. Make-up work must be completed within the designated time allotted. See Board Policy IHEA.	

GRADING CATEGORIES	*GRADE PROTOCOL	
Formative Assessment - 0%
Assessment During Learning – 25%
Guided, Independent, or Group Practice – 45%
Summative Assessment or Assessment of Learning– 30%	A	90 – 100                               
B	80 – 89                                                 
C	71 – 79 
D	70 
F	Below 70	

SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS	
CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS	-Follow Directions the first time they are given. 
-Stay on task. 
-Always give 100% effort. 
-Always be on your best behavior.	
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES	-Pencil
-Notebook Paper
-Folder (2 pockets)
-Color Pencils/Crayons 
-Glue sticks	
EXTRA HELP
	Maintaining and staying up to date on the information that each student will need in their personal folder is pivotal for student success.	
PARENTS AS PARTNERS
	Parents please feel free to contact me at any time if you have any questions, comments or concerns about this health course. I am more than willing to help!!	

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