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Level Up Health Education
Helping health educators level up their teaching.
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Latest Episodes
The Question Box #1: Financial Literacy & Teaching Students With Cognitive Disabilities
In today's episode, I open up my (virtual) Question Box to answer two questions submitted by health education teachers. I give my take on teaching about financial literacy in health class and share resources for teaching students with cognitive...
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The Changes I'm Trying Out This School Year
In this episode, I talk through the changes I'm going to try out in my classroom this year. And, because I missed this opportunity while recording, imagine this as the introduction to this episode: "Health teachers talk about changes a lot, but...
A Different Way to Think About Advocacy
A conversation with a confused student, combined with a lesson created by two student teachers, led me to rethink the skill of advocacy.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
Teaching Skills Across Multiple Grade Levels
In today's episode, I explain what teaching the same skill across multiple grade levels could look like. I share how we teach advocacy in grades 6, 7, and 8 at our middle school. Other NHES skills, such as interpersonal communication and analyz...
"This or That?" Skill Practice Review
I start every class with a review of what we went over in the previous class, and if we completed any skill practice, I make sure to include examples in my review. Today's episode covers the "This or That?" activity I use to review at the start...