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How do I develop a SMARTIE Goal about Health Education Teachers?                                              

Health Education Scorecard Item 1a  


Overview 


One of your goals may focus on improving the quality of health education by considering who teaches health classes and how they are prepared and supported to do so. If your goal is for the next semester or school year, activities should include strategic planning for your health education program, including capacity building. 


As your school community’s leader and member of your School Leadership Team, your principal plays crucial roles in supporting and advancing health and wellness; it is important that they are involved with your School Wellness Council. In order to fully develop a SMARTIE goal around health education teachers, you will need to consult and collaborate with your principal and possibly others (assistant principal(s), programmer, etc.). 

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SMARTIE Goal Guidance 


Identify the relevant Scorecard Item(s) on the School Wellness Scorecard and respond to the SMARTIE prompts to guide your goal development. 


Example: 

  • Scorecard Item HE 1a: Health education is taught by a consistently assigned health-certified or dedicated health education teacher(s). 


SMARTIE Goal Prompts:

Specific 

When are you offering the course?  

 

How does your school identify and recruit teachers?  

 

What qualities or characteristics are you looking for in the health education teacher(s)?  

 

How does your school define a trusted adult? Are the identified teachers interested in/enthusiastic about and open to teaching the course content and comfortable teaching sensitive topics, including sexual health, mental health, and drug prevention? 

Measurable 

 

Are the teachers health-certified, and/or will they be able to teach health education consistently in order to develop expertise over time? 

Ambitious 

In what way will this be a challenging achievement that will help your school community this year or will help build capacity for next year? 

Realistic 

 

Are the identified teachers aware of the expectations of the health education role? 

 

Can you program health education as a stand-alone course for next semester or school year (and beyond)?   

 

Have the teachers been identified in a timely fashion so they may effectively prepare to teach the course? 

 

Are the health teachers participating in professional learning opportunities to receive and/or better develop curricula? 

  • Have the teachers attended the two-day Health Ed Basics I/II training? If not, will they be able to attend professional learning webinars this year?  
  • Have the health ed teachers joined the online professional learning community? What can they gain from access to a network of colleagues? 

Timely 

When will the identified teacher(s) be identified and notified?  

 

When will information be entered into STARS? Who is responsible for the STARS entry? 

 

Are the teachers identified to teach health education this semester/year the same people who could be assigned in future years? If not, at what point in the year may you identify teachers who might be better able to consistently teach health education in the future? 

Inclusive 

Are you considering teachers who are committed to and passionate about social, emotional, and physical well-being (even if their certification is in another subject area)? 

Equitable 

Have you reached out to the Office of School Wellness Programs for support identifying eligible teachers?  

 

How will you provide teachers with the resources they need in order to be effective? 


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