Kansas Model Curricular Standards for Health Education 2018

Kansas Model Curricular Standards for Health Education 2018

Writers & Editors
Chairs Sunnin Keosybounheuang, EdD Amy McClure, MS
Committee Members Jason Busche Merri Copeland Krystle Gaswick Joanie Hayden Branden Johnson Aaron Leichner Haley Marchant Mackayla Martin Taylor Scott Arianne Seidl Diane Titterington

Acknowledgements
Emporia State University USD #232 De Soto
USD # 309 Nickerson - South Hutchinson USD #259 Wichita Public Schools USD #443 Dodge City USD #475 Geary County Kansas State Department of Education USD # 266 Maize USD # 466 Independence USD # 365 Garnett USD # 358 Oxford USD #416 Louisburg USD #464 Tonganoxie

Special thanks are extended to the above list of committee members. The extensive hours spent on this document reflects the dedication and commitment this group has to the youth of Kansas.
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Table of Contents
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……3 How to Read the Standards……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...............4 K-12 Content Areas……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 K-12 Health Standards…………………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………….7 K-2 Standards…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..33 3-5 Standards…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..36 6-8 Standards…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..39 9-12 Standards………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...42 Appendix A - Opt In and Opt Out Sample letters……………………...……………………………………………………………….45
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Introduction to the Kansas K-12 Health Education Standards
Background
Kansas schools have a long history of providing health education to students. While some schools offer more health curricula than others, most offer some type of health education during grades K-12, most notably puberty education for grades 4-6, and a required health class, usually in grades 7, 8, 9, or 10. Research studies show that healthy kids do better in school and score higher on achievement tests. In the 1990s, educators nationwide realized the need for a set of national health education standards that states could use as a template. In 1995, the National Committee for Health Health Education Standards created seven national health education standards with K-12 benchmarks that covered the ten content areas of health and the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) six risk behaviors for adolescents. In 2004, the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) recognized the need for Kansas to have its own set of health education standards. The standards were then approved by the Kansas State Board of Education in 2006. In January of 2018, a committee of K-12 health and physical educators and higher education health professionals convened to revise the current health education standards. In September of 2018, the proposed revisions were presented to the State Board of Education and were then approved in November of 2018.
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How to Use the Standards
The Kansas Health Education Standards are to be used to plan and implement K-12 health education in Kansas schools. Although health education is non-assessed in the Kansas Education Systems Accreditation (KESA) guidelines, it is an important content area. This document provides an outline of recommendations for quality health education instruction for Kansas students.
The Health Education Standards Committee believes that parents should be involved with the health education of their children. Parents are encouraged to visit with their schools’ health teachers about the health topics that will be covered in class and to talk with their children about these health issues.
The Kansas Health Education Standards are divided into four sections: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12. They were created using the national standards as a template (available at www.shapeamerica.org) , but the benchmarks were edited to make the standards more userfriendly for Kansas teachers. Research shows that elementary students who are given nutrition, physical activity, and substance abuse resistance skills education, eat a healthier diet, exercise more, and resist substance abuse. Students in grades 5-12 who receive health education focused on the CDC’s adolescent risk behaviors also eat healthier, exercise more, resist substance abuse, avoid intentional and unintentional injury, and also delay sexual activity.
The Kansas Health Education Standards Revision Committee feels strongly that health education for Kansas students should be implemented throughout grades K-12 and we encourage teachers to dialogue with their administration regarding ways to strengthen health education in Kansas schools. While the Kansas State Department of Education does not endorse any particular curricula, there are a number of affordable, researched based, K-12 health education curricula currently available to school districts at reasonable costs.
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Conclusion
The Health Education Standards Revision Committee hopes these standards will be helpful to you and we applaud your commitment to providing quality health education for Kansas children and teens. If you have questions regarding these standards, please contact: Mark Thompson, Education Program Consultant, Kansas State Department of Education, 120 SE 10th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66612 (785) 296-6823
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Kansas Health Content Areas
● Community Health ● Consumer Health ● Environmental Health ● Family Life, Relationships and Human Sexuality ● Injury Prevention and Safety ● Mental and Emotional Health ● Nutrition ● Personal Health ● Prevention and Control of Disease ● Substance Use, Abuse and Addiction
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Kansas Health Education Standards
Content Standards for Community Health
Standard #1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. Standard #2: Students will analyze influences on health behaviors (including family, peer, culture, media, technology and other factors). Standard #3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access and analyze valid information and products and services to enhance health. Standard #4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health or reduce
health risks.
Standard #5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health or reduce health risks. Standard #6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health or reduce health risks. Standard #7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors to enhance health or reduce health risks. Standard #8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for health.
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Kansas Health Education Standards
Content Standards for Community Health

Grade Level K-2 3-5
6-8
9-12

Benchmark: The students will know, comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate:
2.1 Community helpers (police, firefighters, nurses, sanitation, doctors, EMT, etc.) 2.2 Local community needs/issues/events 2.3 Healthy Communities (home, neighborhoods, school, etc.) 5.1 Community helpers and their roles within communities 5.2 Local community needs/issues/events 5.3 Structure of communities 5.4 Individual roles in maintaining a healthy community 8.1 Resources in the community for improved health 8.2 Local community needs/issues/events 8.3 Local/state laws, ordinances, and policies for a healthy community 8.4 Impact of participation and engagement within the community 8.5 Global health issues 12.1 Local community needs/issues/events 12.2 Local/state laws, ordinances, and policies for a healthy community 12.3 Value of community interactions 12.4 Strategies to maintain a healthy community 12.5 Personal service for the betterment of the community 12.6 Global health issues

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Kansas Health Education Standards
Content Standards for Consumer Health
Standard #1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. Standard #2: Students will analyze influences on health behaviors (including family, peer, culture, media, technology and other factors). Standard #3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access and analyze valid information and products and services to enhance health. Standard #4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health or reduce
health risks.
Standard #5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health or reduce health risks. Standard #6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health or reduce health risks. Standard #7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors to enhance health or reduce health risks. Standard #8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for health.
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