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For
a complete list of professional development
opportunities, visit
www.southdakotapd.com.
Health
Education Standards and Assessment Online
Training
Coordinated School Health will be offering an
on-line training of the South Dakota Health
Education Standards and Assessment. The training
will be held over a four week period beginning
November 1, 2007 and ending on November 30,
2007. For more information about the course
objectives and to register go to:
http://doe.sd.gov/oess/schoolhealth/training/index.asp
The South Dakota Health Education Standards and
Assessment Training is designed to provide
participants with information and skill-building
opportunities related to South Dakota’s health
education standards and assessment.
Participants will explore the health education
standards, including the core concepts and skill
categories. They will learn to align standards,
assessment and instructional activities, as well
as, obtain practice in scoring student’s work.
Participants will learn to differentiate between
assessment for the purpose of accountability and
assessment for the purpose of instructional
improvement.
This training is appropriate for elementary
teachers, curriculum directors, health education
teachers, administrators, school counselors,
school nurses, parents, and other interested
individuals.
Approval has been granted for one hour of
graduate or undergraduate credit or for one
Department of Education Certificate Renewal
Credit. The course may also be taken for no
credit.
Questions regarding the training design and
content can be directed to Karen Keyser,
Coordinated School Health Program, at (605)
773-6808 or
karen.keyser@state.sd.us.
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LifeSkills Training
Lifeskills Training is a proven, highly
effective, substance abuse prevention program.
The training is recommended for Teachers,
Counselors, Prevention Advocates, Safe & Drug
Free School Coordinators and School Nurses and
is designed to:
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provide students with the necessary skills
to resist social pressures to smoke, drink,
and use drugs;
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help students develop greater self-esteem,
self-mastery, and self-confidence;
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enable students to effectively cope with
social anxiety;
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increase students knowledge of the immediate
consequences of substance abuse.
Approval has been granted for one hour of
graduate or undergraduate credit or for one
Department of Education Certificate Renewal
Credit. The course may also be taken for no
credit.
Information regarding the training design and
content can be found at
http://doe.sd.gov/oess/schoolhealth/training/index.asp
or by contacting the Coordinated School Health
staff at (605) 773-3261.
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