Daily Archives: May 4, 2016

Healthy & Ready to Learn, School Nurses, Student Health

NATIONAL TEEN PREGNANCY MONTH

Today is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and May is National Teen Pregnancy Month – a downloadable Supporter Kit includes 12 ideas for getting involved. Other offerings include:

May 11, 11 am – Digital Town Hall Webinar on teen pregnancy prevention from OAH.

May 19, 10 am – “Reducing Disparities in Teen Birth Rates” webinar from the CDC.

May 19, 11 am – Twitter Chat, #Youth360: Moving Beyond Prevention to Holistic Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health.

Other resources for the May campaign are available from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

Student Health

OSPI Webinar: New Health and Physical Education K-12 Learning Standards

Don’t Miss It – New Washington State OSPI Standards Orientation Webinar

Learn about the new Health and Physical Education K-12 Learning Standards by joining OSPI on May 25th: 10-11 am

Registration https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5612882988864324097

This presentation will orient participants to the new 2016 Health and Physical Education K-12 Learning Standards, adopted by Superintendent Dorn in March 2016. As a result of this webinar, participants will:

1.) Understand the benefits to the new standards.
2.) Know what is required to teach and when.
3.) Consider how current instruction already aligns.
4.) Determine potential gaps that exist between current practices and the new outcomes.
5.) Identify what is needed to start implementing the new standards.

For questions about this webinar or the newly adopted standards, please contact Marissa.Rathbone@k12.wa.us.