Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

The Dove Self-Esteem Project is on a mission to highlight self-confidence as the source of beauty, not outward appearances, and societal standards. With the global mission of reaching ¼ billion young people by 2030, everyone can play a role in increasing body confidence and self-esteem in the lives of youth. Curricula like Dove Self-Esteem Project’s, Confident Me, My Hair My Crown, Proud to Be and Celebrándome present free and easily accessible turnkey lessons and activities. The ability to Read ▸ about The Dove Self-Esteem Project:  A mission for all.

The Cairn Guidance team is very excited to share a variety of training events and opportunities this Fall. As always, please reach out if you have any questions. Deep Dives into the Health Education Standards This week is the last opportunity to sign up for this awesome training series, starting on Monday, October 2, 2023. We have offered this multiple times for clients and opened it up to others around the country! We will be co-facilitating this with RMC Health. Each of the eight Read ▸ about Upcoming 2023 Fall Events and Opportunities!

The 2021 Oregon Legislative Assembly, passed a House Bill that included the expectation each public school in the state must provide age-appropriate instruction in oral health to be included within the health education curriculum. As a result, we were hired to write a K-8 and High School skills-based health education oral health curriculum for the Healthy Teeth, Bright Futures Coalition, which is comprised of representatives from philanthropic organizations, health plans, the education Read ▸ about A New K-12 Oral Health Curriculum!

By Jess Lawrence, Director of Cairn Guidance About ten years ago, I came up with the idea to create cards that students use in health class engaging them using the health skills in variety of ways. Initially, my idea came to me when I was thinking how to create and active student audience when they observe a role play of other students. My idea was that students hold up the card when they see or hear a communication technique. I thought it might look something like: “I feel angry Read ▸ about A new Skills-Based Health Ed Product… Skills On a Ring™!

Greetings and salutations! I’m Brittany Echols and I’m waving to you all from Waldorf, Maryland! Umm let’s see, where do I start…well I’m the newly hired Health Education Curriculum Manager and while I’ve always loved health education, I didn’t have a linear path into the profession.  As a military child, I spent most of my formative years growing up outside of the Nation’s Capital. From the time I was in middle school I told myself, I would never go into the family business—education, Read ▸ about Brittany Echols, Health Education Curriculum Manager

During the winter and spring of 2022, the Cairn Guidance team reviewed multiple textbooks, curricula, and resources for the Bend-La Pine School District in Deschutes County Oregon.  In June, 2022, our team facilitated an in-person, two-day Skills-Based Health Education Standards and Assessment training with health educators in the district, followed by a third day creating a K-12 health education scope and sequence (based on CDCs HECAT), followed by a fourth day of reviewing curricula Read ▸ about Health Education Curriculum Reviews

Build your capacity to teach the health skills outlined in the National Health Education Standards and support student social emotional learning, mental health, and health literacy! Cairn Guidance and RMC Health are excited to announce our Deep Dive into the National Health Education Standards Virtual Training Series. The intended audience includes K-12 heath teachers, curriculum specialists, instructional coaches, school counselors and school nurses teaching health education. This series is Read ▸ about Skills-Based Health Education Virtual Training Series!

Cairn Guidance is excited to work on a new project with Shine Light on Depression to raise awareness around childhood and teen depression and suicide. Shine Light on Depression offers no-cost, key-turning resources to support the mental health of youth in both in-school and after-school settings.  2022 Shine Light on Depression Ambassadors As mental health advocates, Cairn Guidance hired and trained ambassadors who are “boots-on-the-ground” to further support the work with the Shine Read ▸ about Shine Light on Depression