Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

If you’re like me, you are super disappointed in the spring cancellations of events, workshops and conventions. However, during this pandemic, our health and safety is most important. My team was planning on offering a few different sessions at SHAPE America this year during the week of April 20. In lieu of this convention’s cancellation, we’d like to offer adapted sessions via webinars online. They will be recorded if you aren’t able to join live. We’ll post these webinars to our YouTube Read ▸ about Our SHAPE America Workshops- Offered Virtually!

Yesterday, I was scheduled to facilitate the KY SHAPE health education cadre meeting and plan for future professional development events and workshop. However, when I woke up, I decided to throw the agenda out (with permission from the trainers, of course). My idea was to utilize the 8 of us to write simple prompts that teachers might use, or send home during non-traditional instructional days. These prompts are not formal lessons, and some may not be feasibly implemented by your community of Read ▸ about Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) Health Education Prompts

Kailey Mayo is a K-8 school counselor located in Montana.  She was one of the national winners of the 2018 Incentive Award from Cairn Guidance in partnership with the Dove Self-Esteem Project.  As a national winner, Kailey attended an all-expenses 2019 national professional conference of her choice. Kailey chose to attend the 2019 American School Counselors Association conference.Since our school serves kindergarten through 8th grade, I have the unique experience of literally growing Read ▸ about Our Kids Will Change the World

Written by Laura Ross, Middle School Counselor, former Dove Self-Esteem Project Cadre Trainer with Cairn Guidance, a Dove Self-Esteem Project Partner, and her state’s 2018 School Counselor of the Year Middle school can be a tough time for adolescents. They are figuring out who they are in the world apart from their parents, trying to find the place that they belong among their peers, wondering what type of future will be ahead of them, and looking to see if they measure up with the world Read ▸ about Middle School: Tough Times…. Or Not

We are excited to share a new resource focused on mental health through the lens of the WSCC Framework. This project, that was completed in collaboration with The Jed Foundation (JED), a non-profit that works to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults, and with support from Matchstick Consulting, approaches the work of promoting mental health and preventing suicide comprehensively. The WSCC Framework is comprehensive and emphasizes the need for Read ▸ about Mental Health in Schools Through the Lens of the Whole Child

We are thrilled to announce that Generation Unlabeled is here! Generation Unlabeled is a new curriculum comprised of five, no cost, interactive lessons that cover a range of topics – from toxic masculinity and gender stereotypes to inclusivity. The program asks middle school students to analyze today’s society and culture, themselves, and conclude with a call to action, like revising a school policy to be more inclusive. We developed the curriculum with support from a group of national experts Read ▸ about New Curriculum for Middle School Students – AXE Generation Unlabeled is Here!

Recently I had a big A-HA. I’d like to throw out my beliefs to see what others think in the health education field. My hope is to engage the conversation broadly so I can continue to form a more comprehensive approach and philosophy and one that is informed by actual practitioners in the field! “Many of us are making the assumption that units based on skills rather than content are a good idea. We have no research to demonstrate this is the case at this point in time.” Read ▸ about Defining Skills-Based Health Education- What Does it Actually Mean?

2019 DSEP Cadre Trainers Written by Cairn Guidance, a Dove Self-Esteem Project Partner The theme for the Dove Self-Esteem Project’s (DSEP) 2019 Cadre Trainer Retreat was The Journey to Body Confidence.  Every human being takes this journey, most of which is probably not wholly conscious.  We become who we are by experiences, thought processes, and the significant lives that touch ours, amongst other things.  Does Read ▸ about The Journey to Body Confidence