Disciplinary Literacy: Physical Education - K-12

In this overview, Mr. Harris provides instruction on the integration of literacy in the physical and health education classroom and also highlights how the Common Core State Standards and TESS apply in the physical education classroom. 

This course with Dondre Harris, was recorded on July 1, 2014 at the Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 

School Health Services: Health Ed - Joint Use Agreement Grants

Joint use partnerships can provide schools and communities with access to safe and attractive recreation facilities for physical activity. In this COURSE, Ms. Jerri Clark, the director of the School Health Services division of the Arkansas Department of Education, explains the applications of joint use agreements. Such agreements, which allow school districts and other community organizations to share available facilities, are cost-effective ways of maximizing local resources and increasing the number of physical activities available to children. Ms. Clark explains the necessary considerations for such a proposal, such as state laws and district policies, relevant time constraints, and facility limitations. Ms. Clark also provides information about the procedure for attaining funding for such a partnership through the competitive Arkansas Joint Use Agreement Grant.

This course was recorded on July 31, 2014 at the AETN studies in Conway, Arkansas.

School Health Services: Health Ed - Aligning Teacher Instruction and Student Assessment

This course with Kathleen Courtney, Health Education Coordinator for the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), covers topics related to the assessment of students' work. Assessment should be meaningful, real, and clear to the student. Ms. Courtney suggests that the best way to assess what students understand is to allow them to become part of the assessment process through rubrics. How to develop rubrics and help students comprehend the scale by which their work is assessed is also covered in this course. 

This course with Kathleen Courtney was recorded on July 31, 2014, in the AETN studies in Conway, Arkansas.

School Health Services: Health Ed - The Brain, Learning Styles, and Student Engagement

In this course, Kathleen Courtney, Health Education Coordinator for the Arkansas Department of Education, gives an overview of student learning styles and various teaching strategies to provide quality instruction based on research about the human brain. She also gives examples of several tools to engage students and get them involved in the learning process. 

This course was recorded on July 31, 2014 at the AETN studios in Conway, Arkansas.

School Health Services: Health Ed - Including Sexual Health Education in Instruction

Comprehensive sexual health education greatly impacts student success. This course provides health educators with guidelines on how to infuse sexual education into the general K-12 health education curriculum with the goal of promoting sexual health and preventing risk-related health problems. Also provided is information on the ideal unit structures for teaching sexual education as an integrated component of the Arkansas Health and Wellness Curriculum Frameworks, as well as information on abstinence only and evidence-based abstinence plus programs.

This course was recorded on July 31, 2014 in the AETN studies in Conway, Arkansas.

School Health Services: Health Ed - School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) Programs

A quality school-based mental health program is comprised of more than just contracted therapy sessions with visiting mental health professionals. Comprehensive, formalized mental health programs can provide students with the services and resources needed in order to remain healthy, thriving learners. This course provides administrators and other school leaders with a detailed outline of the steps that need to be taken in order to assess and improve upon their current mental health services so that they may maintain students' health and safety. 

This course with Dr. Elizabeth Kindall, Arkansas Department of Education Mental Health Services Coordinator, was recorded on September 30, 2014 in the AETN studies in Conway, Arkansas.

Guiding Children Successfully, Episode 1: Effective Motivation for Children

Dr. Wally Goddard discusses three ways to successfully motivate children. Dr. Goddard describes what motivation is, problems with certain types of motivation, and how to effectively motivate children.

Guiding Children Successfully, Episode 2: Helping Children Use Their Gifts

Dr. Wally Goddard shares with educators how high self-esteem has become more detrimental than helpful to children. Instead, he believes we should help children use their gifts. In this episode, Goddard explains three ways he believes we can achieve this. First, teachers must focus on a child’s strengths because every person has a gift. Second, it is necessary to teach children that no one has every gift. Third, we all need to use our gift to help others through some kind of service. Ultimately, by using our gift to help others; our gifts will help make the world a better place and individual’s self-esteem will be raised.

Guiding Children Successfully, Episode 3: Parents and Teachers Working Together - Parental Involvement

This course instructs teachers and parents on how to work as partners to assist children. Three main points for parent and teacher cooperation are discussed by host and Family Life Specialist, Dr. Wally Goddard. Also among the topics discussed are negotiation skills, strategies for helping children succeed in school, and strategies for handling hostilities.

Parental Involvement: Introduction

This course includes a PDF, a PowerPoint, and a video with graded questions. The PDF and PowerPoint discuss in detail Arkansas Acts 603 of 2003 and 307 of 2007 and their implementation and application within the school. In the video, a group of experts from around the country answer the question, "What is parental involvement?" Experts also discuss the implementation and application of Arkansas Acts 603 of 2003 and 307 of 2007, the federal NCLB definition of parental involvement, and what research says about quality parental involvement.