Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 10 - EDUCATION › Chapter 10.58 - PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM STANDARDS › Subchapter 10.58.5 - Teaching Areas: Specific Standards › Rule 10.58.513 - HEALTH

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) The program
				requires that successful candidates:
(a)
				utilize health-related data about the social and cultural environments
				impacting growth and development, needs and interests of students to promote
				healthy lifestyles and behaviors inclusive of American Indians and tribes in
				Montana;
(b) distinguish between
				behaviors and external factors (family, peers, culture, media, technology) that
				promote health enhancement and those that hinder well-being;
(c) conduct needs assessments that provide
				appropriate data to determine health education needs of the learners and
				diverse populations;
(d) use
				advocacy and communication skills to recruit school and community
				representatives to support and assist in health education program
				planning;
(e) develop a logical
				scope and sequence plan for a health education program that includes a display
				of functional knowledge of health promotion and disease prevention concepts
				related to alcohol and other drugs, injury prevention, nutrition, physical
				activity, sexual health, tobacco, mental health, suicide prevention, personal
				and consumer health, including goal settings, interpersonal communication, and
				decision skills to enhance health and community and environmental
				health;
(f) formulate appropriate
				and measurable learner goals and objectives that promote healthy lifestyles and
				behaviors;
(g) design health
				education strategies consistent with specified learner goals and objectives to
				encourage the practice of healthy behaviors to promote physical and cognitive
				health;
(h) analyze factors
				affecting the successful implementation of health education and coordinated
				school health programs;
(i) select
				resources and media best suited to implement program plans for diverse
				learners, including relevant resources for American Indians and tribes in
				Montana;
(j) demonstrate competence
				in delivering planned health education programs;
(k) evaluate health education programs,
				adjusting objectives and instructional strategies as necessary;
(l) assess student achievement based on
				health education program objectives, interpret results, and determine future
				program needs;
(m) design and
				develop a plan for coordinating health education with other components of a
				school health program;
(n)
				demonstrate the dispositions and communication skills to facilitate cooperation
				among educators, families, and other appropriate professionals;
(o) formulate strategies of collaboration
				among health educators in all settings;
(p) utilize health information retrieval
				systems effectively, i.e., current and emerging technologies;
(q) establish effective and appropriate
				consultative relationships with those requesting assistance in solving
				health-related problems;
(r)
				synthesize valid and reliable health data and respond to requests for health
				information;
(s) select effective,
				valid, and reliable health resource materials for dissemination;
(t) interpret concepts, purposes, models, and
				theories of health promotion and health education;
(u) predict the impact of societal value
				systems on health education programs;
(v) select a variety of communication
				techniques and adapt health information to a specific target audience;
				and
(w) develop effective
				communication between health care providers and consumers working cooperatively
				as an advocate for improving personal, family, and community health.