California Health Education Standards
Advisory Panel
Meeting Minutes
March 14-16, 2006
Members
Martha Adriasola-Martinez
Beverly Bradley
Marilyn Briggs
Laurie Brown
Sally Champlin
Kim Clark
Cornelia Finkbeiner
Laura Griffith
Sloan Holmes
Tad Kitada
Ric Loya
Sarah Miller
Miguel Perez
Ann Rector
Christopher Saldivar
Carol Shaw
Robin Sinks
Purpose of the Advisory Panel
Draft health education content standards for California public schools, kindergarten through grade twelve, for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and adoption by the State Board of Education.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Mary Marks, School Health Connection and Healthy Start, California Department of Education (CDE), welcomed the panel members, and introductions of panel members and project staff followed.
Project Overview
Mary Marks reviewed the goals, objectives, and benchmarks for the California Health Education Standards Advisory Panel (HESAP).
Logistics and Committee Procedures
Kayla Kirsch (facilitator) reviewed the agenda and desired outcomes for the meeting as well as staff roles. Ground rules were established by project staff and panel members.
California Department of Education Welcome
Formal welcomes to the advisory panel on behalf of the CDE were delivered by:
- Sue Stickel, Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction Branch
- Jan Mayer, Assistant Superintendent, Learning Support and Partnerships Division
Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act Overview
Caroline Roberts, Administrator, School Health Connections and Healthy Start, CDE, presented an overview of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. She noted that members were provided a written copy of her PowerPoint presentation as well as a guide to the Bagley-Keene Act in their binders. Various provisions of the law were discussed, and panel members’ questions were answered. Panel members and staff indicated an understanding of the Bagley-Keene Act and were instructed to bring any subsequent questions on the topic to Mary Marks.
Public Comment
(no requests)
Non-Business Dinner (6:30 p.m.)
Panel members and project staff attended a common dinner. No panel business was discussed.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Welcome from State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell welcomed the members of the advisory panel and thanked them for their participation and commitment to this important project.
Background Information on Standards and Frameworks
Mary Marks presented information on standards-related terminology, which was followed by panel discussion.
Tom Adams, Executive Director to the Curriculum Commission and Director of the Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division, provided an overview of curriculum frameworks, described their relationship to content standards, and answered panel members’ questions.
Assessment Tools for Health Education: State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards Health Education Assessment Project
Jeri Day, School Health Connections and Healthy Start, CDE, provided an overview of the State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS) Health Education Assessment Project (HEAP). A question and answer session followed.
Skills-Based Instruction
Dr. Deborah Wood, Director of the California Healthy Kids Resource Center, provided an overview of research and asked panel members to participate in an activity designed to apply their knowledge.
Public Comment
(no requests)
A lunch recess was called. The meeting resumed at approximately 1:00 p.m.
National Standards and Standards from Other States
Panel members were divided into small working groups to review the1995 version of the National Health Education Standards and the current (2006) draft revision. Panel members examined both documents and reported their findings to the whole group.
In small working groups, panel members reviewed one or two standards documents from other states. After examining the document(s), small groups reported their findings to the whole group.
Public Comment
(no requests)
Thursday, March 16, 2006, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Priorities and Standards Development
Mary Marks reviewed the skills presented in the National Health Education Standards and answered questions. Kayla Kirsch facilitated the panel members’ reflections on the items discussed during the previous two days.
Discussion
Panel members worked in small groups and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of various approaches to developing standards. A report out to the whole group followed.
Public Comment
(no requests)
A lunch recess was called. The meeting resumed at approximately 1:00 p.m.
Continuation of Morning Discussion - Standards Development
Mary Marks discussed the charge of the panel to write standards for individual grade levels for kindergarten through grade eight and standards for the high school level. Panel members’ questions were answered.
Members worked in small groups to nominate top priority overarching standards. Criteria for selection were established. The standards should:
- Be focused on what students should be able to know and do
- Be future oriented (for use in the next ten years)
- Be foundational
- Have a high potential to positively impact health education for K-12 students
- Be research-based (standards reflect research; reality-based)
- Be reflective of California and what is unique about our population
- Be clear
- Have students as the target
The smaller groups’ nominations for the overarching standards were presented to the entire panel. After discussion, the panel reached preliminary consensus that the eight themes in the draft revision of the National Health Education Standards (2006) may serve as the basis for the California standards:
- Core concepts
- Analyze influences
- Access valid information
- Interpersonal communication
- Decision-making
- Goal-setting
- Practice health-enhancing behaviors
- Advocacy
The panel members were asked to reflect upon and/or complete the following items in preparation for the April meeting:
- Should the panel keep all eight standards separate or combine some?
- Write a rationale statement for one standard.
- The panel tabled discussion regarding whether or not they should develop secondary level standards for one year of health education or develop grade span standards for grades 9-10 and 11-12.
Public Comment
(no requests)
The March Health Education Standards Advisory Panel meeting was adjourned at approximately 4:00 p.m.
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