Health Education Add-On License... coming soon

Are you interested in adding a Health Education license to your teaching areas? If so, consider the new Health Education Add-On License.

910 Add-On Licensure in Health Education

The Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh offers a program for teachers licensed in Wisconsin who wish to complete the Wisconsin 910 Add-On Licensure in PK-12 Health Education.  It consists of 15 graduate credit hours, all held online or as hybrid courses.  The five graduate-level courses included in the program satisfy licensure requirements for teachers with an undergraduate degree and teacher licensure in a certifiable teaching area as determined by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

Required Courses:

Health 710:  Current Health Issues and Trends, 3 credits (Online) Spring 2010

This course will provide graduate students, with the necessary background in health content areas (nutrition, physical activity, personal health, safety and injury prevention, stress, violence/abuse, substance use and abuse, disease prevention, aging, death and dying,  and mental and emotional health).

Health 715:  Consumer and Community Health, 3 credits  (Hybrid) Fall 2009

This course will provide graduate students with the necessary background in health content areas (consumer and community health and environmental health).

Health 722:  Curriculum Development and Program Planning in Health Education, 3 credits (Online) Fall 2009

This course will provide graduate students with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop effective curriculum and learning strategies for health education.  Students will become comfortable applying the Wisconsin Standards of Health Education with psychosocial skills to assist students in the development of life skills.

Health 728:  Instructional Methods and Strategies in Health Education, 3 credits (Online) Spring 2010

This course is designed to have graduate students engage in an analysis of effective approaches to teaching health education to children.

Students will engage in the application of teaching methods, strategies, techniques and assessments in health education, constructing a series of “hands-on” learning opportunities.

Health 740:  Human Sexuality:  PK-12 Content and Programming, 3 credits (Online) Fall 2009

This course will provide graduate students with a review of current information on health and human sexuality.  Emphasis is given to biological, political, psychosocial and educational aspects of human sexuality, with special emphasis on instructional activities related to interpersonal communication, decision-making, and clarification of values.  Students will review Wisconsin law and curriculum expectations, while gaining a healthy appreciation and understanding of the controversial issues surrounding the teaching of this content in PK-12 schools.

Student Teaching -- .... details forthcoming

NOTE:

Students must complete all five courses to attain licensure.  Attendance is MANDATORY at all sessions of hybrid courses.  This is essential to gaining licensure.  Independent Study will not be granted in any of these five courses.

Please note that you will need access to, and comfort with, electronic technology to successfully complete this licensure, as all five courses are taught using D2L or other online resources.  Upon completion of the five-course learning cohort, a minimum grade point average of 3.0 is required to attain DPI licensure.

Participants will be required to pass the Praxis II content exam in Health and submit a portfolio to obtain licensure.

This program is being offered based on the number of professionals seeking add-on licensure in health education.  The Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education may cancel this offering due to insufficient enrollment.

All classes can apply to the emphasis area in the MS Educational Leadership program.

For more information on this licensure, contact Dr. Christine Tipps, tipps@uwosh.edu OR Dr. Michael Beeth, beeth@uwosh.edu