Standard Course of Study & Supporting Resources

Healthful Living

The current state content standards were approved by the NC State Board of Education in 2010, with required implementation for schools in 2012.   

View all Healthful Living Content Standards and Support Documents

Resources intended to assist with the implementation of the North Carolina Healthful Living Essential Standards.

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Teaching the Standards: CPR Instruction Webinar 9/23/20

This webinar will provide tools and resources to support the implementation of Healthful Living Objectives for CPR during remote instruction. Participants will hear strategies for providing instruction virtually now with hands on demonstration upon returning to the classroom. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to share teaching strategies, successes and challenges with colleagues from across the state.

Presenter:

Burt Jenkins, State Healthful Living Consultant

Recorded Webinar

CPR Instruction Presentation Slides (pdf)

Materials and Resources from the Chat (pdf)

CPR Instruction Without Videos (ppt)

CPR Instruction with ARC link (ppt)

CPR Instruction With Videos (ppt) (Allow extra time for download due to file size)

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CPR Legislation

An act to make successful completion of instruction in CPR available to all students with a plan to phase in completion of CPR Instruction as a High School graduation requirement by 2015.

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NC State Board of Education Graduation Requirements GRAD-004

The year a student enters grade nine for the first time determines the graduation course requirements the student must meet.

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AED Handout

Best if printed on both sides of legal-size paper, folded along dotted lines to create resource.

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CPR Checklist

Checklist 1 to be used in instruction

Check list 2 for use in cumulative folder

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CPR Frequently Asked Questions

Guidance Essential Standards and Healthful Living Essential Standards contain numerous similarities, thus present great opportunities for school counselors and health education teachers to collaborate. Below you will find documents that crosswalk the two to help you identify those collaborative opportunities. Healthful Living Essential Standards are organized by grade levels whereas Guidance Essential Standards are organized developmentally based on student readiness rather than grade level placement beginning with RED and ending with Independent as follows:

  • RED - Readiness/Exploratory/Discovery

  • EEE - Early Emergent/Emergent

  • P - Progressing

  • EI - Early Independent

  • I - Independent

Guidance Standards with Healthful Living Additions

Healthful Living (K-6) w GES Readiness Discovery

Healthful Living (K-8) w GES Early Emergent

Healthful Living (4-8) w GES Progressing

Healthful Living (6-9) w GES Early Independent

Healthful Living (6-9) w GES Independent

Healthful Living Standards with Guidance Additions

K - High School Health

K - High School Physical Education

NCDPI Social Emotional Learning Guidance for Healthful Living

This document is designed to provide a crosswalk between the five core competencies of SEL and Healthful Living objectives and instruction.

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Webinar: Integrating SEL in Healthful Living

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:00 pm

Description:

This session is designed for Healthful Living educators who want to learn more about integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into their classrooms and standards-based curriculum. An overview of North Carolina’s SEL initiatives will be shared, including the work of the NC SEL Implementation Team and the Core SEL Practices. The new SEL Standards Mapping document for Healthful Living will be explored, along with other resources that can support implementation of SEL into any PK-12 learning environment.

Presenter: Burt Jenkins, NCDPI Healthful Living Consultant

Integrating SEL in Healthful Living Recorded Webinar

Integrating SEL in Healthful Living PPT (pdf)

Participant Notes

Global Education Resources Document

This document contains some global connections found in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Healthful Living Essential Standards
along with supporting resources and tools. This is not an exhaustive list and will be updated as needed.

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Low cost options in creating Physical Education equipment.

Games

Strings and Rings

Toxic Waste

Equipment DIY

Best Racket

Long Racket

Wide Racket

Best Racket Written Instructions

Scoops

Scoop Written Instructions

Walking and Bicycle Safety

Let's Go NC

  • A Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Skills Program for Healthy, Active Children is an all-in-one package of lesson plans, materials, activities and instructional videos that encourages children to learn about and practice fundamental skills that build safe habits.

North Carolina Safe Routes to School

  • Safe Routes to School is a national and international movement to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school. SRTS programs are comprehensive efforts that look at ways to make walking and bicycling to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thus encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age. To start a program at your school, check out the handbook and other resources here.

NC Safe Routes To School Handbook

Please note that fitness testing is voluntary; however, if fitness testing is being conducted these guidelines adopted in 2011-2012 should be followed. 

Fitness Testing Guidelines

Guidance Essential Standards and Healthful Living Essential Standards contain numerous similarities, thus present great opportunities for school counselors and health education teachers to collaborate. Below you will find documents that crosswalk the two to help you identify those collaborative opportunities. Healthful Living Essential Standards are organized by grade levels whereas Guidance Essential Standards are organized developmentally based on student readiness rather than grade level placement beginning with RED and ending with Independent as follows:

  • RED - Readiness/Exploratory/Discovery

  • EEE - Early Emergent/Emergent

  • P - Progressing

  • EI - Early Independent

  • I - Independent

Guidance Standards with Healthful Living Additions

Healthful Living (K-6) w GES Readiness Discovery

Healthful Living (K-8) w GES Early Emergent

Healthful Living (4-8) w GES Progressing

Healthful Living (6-9) w GES Early Independent

Healthful Living (6-9) w GES Independent

Healthful Living Standards with Guidance Additions

K - High School Health

K - High School Physical Education

NCDPI Social Emotional Learning Guidance for Healthful Living

This document is designed to provide a crosswalk between the five core competencies of SEL and Healthful Living objectives and instruction.

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Webinar: Integrating SEL in Healthful Living

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:00 pm

Description:

This session is designed for Healthful Living educators who want to learn more about integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into their classrooms and standards-based curriculum. An overview of North Carolina’s SEL initiatives will be shared, including the work of the NC SEL Implementation Team and the Core SEL Practices. The new SEL Standards Mapping document for Healthful Living will be explored, along with other resources that can support implementation of SEL into any PK-12 learning environment.

Presenter: Burt Jenkins, NCDPI Healthful Living Consultant

Integrating SEL in Healthful Living Recorded Webinar

Integrating SEL in Healthful Living PPT (pdf)

Participant Notes

Global Education Resources Document

This document contains some global connections found in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Healthful Living Essential Standards
along with supporting resources and tools. This is not an exhaustive list and will be updated as needed.

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Classroom Based Physical Activities! The way teachers integrate physical activity with academic concepts. Check out these short, about 10-minute, activities that classroom teachers can use to provide activity to children.

After School Energizers.pdf

K-5 Energizers 2015.pdf

Healthful Living Energizers 2015.pdf

Language Arts Energizers 2015.pdf

Math Energizers 2015.pdf

Music Energizers 2015.pdf

Science Energizers 2015.pdf

Social Studies Energizers 2015.pdf

Let's Go NC

  • A Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Skills Program for Healthy, Active Children is an all-in-one package of lesson plans, materials, activities and instructional videos that encourages children to learn about and practice fundamental skills that build safe habits.

North Carolina Safe Routes to School

  • Safe Routes to School is a national and international movement to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school. SRTS programs are comprehensive efforts that look at ways to make walking and bicycling to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thus encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age. To start a program at your school, check out the handbook and other resources here.

NC Safe Routes To School Handbook