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State Funded Comprehensive Health Education

About

The "Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1990" encourages every school district to provide a pre K-12th grade planned, sequential health education program. Parental and community involvement in the program is stressed. Parents and guardians have the right to exempt from any or all of the health education program. Local health advisory councils are encouraged and should be representative of the norms and values of the community.

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Health Education Coordinators E-mail List 

Communication Devices in Schools

For More Information on Comprehensive Health & Physical Education Training Offerings Contact: 

James Hurley, Ph.D. 
Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Content Specialist
303-910-3901
 

News and Announcements

  • Our webpages are undergoing updates.  Thank you for your patience.  If you need help finding something, please reach out to Liz.
  • New! Local Wellness Policy Toolkit - Use this toolkit to strengthen your district’s Local Wellness Policy—from meeting federal requirements and completing triennial assessments to updating policy language, building an action plan, and sustaining wellness efforts over time.

  • CPR/AED Implementation of Senate Bill 23-023
    The legislation states that: The comprehensive health education curriculum guidelines developed by CDE must include a training and education program included on the list maintained by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Office of Cardiac Arrest management pursuant to section 25-53-202, and the instruction must: 
    (a) incorporate the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and 
    (b) use an automated external defibrillator. 

  • (2) as used in this section, "psychomotor skills" means skills using hands-on practice to support cognitive learning.

Grantees

Professional Development Opportunities

CDE Health Education Moodle Course

The Colorado Department of Education has collectively created a comprehensive course to support educators teaching health education. The goal of health education is for students to gain knowledge and become proficient in skills that will help them adopt and maintain healthy lives. The module course will equip educators to develop skills around implementing high impact teaching strategies and effective health education practices. Each of the course modules focuses on one important aspect of health education. The modules are set up to be viewed sequentially; however, they are self-contained, meaning there is flexibility to review the modules individually at your leisure. Modules have been created by Colorado health educators with support from the Colorado Education Initiative, and funding from the Colorado Health Foundation. 

Health Equity in Schools: Data-Driven Strategies

The Colorado Healthy Schools Program team is excited to announce the launch of our self-paced, online course, Health Equity in Schools: Data-Driven Strategies in collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center! This course emphasizes the crucial role of the education community in promoting health equity. Utilizing the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, participants will learn strategies to incorporate health equity principles into school settings.

Length of Learning Opportunity: 1 hour

Trauma-Informed Practices in Physical Education 

CDE, in partnership with UNC, created a "Trauma Informed Practices in Physical Education" course. 

Participants will:

  • Recognize the impact of trauma on student behavior and learning in PE.
  • Implement trauma-informed strategies to promote emotional safety and inclusivity.
  • Foster positive relationships and mindfulness to support all students in physical education.

Certificate Included

Academic Standards

The Comprehensive Health standards focus on personal decision-making around emotional and social well-being, positive communication, healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco, drug, and alcohol  abuse prevention and violence prevention. The standards underscore important skills for navigating today’s society with its complex and often confusing messages around health, beauty, and happiness.

Community and State Partners

 

Resources

Connections Across CDE