SSPW - Health Education

School Health Education and Physical Activity

School health curriculum, instruction, and assessment involves planning, implementing, and evaluating a sequential and developmentally appropriate PreK-12 curriculum that deals with important health and safety issues. Although primarily included in the subject areas of health, physical education, science, family and consumer education, social studies, and driver education and traffic safety, the curriculum transcends all disciplines to be delivered in an integrated, multidisciplinary approach.

Through the School Health Education Profile project, DPI monitors the current status of school health education; school health policies related to HIV infection/AIDS, tobacco use prevention, unintentional injuries and violence, physical activity, and food service; physical education; asthma management activities; and family and community involvement in school health programs. Go to the School Health Education Profile for the 2004 Wisconsin results.

Physical activity involves the development, implementation, and evaluation of school-based, school-linked efforts to increase exercise among students, staff, and community. There are a number of ways the Department of Public Instruction is addressing this important issue.

• The DPI, along with the Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center and the US Environmental Protection Agency, has launched a statewide skin cancer prevention initiative.
  
  
• The DPI co-sponsors a symposium called Best Practices in Physical Education and Health each summer to help increase knowledge and skills on the latest information on these content areas.
  
  
• Movin' and Munchin' Schools is a DPI-sponsored program to engage families in physical activity and healthy eating by having students and their families count moving miles based on the amount of physical activity they complete, and the food choices a person makes.
  
  
• Through the School Physical Activity Profile project, DPI determines curriculum, instruction, assessment and policies related to physical education and activity statewide.
  
  
• The DPI distributes current resource information to all health and physical education lead teachers in the state through an email list. To be added to this list, please contact Jon Hisgen at 608-267-9234 or e-mail Jon at jon.hisgen@dpi.wi.gov

This web page is dedicated to providing up-to-date information about school health education and physical activity programs and resources available through the Department of Public Instruction. For further information about these programs, contact Jon W. Hisgen, School Health Education and Physical Activity Consultant, at 608-267-9234 or jon.hisgen@dpi.wi.gov.

For questions about this information, contact Jon W. Hisgen (608) 267-9234

Last updated on 2/22/2008 8:00:28 AM