Health – High School

Credit recovery courses include a daily attendance requirement in addition to asynchronous instruction to provide students with a high level of learning. IDLA will provide the course content, Learning Management System, teachers, and internal support staff.  Districts will provide local personnel to support the students with intervention support, social-emotional support, physical and/or virtual technical access to courses, and transcription of credits.

 

Lessons include graded learning activities integrated within the content and are worth 60% of the overall grade.  Certified teachers check in on students frequently and attendance is recorded when a student logs in and completes some work each day.  There is no high-stakes final exam; just shorter incremental exams in each unit that are worth 40% of the overall grade.  Students must complete all exams to pass the course.

Course Description:
This semester long Health Education Course will help students develop the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions that allow them to stay active, safe and informed. This course is designed to enhance the awareness and knowledge of healthy lifestyle choices. The lessons and activities are designed to introduce the student to important aspects of the main types of health: emotional and mental, social and consumer, and physical. Among other topics, students will explore nutrition, understanding and avoiding disease, first aid and CPR, and human sexuality. Several adolescent risk behaviors (dietary patterns that contribute to disease, sedentary lifestyles, sexual behaviors, tobacco, alcohol and drug use) will be addressed while advocating for the students to make healthy choices for their overall health. Students will find out about the components of a healthy lifestyle and ways to approach making healthy choices and decisions. All course materials are provided online.

The Idaho State Department of Education requires all public school students to be instructed in Hands-Only CPR as part of a health/ wellness course. This includes instruction and demonstration, as well as information on AED (Automated External Defibrillator). This course meets that requirement. View Full Syllabus