NBPTS Health Ed case studies

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National Board Certification in Health Education is a voluntary, advanced professional credential offered through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), described on its own site as "the most respected professional certification available in education." It was designed to develop, retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide. The certificate is intended for practicing health educators who want to demonstrate accomplished practice against the National Board Standards specific to health education, rather than for pre-service candidates. The NBPTS Health Ed case studies are 5 cases and about 5,450 words.

The Data Wall vs. the Role-Play: Defending a Skills-Based Summative

You teach ninth-grade health at a suburban high school of 1,400 students, meeting each of your 12 sections for one 45-minute period per week. The district adopted a skills-based curriculum aligned to the National Health Education Standards, and your refusal-skills unit ends with a four-minute role-play scored on an analytic rubric with four criteria: recognizing pressure, stating a clear refusal, proposing an alternative, and exiting.

1,057 words, about 5 min 2

A Petition Against the Growth and Development Unit

At a 900-student middle school, all seventh graders take a three-week Growth and Development unit in the spring. It covers puberty, abstinence-plus content, contraception facts, STI transmission, and one lesson on gender identity and sexual orientation vocabulary.

1,169 words, about 6 min 3

A Disclosure After Class: Limits of Confidentiality

During a tenth-grade unit on healthy relationships, a student lingers after class and tells you that her 19-year-old boyfriend 'gets mad when I say no' and that she thinks she may be pregnant. She asks you not to tell anyone, especially not her mother, and not the school counselor, 'because she knows my family from church.' You are a mandated reporter under state law.

1,145 words, about 6 min 4

Spending $4,000 on Vaping Before June

Local Youth Risk Behavior Survey results arrive in March. In your 1,100-student high school, ninth-grade past-30-day e-cigarette use rose from 11 percent to 28 percent over two years, 62 percent of ninth graders say vapes are 'easy to get,' and only 38 percent perceive great risk.

1,036 words, about 5 min 5

A Newcomer Student and the Advocacy Letter Summative

A newcomer student entered your tenth-grade health class seven months ago. Her home language is Spanish; her English proficiency is level 2 on the state's language assessment, and her IEP includes a written-expression goal with accommodations of extended time, a graphic organizer, and access to a bilingual word-to-word glossary.

1,043 words, about 5 min