NYSTCE Health Education case studies
NYSTCE Health Education · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Health Education Content Specialty Test (CST), test code 073, is one of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE) content specialty tests listed in the NYSTCE test catalog. Candidates take it to demonstrate subject-matter knowledge in health education as part of New York State educator certification requirements. The NYSTCE Health Education case studies are 5 cases and about 3,422 words.
1The Vaping Cluster and the Principal's Demand for Names
You are the health teacher and wellness coordinator at a middle school with 640 students in grades 6–8. Over three weeks, the nurse has documented 14 visits for nicotine-related symptoms (nausea, racing heart, headache), nine pod-style e-cigarettes confiscated in two bathrooms, and one student who became dizzy and vomited during lunch.
714 words, about 4 min2The HIV Unit, the Opt-Out Requests, and the Board Member
You teach 10th grade health in a state that requires HIV prevention education. Your five-lesson unit includes condom efficacy data, refusal skills, and a demonstration of correct condom use on a teaching model, which is permitted by district policy.
675 words, about 3 min3The Anaphylaxis Plan, the Nut Ban Demand, and the Field Trip
At a PreK–5 elementary school of 480 students, a second grader has a documented peanut and tree-nut allergy with one prior anaphylactic episode requiring epinephrine. She carries an auto-injector in her backpack, and the health office has a second one.
656 words, about 3 min4The Journal Entry, the Friday Afternoon, and the Coaching Role
You are an eighth grade health teacher and also the assistant girls' soccer coach. A student writes in a private journal entry - submitted as a class assignment with the instruction that entries stay between student and teacher unless someone is in danger - that she has been cutting her thighs 'to feel something' for about two months, that she has a plan to 'end it' but 'not yet,' and that she is begging you not to tell anyone.
690 words, about 3 min5The Wellness Policy Vote, the Bake Sale, and the Sports Drink Claim
You are the health education representative on a district wellness committee in a district where 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The committee is revising the local wellness policy.
687 words, about 3 min