A How-To for Pairing Standard 1 NHES-Infused Performance Indicators With NHES Skills and CASEL Competencies: Planning for the Skills-Based Health/SEL Education Classroom

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide the practicing teacher with a planning tool that helps infuse National Health Education Standard (NHES) 1 with NHES 2–8 and social–emotional learning competencies and sub-competencies in their lessons and units. Because the focus on the social and emotional learning of students is in high demand given the stresses that currently plague society, it is important that teachers have the tools to incorporate the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) competencies and the NHES into their daily lessons and units. This article provides the teacher with instruction on how to infuse health education content into the health education skills and align social and emotional learning. The article expands the recently published CASEL and NHES Crosswalk to dig deeper into the infusion of Standard 1 of the NHES. The authors provide concrete steps and examples to show teachers practical ways for incorporating health education content, skill standards, and social and emotional learning.