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ScopeandSequence
EachpublicschooldistrictinTexasisrequiredtodeliveracademicinstructionwithintheguidelinesoftheTexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills
(TEKS).StartingasearlyasKindergarten,theHealthTEKSaddresshealthyrelationships,refusalskills,settingboundariesanddecisionmaking;allof
theseskillsaretheprecursorstomoredevelopmentallyappropriateTEKSregardinghumansexuality,suchashumananatomy,HIVandblood
bornepathogens,aswellassexuallytransmitteddiseases.
TheTEKSincludeasectionspecificallyrelatedtoHealthEducationatthehighschoollevel.TheHealthEducationTEKSareavailableat:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter115.
LakeTravisISDcurrentlyembedsthesequenceoflearningbelowthroughhealthlessonsinP.E.,thecounselorsguidancelessons,nurselead
instructionandguestspeakersfromAustinLifeGuardandtheBigDecisionsCurriculum:
GRADE
CONTENT/TEKS
When/
Instructor(s) Parental AdditionalInformation
LEVEL(S)
(TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills)
HowTaught
Consent
Form
Sent
Home
Kinder3rd HealthTEKSCh.115thatincludesnamingbody
Guidance
Campus
No
HealthTEKSare
partsandfunctions,havingmannersandusing
Lessons
Counselor
progressivelytaughtina
healthycommunication,howtogethelpfroma
developmentally
Physical
P.E.Teachers
appropriatesequence.
trustedadultiftheydontfeelsafewithanother
ForTEKSbygradelevel,
child/adult,expressingneeds,wantsandemotions Education:
Health
Campus
visit
inappropriateways,usingselfcontrol,refusal
skills,thedifferencebetweenpositiveandnegative Lessons
Nurse
www.tea.state.tx.us
peerpressure,howgermsaretransmitted,how
(andseelinkabove
friendscaninfluencehealth
referringtoChapter
115.)
4thGrade
SimilarTEKSasK3,withadditionalinformationfor Spring
Campus
Yes
30minutelesson
GIRLSONLYonmenses
Lesson
Nurse
th
5 Grade
SimilarTEKSasK4withadditionalinformationfor Spring
Campus
Yes
30minutelesson
GIRLSandBOYS,taughtseparatelyonPuberty
Lesson
Nurse
Grade
6thGrade
CONTENT/TEKS
(TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills)
SimilarTEKSasK5withadditionalage
appropriate,informationonpubertyforGIRLSand
BOYStaughtseparatelysuchasanatomyand
physiology,theroleofhormones,thebenefitsof
abstinence,thedifferencebetweenpositiveand
negativerelationships,resistingpeerpressure,and
conflictmanagement,healthywaystoexpresslove
th th
7 /8
HealthTEKSthatcoverinformationsuchasthe
Grade
differenceingrowthpatternsandhowtheonsetof
pubertymayaffectpersonalhealth,physicaland
emotionalchangesofpuberty,riskfactors
associatedwithcommunicableandnon
communicablediseases,abstinenceONLY
approachtorelationshipsinpreventingpregnancy,
STIs,andHIV,theinfluenceofmediaonour
decision,refusalskills
HighSchool HealthTEKSthatincludeappraisingthe
Health
significanceofbodychangesduringadolescence,
theanalysisofrefusalskillsandtheavoidanceof
unsafesituationssuchassexualrelationships,
analysisoftheimportanceandbenefitsof
abstinenceasitrelatedtoemotionalhealthand
thepreventionofpregnancy,discussionof
abstinenceastheonlymethodthatis100%
effectiveinpregnancyandSTIprevention
When/
Instructor(s)
HowTaught
Spring
Semester
throughPE:
Health
Lesson
Approved
Guest
Speaker,
Planned
Parenthood
Science
Class
Austin
LifeGuard
Parental AdditionalInformation
Consent
Form
Sent
Home
Yes
1classperiod
Yes
Yes
HealthClass Austin
LifeGuard
(Abstinence
ONLY)
Or
BigDecisions
(Abstinence
PLUS)
3daylesson(3
consecutiveScience
periods)
AustinLifeGuardisa3
classperiodlessonasis
BigDecisions.
Students/Parentsoptfor
one,bothorneither
presentations.