A Coordinated and Systematic Model for Adopting, Implementing and Maintaining Effective Sexual Health Education Programs in Schools

Getting evidence-based sexual health education activities into schools can be a complicated process. Working models that assist our educational system in the selection, implementation, and maintenance of effective school-based adolescent health programs are needed. Replicating sexual health programs in school-based settings: A model for schools provides a comprehensive and applied approach that engages all of the important stakeholders within a school district. The results from this study hold much potential to inform Texas and the nation about how a coordinated and practical model can assist school districts to increase the use of evidence-based programs addressing teen pregnancy prevention and sexual health issues.

Implications for Adoption and Implementation of Effective Sexual Health Education Programs

Research on school-based sexual health education programs is at a critical juncture. With the growing number of evidenced-based programs, more focus is needed on how to help schools adopt and implement these programs. The article in this issue titled “Sexual Health Education from the Perspectives of School Staff: Implications for Adoption and Implementation of Effective Programs in Middle School” provides data on individual cognitive factors that may influence adoption and implementation. This commentary explores another framework, Concerns Based Adoption Model, as a tool for examining and supporting change associated with adoption and implementation of sexual health education programs.

Fostering English-taught higher education programs in a Spanish university: the "TechEnglish" innovative project

In recent years, coinciding with adjustments to the Bologna process, many European universities have attempted to improve their international profile by increasing course offerings in English. According to the Institute of International Education (IIE), Spain has notably increased its English-taught higher education programs, ranking fifth in the list of European countries by number of English-taught Master's programs in 2013. This article presents the goals and preliminary results of an on-going innovative education project (TechEnglish) that aims to promote course offerings in English at the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM). The UPM is the oldest and largest of all Technical Universities in Spain. It offers graduate and postgraduate programs that cover all the engineering disciplines as well as architecture. Currently, the UPM has no specific bilingual/multilingual program to promote teaching in English, although there is an Educational Model Whitepaper (with a focus on undergraduate degrees) that promotes the development of activities like an International Semester or a unique shared curriculum. The TechEnglish project is an attempt to foster courses taught in English at 7 UPM Technical Schools, including students and 80 faculty members. Four tasks were identified: (1) to design a university wide framework to increase course offerings, (2) to identify administrative difficulties, (3) to increase visibility of courses offered, and (4) to disseminate the results of the project. First, to design a program we analyzed existing programs at other Spanish universities, and other projects and efforts already under way at the UPM. A total of 13 plans were analyzed and classified according to their relation with students (learning), professors (teaching), administration, course offerings, other actors/institutions within the university (e.g., language departments), funds and projects, dissemination activities, mobility plans and quality control. Second, to begin to identify administrative and organizational difficulties in the implementation of teaching in English, we first estimated the current and potential course offerings at the undergraduate level at the UPM using a survey (student, teacher and administrative demand, level of English and willingness to work in English). Third, to make the course offerings more attractive for both Spanish and international students we examined the way the most prestigious universities in Spain and in Europe try to improve the visibility of their academic offerings in English. Finally, to disseminate the results of the project we created a web page and a workspace on the Moodle education platform and prepared conferences and workshops within the UPM. Preliminary results show that increasing course offerings in English is an important step to promote the internationalization of the University. The main difficulties identified at the UPM were related to how to acknowledge/certify the departments, teachers or students involved in English courses, how students should register for the courses, how departments should split and schedule the courses (Spanish and English), and the lack of qualified personnel. A concerted effort could be made to increase the visibility of English-taught programs offered on-line.

Transportation energy activities of the U.S. Department of Transportation - a technical assistance directory of programs, projects and contacts. Second edition.

Mode of access: Internet.

An Evaluation handbook for health education programs in alcohol and substance abuse /

Mode of access: Internet.

A supplement to area health education centers : a directory of Federal, State, local and private decentralized health professional education programs /

Mode of access: Internet.

Diabetes in the United States : a strategy for prevention : a report to the Technical Advisory Committee for Diabetes Translation and Community Control Programs.

"May 1991"--Leaf [1].

Comprehensive school health education programs : innovative practices and issues in setting standards.

"FIRST 93-7006"--P. [4] of cover.

Training and education programs in automatic data processing (ADP).

Mode of access: Internet.

Federal Aviation Administration : Aviation Education Programs and materials.

Mode of access: Internet.

Title IX and sex discrimination : Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities which receive federal financial assistance.

Mode of access: Internet.

Directory of consultants on migrant education; national and State lists for migrant education programs under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Public law 89-10, as amended.

Mode of access: Internet.

Rules and regulations for the administration of vocational education programs /

Cover title: Rules and regulations for the administration of vocational programs.

Three phase system for statewide evaluation of occupational education programs : team leader handbook.

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Native Hawaiian education reauthorization : hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, on S. 1767, to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve native Hawaiian education programs ....

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