Health Education Undergraduate Program
School Health Education Concentration

The School Health Educator is certified to teach in public and private schools and is qualified to participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of school health education programs.

The Health Educators in elementary classrooms provide health instruction creatively integrated in language arts, math, science, social studies, and other subjects.  In secondary schools, health education is taught in separate health courses or infused into other academic areas.  Graduates of the School Health Education Program typically have a starting salary in the range of $15-25,000.

School Health Educators work collaboratively with parents and community health agencies to address the intertwined social, educational, psychological, and health needs of young people.  In addition to the required professional education courses, school health educators complete course work in the following areas:

 

Foundations of Health Education	Basic Physiology and Anatomy
Nutrition	Healthful Living
Drug Awareness	Stress Management
First-Aid	Health Concepts of Sexual Development
General Safety Education	Methods and Materials in Health Education
Prevention and Control of Disease	Health Education: Planning & Organization
Health Aspects of Aging	Student Teaching (Practical experience)

 

There are 45 hours of general education requirements, a practicum, and 87 hours of school course work to obtain the School Health Education certification. This subject endorsement must be completed with a secondary endorsement area. Please see additional subject endorsement areas at:

http://coe.unomaha.edu/oss/SecHome.php.

If you have questions, please call the College of Education advisors at 554-2717.

Additional information can be found by clicking on the following links:

Health Education Course Descriptions

Health Education Course Worksheets

General Education Requirements