Co-Partner #2- Kate Vaught

Locating and Partnering with Co-Teachers Plan Person 2

Plan Elements:

Name: Kate Vaught

Position: County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences

Contact information:

Kate Vaught

Campbell County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences

      3500 Alexandria Pike

            Highland Heights, KY 41076-1705

Describe the plan you have made with this person.

How will you bring what they have to offer to your students? Kate and I are still discussing things that she and her facility can bring to the classroom, (we had a short conversation that will be followed up with email and other phone conversations that will lengthen the knowledge I am sharing with you today.) We discussed how she is available along with her coworker, Rhonda Rex, to visit schools and teach about the importance of nutrition and eating right. (There are also many other things that they can come to your classroom about, and it is not limited to just nutrition.) Here is a list of topics that they work with: leadership development, food & nutrition, health, wellness and exercise, they work with daycares and preschools, and they are advisors to the “Extension Homemaker Association.” I learned that they can come in and teach lessons to your students that align with state standards. I was told that these lesson plans are not a resource that is shared, and that there is no access to them for the teacher because in the past they have had trouble with teachers using the lesson plans and not using the Campbell County Extension Office which was a problem for them. They will, however, come in and teach your children. They begin with a pre-assessment test that the students take to see what knowledge they know and then they see what they need to teach. They bring in fun hands on experiments and learning activities that teach them about nutrition and they share resources such as calorie counting books, and handouts that help students learn more about nutrition. Students can learn about how to read a nutrition label, what foods are the best to eat and why, what minerals and vitamins are in which foods, and about the fat in your food. They try to make it apply to the students’ lives and make it fun to learn about nutrition.

What technologies will you use?

Before their visit, I will let the students view the following websites, interactive websites, PowerPoint’s, and tutorials: (I included websites for older grades too in case you all are interested as well).

Nutrition Explorations: Kids

Nutrition Education, Free - Fun Healthy Kids' Games

Resources - Links for Kids - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition ...

Nutrition Activities for Kids

Nutrition Websites for Kids

Health and Nutrition - PowerPoint presentations and Websites about health and nutrition from Pete's PowerPoint Station

Health, Fitness, and Safety - extensive resources about health, fitness, and safety

Health Tutorials - interactive tutorials on various health topics to include prevention and wellness

Interactive Health Resources 

- for grades K-2

- for grades 3-6

- for grades 7-12

I will also allow the students to watch DVD videos, teacher tube videos, etc.

What are the school disciplines and specific national, state, district or school standards that it will address?

       PL-05-1.2.2

                    Students will explain key recommendations made in the

                    Dietary Guidelines for Americans (weight management,

                    physical activity, food groups to encourage) and the

                    overall purpose of these guidelines.

                   DOK 2

     PL-05-1.2.1

              Students will identify the role of nutrients (protein, carbohydrates,

             fats, minerals, vitamins, water), which are important in the growth,

             and development of healthy bodies (e.g., strong bones and 

             muscles, energy).

How will you assess what your students have learned?

Students are assessed throughout the program that they teach through self-assessments and end of the lesson assessments for each lesson they teach to your class. It would also be great for students to make posters to hang up in the classroom that teaches about nutrition, to have them make a video in a collaborative group effort that teaches about eating healthy, and to have them research on the computer about healthy eating and habits. I also thought it would be great to send a letter home to the parents asking their child to tell them what they learned and have them write back what their child said as a way of communicating what they are learning at school to their parents. I think it is so important to have students discuss at home with their parents about what they are learning in the classroom.