1. Informational Session HED 467/567: Experiential Learning Strategies for Health Education

2. Credit Opportunity University of Wisconsin ˗ La Crosse
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion
Continuing Education and Extension
1 credit option at either the undergraduate or graduate level
HED 467 (undergraduate)
HED 567 (graduate)
Repeatable credit opportunity (note change in course #)
HED 495 (undergraduate)
HED 595 (graduate)

3. Why Enroll? Provides an opportunity to earn university credit
Credit can be used to meet professional development/continuing education requirements needed to maintain your credentials
Provides an opportunity to apply new strategies in your work setting
Holds you accountable to advancing your teaching
Students appreciate new and different instructional approaches

4. Course Information
You will attend at least 5 program sessions during the symposium. To document your attendance, you must ask the presenter(s) of each session you attend to sign the form that has been provided to you in the syllabus. The completed form must accompany your application project.
Your project may address 1 or more of the sessions you attend.

5. Course Information
You will develop a “focused” application project. An application project portrays how a concept, idea, theory, or practical teaching technique can be applied to your actual or projected professional setting and enhances your professional contribution or development in Health Education.
Examples
Curricular application regarding e-cigarettes
Resilience unit for school or community youth

6. Course Information Your project should include:
an introduction to establish a rationale for your project
a description of your project
knowledge, skills, teaching applications, etc. gained from your project
how you plan to (or did) implement your project
personal and professional insights about your project, especially those that occurred as a result of actually implementing it

7. Course Information Undergraduate credit Graduate credit
Your project outline should be 1-2 pages.
Your project should be 3-5 pages, excluding additional attachments.
Graduate credit
Your project should be 6-9 pages and should involve a more detailed description to include an alignment with national health education standards and/or professional competencies (see below). You should include how students or adolescents will grow and develop in the identified standards.
See the following resources for information regarding national health education standards and professional competencies:

8. Due Dates Project outlines are due on Friday, March 1st, 2019.
Application projects are due on Friday, March 29th, 2019.
Attendance forms are due on Friday, March 29th, 2019.
You can submit your materials electronically to or mail them to:
Dr. Michele Pettit
University of Wisconsin ˗ La Crosse
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion

9. Fees
1 undergraduate credit
$170
1 graduate credit
$210

10. Registration Prior to the symposium On-site registration
Contact Briana Meuer, Continuing Education and Extension
(608) ,
On-site registration
Dr. Gary Gilmore, Director of Community Health Programs

11. Instructor Contact Information
Michele L. Pettit, MPH, PhD, MCHES
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion
University of Wisconsin ˗ La Crosse
1725 State Street, 207 Mitchell Hall
La Crosse, WI
Phone: (608)