Tune in during and after the March 9-11 San Antonio conference as the ASCD Annual Conference Online 2002 highlights eight conference sessions in audio and presents Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders' keynote address in video. All are accompanied by full text transcription. Five of the features focus on Health in Education and are presented through generous underwriting by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Changing Education Through the Arts

Long-term, genuinely collaborative partnerships with community organizations can bring useful resources to professional development programs. In this session, examine a partnership between the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and eight schools, called Changing Education Through the Arts (CETA). Discover strategies the partnership uses to meet challenges as it develops ongoing professional development to help teachers integrate the arts across the curriculum.

Presenters: Amy Duma, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC; Stephen D. Hockett, Fairfax County Public Schools, Reston, VA

Steps to Keep Students Safe and Healthy

Finding appropriate resources can be a barrier to supporting safe school environments and learners' mental and physical health. Presenters will demonstrate the Healthy Youth Funding Database and describe strategies for using this and other funding resources to implement effective practices that meet today's challenges. The session will feature education leaders' experiences, and participants will be invited to share steps that they have taken or considered.

Presenters: Eva Marx, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hingham, MA; Glenda Wait, Belleville Henderson Central School District, Belleville, NY; Rebecca Partlow, Rock Hill School District 3, Charlotte, SC

ASCD's Health in Education Initiative: School-Community Partnerships for Problem-Based Learning

This session features an overview of the school-public health community partnerships that carried out the work of the Health in Education Initiative. Presenters will discuss how their partnerships engaged students in identifying, studying, and developing interventions for community public health problems and how they conducted these activities using integrated curricula, peer education, service learning, and community engagement.

Presenters: Theresa C. Lewallen, ASCD, Alexandria, VA; Julie Gast, Utah State University, Logan, UT; Darren Perkes, Sky View High School, Smithfield, UT; Kay Kinsey, LaSalle University and LaSalle Neighborhood Nursing Center, Philadelphia, PA; Ann Walker, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA; Leslie Bickett, Judy Martin, Cassidy Williamson, Katie Everly, Crystal Cox and Andy Vandiver, McLean County High School, McLean County, KY

Self-Care 101: Resiliency and Health in the World's Most Noble Profession

Education is one of the most demanding fields of work. This workshop provides solid training in taking top-notch care of oneself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Participants will receive resources, ideas, activities, and readings that will help not only to handle the stress that comes with the territory but also to truly engage in an understanding of the nobility of the profession. All will begin to find the kind of centered, peaceful approach to the work that will improve life both personally and professionally and, of course, for every child with whom we work.

Presenters: Ray McNulty, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union, Brattleboro, VT; Ellen Harris, Plymouth State College, NH

Enhancing Teacher Health Literacy Through Evidence-Based Learning

Evidence-based learning requires educators to acquire and disseminate information that is derived from scientific evidence. Applying evidence-based strategies to school health education enhances health literacy and helps to deliver the best practices of teaching. This session will present an innovative, university field-tested paradigm for teacher preparation and staff development that enhances teacher health literacy. The topic of adolescent risk-taking behavior will serve as the focus for applying the principles of evidence-based learning.

Presenters: Fred L. Peterson, Tammy J. Jordan and Erin Floyd-Bann, The University of Texas at Austin, TX; J. Terry Parker, Waxahachie Independent School District, TX

Empowering Students to Become Interactive, Lifelong Learners

Presenters will discuss how the combination of shared inquiry and rich and challenging literature can empower students to become interactive and lifelong learners. Attendees will participate in activities that use text-dependent support and encourage thinking and discussion. Students from a local school will conduct demonstrations, and there will be time for questions and answers. Handouts will also be available.

Presenters: Karen J. Sheldon, Northside Independent School District, San Antonio, TX; Joe White and Dan Wall, Great Books Foundation, Chicago, IL