PERSONAL & COMMUNITY HEALTH
Welcome, my name is Clayton Peltier and I am your instructor for this on-line course. First of all, I would like to tell you a little about myself, I am an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa; however, I was born and raised on the Spirit Lake Nation. I am currently an Advisor/Instructor for the Cankdeska Cikana Community College's Student Support Services program. I have a Masters Degree in Education from the University of North Dakota and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Valley City State University. I previously taught 6-8 grade math & science at Marty Indian School in Marty, South Dakota for six years and was also the head boys basketball coach and the head girls volleyball coach.
Well, getting back to the on-line course, I think that there are some things that I should explain to everyone. First of all, feel free to contact me whenever you feel you need to, my phone number is (701) 766-1319 and my E-MAIL address is Clayton_Peltier@littlehoop.edu. After you have been assigned a log-in USER ID and PASSWORD, click on the course syllabus and read thoroughly. You are required to write five abstracts, which are to be 1 page long, double spaced, and written in a professional document format. Please follow the abstract format that is posted on the web site. Here are some Web Site Addresses for research purposes:
American Environmental Health Foundation
http:// www.aehf.com
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
The Internet's Fitness Resource
http://rampages.onramp.net/~chaz
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
http://www.hoptechno.com/book11.htm
Worldguide Online
http://%20www.worldguide.com/Fitness
The next step is to click on the course outline; this document contains all the assignments that you as a student have to complete in order to pass the course. You should complete at least one lesson per week and send the completed work to me through the e-mail system. There is no limit as to how many assignments you can complete during each week, but you are required to complete at least one per week.
Your first actual assignment is to complete the pre-test; when answering the questions, do not use the book or notes or get help from anyone. This is only a pre-test and you will not be graded on it; it is a way for me to evaluate what you know about health before you take the course. At the end of the course you will have a post-test to take, which will be exactly the same as the pre-test. This will tell me what you have learned after you have completed the course. From this point on all you have to do is follow the course outline and you shouldn't have any problems at all, if you do experience any problems, feel free to contact me right away.
GOOD LUCK STUDENTS
Assignment Schedule
Syllabus
Directions for Writing the Abstracts
Abstract Format
Assessment Rubric
Food Pyramid Example
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