006.28A Grade
Levels: 7 - 12.
006.28B Endorsement
Type: Subject.
006.28C Persons with
this endorsement may teach and manage a health occupations education program in
grades 7-12 and function as a resource person in health within the total
educational system.
006.28D
Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement shall require a
minimum of 24 semester hours of health occupations and vocational education
course work plus work experience.
006.28D1
Health Occupations Experience: Prospective health occupations teachers must
complete a minimum of 100 clock hours of observation (shadowing) of health care
workers, including persons in an acute care facility, out-patient setting, and
community health agency setting, OR have work experience in a health care
occupation equivalent to one (1) full year within the last five (5)
years.
006.28E
Endorsement Program Requirements: Nebraska teacher education institutions
offering this endorsement program must have on file, within the institution, a
plan which identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which
the institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.
THE FOLLOWING ARE RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR
INCLUSION AS PART OF THE INSTITUTION'S PLAN UNDER THIS
ENDORSEMENT.
Through the courses identified in its plan, the institution
should prepare prospective teachers to:
A. Manage a health occupations
program.
B. Develop curriculum to
prepare students for entry-level positions in health care settings.
C. Integrate special population students into
the health occupations program.
D.
Integrate health occupations education and all academic areas.
E. Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology,
and related sciences to health care.
F. Coordinate observational (e.g., shadowing)
and clinical experiences for students under the supervision of an appropriate
health care worker who has the necessary
licensure/certification/registration.
G. Collaborate with health care businesses
for the mutual benefit of the students, business, and school
district.
H. Cooperate with the
school counselors and guidance personnel in providing career exploration and
preparation for health care occupations.
I. Participate in development of articulated
curriculum among different levels of education.
J. Establish and work with an advisory
committee for the health occupations education program in the school.
K. Provide leadership to and serve as an
advisor for Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA).
L. Provide students with:
1. information about the history and trends
in health care, including the breadth of occupational possibilities and
appropriate preparation;
2. skill
in analyzing how a particular occupation relates to the overall health care
environment;
3. skill in using
medical and health care terminology;
4. skill in using charts, records, reports,
and manuals;
5. skills in clear and
accurate communication, including:
(A) oral
communication that is sensitive to cultural and linguistic differences,
(B) ability to ascertain if a
communication has been accurately understood, and
(C) report writing;
6. ability to apply knowledge of human growth
and development to health care of persons of all ages;
7. skills for successful employability in the
health industry;
8. ability to
access and use electronically-produced information;
9. ability to identify legal
responsibilities, limitations, and the implications of their actions within a
variety of health care delivery settings;
10. ability to implement the ethical
practices and established ethical guidelines for those providing health
care;
11. skill in following health
and safety policies, regulatory standards, and safe procedures, particularly
universal precautions; and
12.
ability to work in cooperation with other health care team members, and assume
leadership when appropriate.
