Educator Resources

Developed by the National Education Association (NEA) and the NEA Health Information Network (NEA HIN) in consultation with the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the American Psychological Association (APA), this resource, focuses on taking a proactive prevention approach to making your working & learning environment safe and violence free for students and educators.

This popular booklet addresses how to manage blood on the job, the steps to take to protect yourself, and information on HIV and hepatitis. Created by NEA HIN.

The resources, called Rx for Understanding, include 10 cross-curricular lessons for middle school students. Aligned with the National Health Education Standards and Common Core State Standards, the lessons aim to equip students with the understanding and decision-making skills they need to recognize and avoid the dangers of misusing and abusing prescription drugs.

Rx for Understanding: Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse is a standards-based, cross-curricular teaching resource geared for students in grades 9-12. It contains 10 lessons that lead students through an inquiry-based, technology inspired project enabling an opportunity apply the key concepts learned about the misuse, abuse, and proper use of prescription drugs. The Educator’s Resource Guide for grades 9-12 includes background information, lesson plans, a reproducible student journal, teaching resources, parent information, and national academic standards alignment charts (including National Health Education Standards and Common Core State Standards).

The NEA Health Information Network, through a generous grant from the Sprint Foundation, created The School Crisis Guide in order to foster the creation of crisis teams with the ideas, tips, tools, and, resources that spur effective leadership and crisis management.

Sports drinks have become a popular alternative to sodas and high-calorie drinks for school-age children. But given the limited amount of physical activity most students do in schools, should these types of beverages be sold in schools?

Start School with Breakfast: A Guide to Increasing School Breakfast Participation is a publication from NEA Health Information Network and Share Our Strength that seeks to promote alternative breakfast service models—breakfast in the classroom, grab n’ go and 2nd chance breakfast, among others—to educators, school professionals and those associated with the school community.

The NEA HIN and USDA have created The Stomach Bug Book, which is a booklet designed to inform and educate school personnel on norovirus, the spread, the prevention and provide helpful resources for the school community.

The NEA HIN and USDA have created The Stomach Bug Book, which is a booklet designed to inform and educate school personnel on norovirus, the spread, the prevention and provide helpful resources for the school community - NOW IN SPANISH.

Helping them through the loss of a loved one can be difficult but this guide offers helpful information on how to make the transition easier for them and ways to approach the subject in the classroom.