Level Up Health Education

Jeff Bartlett

Helping health educators level up their teaching.

Episodes

  1. JAN 27

    Legos and Scaffolding and Health Education, Oh My!

    Send me a text about this episode! My daughter's enthusiasm for Legos has me feeling nostalgic for the sets I built as a kid. It's also made me think a lot about scaffolding, both as a dad guiding her through Lego builds and as a teacher in the classroom. In this episode, I share some brief examples of what scaffolding can look like in the health education classroom. Resources Scaffolding in Education (Explained in 4 Minutes)5 Ways to Scaffold Learning Experiences7 Scaffolding Strategies for the ClassroomSubmit your questions for Jeff to answer here! Question Form Don't forget to sign up for my free email newsletter: Newsletter Sign Up

    16 min

  2. JAN 20

    Mid-Year Challenge: Intentional Connections

    Send me a text about this episode! Connecting with our students is an important part of our job as health teachers. This episode shares ideas for embedding how you connect with students into your instructional practice and a Mid-Year 5 Day Challenge to help you be intentional about how you connect with students. Join the Free Mid-Year 5 Day Challenge here! Submit your questions for Jeff to answer here! Question Form Don't forget to sign up for my free email newsletter: Newsletter Sign Up

    7 min

  3. JAN 6

    Creating Engaging Activities for Health Class

    Send me a text about this episode! If you ask five different educators what makes a lesson or activity engaging, you'll probably get five different answers. In today's episode, I talk about what engagement is, and what it isn't, in a health education classroom. Universal Design for Learning: Engagement The Skillful Teacher: What Accounts for Student Engagement Engagement Is Not A Gimic (Brooke Mckinney) Submit your questions here! Question Form Don't forget to sign up for my free email newsletter: Newsletter Sign Up

    19 min

  4. 12/23/2025

    Reflecting on Gratitude and Joy

    Send me a text about this episode! In this episode, I reflect on teaching with a lens of gratitude and joy. Happy Holidays, everyone! Submit your questions here! Question Form Don't forget to sign up for my free email newsletter: Newsletter Sign Up

    12 min

  5. 12/09/2025

    Valid or Viral? Helping Students Access Reliable Health Information

    Send me a text about this episode! Teaching students how to access valid and reliable information has never been more challenging...or more important. In this episode, I answer a health teacher's question about teaching the skill of accessing valid information. I review practical instructional strategies and ways students can access information, products, and services to improve their health and well-being. Links Mentioned In This Episode: National Health Education Standards: Teacher ToolkitCommon Sense Media: AI Literacy LessonsMedia Literacy Now Resource LibraryProject Look SharpSIFT InformationCreate a Custom Search EngineSubmit your questions here! Question Form Don't forget to sign up for my free email newsletter: Newsletter Sign Up

    23 min

  6. 12/02/2025

    Using Visible Thinking Routines in Health Education

    Send me a text about this episode! In this episode, Jeff answers a question about visible thinking routines. He reviews what they are, why they're effective, and how to use them in your health education classroom. Future episodes will follow a two-week-on, one-week-off format for now. The "off" week might include a shorter episode or a throwback reading of an older newsletter. Still, my focus on the "off" weeks will be sharing information with my email newsletter audience. Links Mentioned in This Episode: Visible Thinking Routines: Project Zero. The place with ALL of the information about VTRs.Health Education & VTR: Chart and Examples. A list of example activities using visible thinking routines, with a chart pairing VTRs with skills from the National Health Education Standards.See, Think, Wonder and Connect, Challenge, Extend. Two VTRs from an 8th-grade advocacy unit focused on food insecurity.Step Inside. A VTR from an 8th-grade advocacy unit focused on food insecurity.Decision Making. Experimenting with pairing each step of the DECIDE Model with a VTR. I'm not sure what this will look like this year.HPE Collective. Join us!Submit your questions here! Question Form Don't forget to sign up for my free email newsletter: Newsletter Sign Up

    19 min

  7. 11/18/2025

    Dive Into The Skill of Analyzing Influences

    Send me a text about this episode! In this episode, Jeff answers a question about teaching and assessing the skill of analyzing influences, or National Health Education Standard 2. Links Mentioned: Influence, Content, Explanation Google DocRMC HealthNHES Teacher Toolkit7th Grade Information DocDo you have a question you'd like Jeff to answer? Fill out this Google Form! Sign up for the Level Up Health Education Newsletter!

    16 min

  8. 11/11/2025

    Connecting With Students: Every Class, Every Day

    Send me a text about this episode! In this episode, Jeff explains five things he does every day to build connections with his students. Check out the First Five emails here. Do you have a question you'd like Jeff to answer? Fill out this Google Form! Sign up for the Level Up Health Education Newsletter!

    7 min

  9. 10/28/2025

    A Unit Hook for Analyzing Influences

    Send me a text about this episode! In this episode, Jeff talks about a unit hook he uses to introduce a unit on analyzing influences using milk, food coloring, and dish soap. Milk Food Coloring And Dish Soap Experiment ~ Incredible Science Do you have a question you'd like Jeff to answer? Fill out this Google Form! Sign up for the Level Up Health Education Newsletter!

    7 min

  10. 10/14/2025

    Debriefing for Deeper Learning

    Send me a text about this episode! In this episode, Jeff walks through the three question types that will help you debrief student learning in your classroom. "Still More Activities That Teach" by Tom Jackson: link. Do you have a question you'd like Jeff to answer? Fill out this Google Form! Sign up for the Level Up Health Education Newsletter!

    6 min

  11. 10/03/2025

    Choosing Functional Health Content

    Send me a text about this episode! In this episode, Jeff goes over tips for choosing which health content to cover in your health curriculum. Do you have a question you'd like Jeff to answer? Fill out this Google Form! Sign up for the Level Up Health Education Newsletter!

    4 min

  12. 09/24/2025

    Teaser Trailer!

    Send me a text about this episode! Jeff Bartlett, the 2021 National Health Education of the Year, goes through a brief preview of the Level Up Health Education Podcast, an offshoot of his Level Up Health Education Newsletter.

    29 sec

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Helping health educators level up their teaching.

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  • Creator
    Jeff Bartlett
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Level Up Health Education
  • Show Website
    Level Up Health Education