(1) The program requires that successful candidates:

(a) utilize health-related data about the social and cultural environments inclusive of Montana Indian tribes, growth and development factors, needs, and interests of students;

(b) distinguish between behaviors that foster and those that hinder well-being;

(c) determine health education needs based on observed and obtained data;

(d) recruit school and community representatives to support and assist in program planning;

(e) develop a logical scope and sequence plan for a health education program that includes a display of functional knowledge of health concepts related to alcohol and other drugs, injury prevention, nutrition, physical activity, sexual health, tobacco, mental health, personal and consumer health, and community and environmental health;

(f) formulate appropriate and measurable learner objectives;

(g) design educational strategies consistent with specified learner objectives;

(h) analyze factors affecting the successful implementation of health education and coordinated school health programs;

(i) select resources and media best suited to implement program plans for diverse learners. Resources and media must meet the guidelines set for Indian Education for All (20-1-501, MCA);

(j) demonstrate competence in delivering planned programs;

(k) evaluate educational programs, adjusting objectives and instructional strategies as necessary;

(l) plan to assess student achievement of program objectives;

(m) implement evaluation plans;

(n) interpret results of program evaluation and examine implications of evaluation findings of future program planning;

(o) develop a plan for coordinating health education with other components of a school health program;

(p) demonstrate the dispositions and skills to facilitate cooperation among health educators, other teachers, and appropriate school staff;

(q) formulate strategies of collaboration among health educators in all settings;

(r) design professional development programs for teachers, other school personnel, community members, and other interested individuals;

(s) utilize health information retrieval systems effectively, i.e., current and emerging technologies;

(t) establish effective and appropriate consultative relationships with those requesting assistance in solving health-related problems;

(u) synthesize reliable health data and respond to requests for health information;

(v) select effective educational resource materials for dissemination;

(w) interpret concepts, purposes, and theories of health education;

(x) predict the impact of societal value systems on health education programs;

(y) select a variety of communication methods and techniques in providing health information; and

(z) develop communication between health care providers and consumers.