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Sally Champlin

Health Science Single Subject Coordinator - Single Subject Credential Program

Office: HHS2 - 119
Phone: 562-985-8083
Email: champlin@csulb.edu

Website: www.ced.csulb.edu

Biography

Health Educator

January, 1992 - Present
California State University, Long Beach

  • Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Health Science Department
  • Single Subject Credential Coordinator, Health Science
  • Lecturer, Health Science Department
  • Classes taught:
    HSC 210 Contemporary Health Problems
    HSC 301 Orientation to Health Science
    HSC 411A Health Science for Elementary Teachers
    HSC 411B Health Science for Secondary Teachers
    HSC 423 Consumer Health
    HSC 427 Drugs and Health
    HSC 430 School Health Program
    HSC 440 Applied Concepts in Health Education
    EDSS 300D Preliminary Directed Field Experience in Health Education
    EDSS 450D Methods of Teaching Health Science
  • Supervisor--Student Teachers in field assignments (EDSS 472A,B,C)
  • Supervisor--Student interns in public health agencies (HSC 485)

April, 2001-2005
Orange County Department of Education
Instructor, Orange County Consortium District Intern Program

September, 1994-1996
Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory (SWRL [now WestEd])
Program Associate
Prevention Specialist/Trainer

September, 1993 - August, 1993
City of Long Beach, Department of Health and Human Services,
Senior Health Educator
            
June, 1993 - 1995
Disney Educational Productions—Educational Consultant
                
February, 1988 - September, 1994
Corona/Norco Unified School District

  • Educational Consultant
  • Curriculum Development            

Public School Teaching

September, 1979 - June 1981
Seal Beach School District
            
September, 1968 - October, 1974
Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Department Chair, Health Education Department, Peary Junior High School
  • Teacher, Health Education

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Degrees

MPH , CSU Long Beach , 1992
Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) , , 1991
California Standard Secondary Teaching Credential , , 1968
B.A. in Health Education , CSU Long Beach , 1967

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Representative Publications

Champlin, S., Henderson, A. & Evashwick, W. (Eds.). (1998). Promoting teen health. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

English, J., Champlin, S. & Bickel, A. (1998). How schools support substance use by youth: Enabling in schools. California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance Journal 60 (4), 8-11.

Champlin, Sally. (1995, September). Proposition 99: Anti-smoking project finds drop in use. The Western Center News, 1-3

Professional Presentations

"Tobacco Use Prevention - Activities for Health and Science Teachers" Downey Unified School District In-Service. Downey, November 2003.

"Role Playing in Tobacco Prevention" Downey Unified School District In-Service. Downey September 2002.

"Are Kids from Mars, Parents from Venus? What each wants from school sex education" Healthy Schools, Healthy People VII The Seventh Annual health Framework Conference, Los Angeles, California, January 2002.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Foster and Kinship Care Conference. Long Beach City College June 2001.

"Refusal Skills and Role Playing" Peer Assistance Leadership (PAL) Conference. Orange County Office of Education, February, 2001.

"Teens and Sexuality" Torrance Unified School District Teacher In-Service. Torrance, California, October, 2000.

"Enabling in Schools" Los Angeles School Nurses' Association--Annual Conference. Pasadena, California, October, 2000.

"Children of Alcoholics in the Classroom" Healthy Schools, Healthy People V--The Fifth Annual Health Framework Conference, San Diego, California, January, 1999.

"How Schools Support Drug Use by Students" Healthy Schools, Healthy People IV--The Fourth Annual Health Framework Conference. Sacramento, California, January, 1998

"Developing Health Skills: Role Playing in the Classroom" Healthy Schools, Healthy People IV--The Fourth Annual Health Framework Conference. Sacramento, California, January, 1998

"Successful Strategies for Tobacco Prevention in Elementary Schools" In Service: Torrance Unified School District and Manhattan Beach Unified School District. Torrance, California, April, 1997

"From Risk to Resiliency" Orange County School Nurses Association Annual Meeting. Buena Park, California, May 1997

"The Effects of the Media and Peer Pressure on Teen Smoking" Eighth Annual Youth Empowerment Systems (YES) Conference, Keynote Address. Asilomar, California, March, 1996

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Campus Leadership

Member, Health Advisory Board, Long Beach Unified School District (2000-present)

Panel Member: Health Education Standards Advisory PanelCalifornia Department of Education. Develop State health standards K-12. (2006)

Panel Member: CSET Standard Setting Advisory Panel for Health Science (2005)

Education Advisory Board Member, California Dairy Council (2003-present)

Executive Board: California Coordinated School Health Leadership Institute

Continuing Member: Review Team. "Getting Results: California Action Guide for Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities". Updates 1-5. California Department of Education. Published as addenda to California Health Framework for Grades K-12.

Participant: Project Teach. Sponsored by the California Department of Education and the Healthy Kids Resource Center. February, 1999.

Lead Author: "Tobacco Curriculum for Middle School Students". University of Southern California, Center for Prevention Policy Research, 1998.

Evaluator: High School Tobacco Use Prevention Program. Downey Unified School District, 1997-present.

Member: Concept team for California Department of Education to develop "Getting Results: California Action Guide for Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities." Released, January, 1998.

Member: Leadership Enhancement and Development in Health (LEAD). A strategic planning group formed to promote the health of California youth. March, 1998-present.

Author: "Mission Possible: A School Based Curriculum to Reduce Birth Defects". March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Orange County Chapter, August, 1997.

Member: California Physical Education and Health Project Committee. A part of the California Subject Matter Project, California Department of Education, 1996-1997.

Awards

Most Valuable Professor Award. College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Long Beach. May, 1998.

Inducted into Eta Sigma Gamma, an honorary society for health education, May, 1999.

Health Educator of the Year. Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), Southern California Chapter. March, 2000.

Most Valuable Professor Award. College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Long Beach. May, 2000.

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