LST Curriculum Alignment Tools

CASEL Social-Emotional Learning Alignment

LST provides foundational skills for successful youth development through its alignment with CASEL’s five core SEL competencies. Its cognitive behavioral approach uses a variety of teaching techniques to facilitate discussion, which provides key knowledge, coaching, and behavior skill practice. LST should be considered an approach that can be used effectively in both schools and youth-serving organizations to support the social and emotional development of youth.

National Health Education Standards

The NHES standards provide a written framework for what students should know and be able to do to promote personal, family, and community health as articulated by performance indicators that serve as a blueprint for organizing student assessment. This alignment helps providers match the objectives of the LST curriculum with NHES. Watch CDC’s video for more on these standards.

Why align the LST Program with National Health Education Standards?

Assists in identifying ways to incorporate the LST program into existing curriculum requirements
Increases fidelity-based implementation of the program, which increases effectiveness in outcomes to reduce and prevent health risk behavior in elementary and middle school students
Encourages faculty and administrative adoption and support for inclusion of prevention education in the overall curriculum rather than viewing it as an add-on or supplemental curriculum that has to be fit into existing requirements

Common Core Standards Alignment

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort that established a single set of clear educational standards for K-12. The standards are designed to ensure that students graduating from high school are prepared for college programs or the workforce.

The LST Common Core Standards Alignment matches the program’s objectives to the Common Core’s Anchor Standards of English Language Arts.

LST Middle School Program (all levels) by Anchor Standard

LST Middle School Program by level (all standards)

Universal Learning Standards Alignment

Many school districts have requested that the Botvin LifeSkills Training program be aligned to their state standards. The LST Universal Learning Standards Alignment matches the program’s objectives to a universal standard that helps sites align the program to specific state educational standards.

California Health Education Framework Alignment

The State of California Health Education Frameworks Alignment is a resource that local school districts can use to evaluate how state curriculum standards in all subject areas align with the learning goals and objectives for each level of the Botvin LifeSkills Training Middle School program or the High School program.

Download a PDF of the California Health Education Frameworks Middle School Alignment:

Georgia Health Education Performance Standard

The State of Georgia Health Education Performance Alignment is a resource that local school districts can use to evaluate how state curriculum standards in all subject areas align with the learning goals and objectives for each level of the Botvin LifeSkills Training Middle School program.

Download a PDF of the Georgia Health Education Performance Alignment:

Indiana Health & Wellness Physical Ed. Alignment

The State of Indiana Health & Wellness and Physical Education Alignment is a resource that local school districts can use to evaluate how state curriculum standards align with the learning goals and objectives for each level of the Botvin LifeSkills Training Middle School program.

Download a PDF of the Indiana Health Education Performance Alignment:

Pennsylvania Academic Standards Alignment

The State of Pennsylvania Academic Standards Alignment is a resource that local school districts can use to evaluate how state curriculum standards in all subject areas align with the learning goals and objectives for each level of the Botvin LifeSkills Training Middle School program.

Download a PDF of the Pennsylvania Academic Standards Alignment:

Washington State Health and Physical Education Standards

An alignment map has been created to show what WA Health and PE standards are met in the Botvin LifeSkills Training (LST) Middle School program. for the Health Education Standards aligned with LST.