NC Graduation CPR Requirement: Policy ID Number: GCS-N-004 Policy Title: 16 NCAC 6D .0503 State graduation requirements
- Students are required to successfully complete CPR instruction to meet Healthful Living Essential Standards as a requirement for high school graduation by the 2014-2015 school year.
- Accommodations/alternative assessments for students identified by ADA or IDEA will be provided.
CPR Graduation Process:
CMS students will be provided with CPR instruction in 8th grade health education and in the required High School Health and PE course.
- Give each student a copy of the CPR graduation Checklist (See forms below)
- Give each student a copy of the AED handout (See forms below)
- Have students watch How to Perform Hands Only CPR video
- Have students watch the Save-A-Life Simulator and talk or show the steps using an AED
- Health education teacher will provide completed documentation to PowerSchool data manager to record on student's transcript.
- CPR is an 8th grade NC essential standard. Therefore, eighth grade teachers should conduct CPR skills test with their students.
- To reduce the number of high school students who need to pass the CPR skills test, students should be given the opportunity to take the skills test during the state required health and PE course for graduation.
Resources:
1. Be the Beat: Fun, Interactive strategies to teach and implement CPR instruction into the classroom. Free hand-outs, posters, playlist of songs.
2. American Heart Association videos in different languages
2. American Heart Association videos in different languages
CPR Forms:
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