Mary Connolly -  author, program coordinator at Cambridge College, professor, and health education consultant

 It is my mission to improve the health, well-being, and academic performance of our youth by providing quality, skills-based health and physical education. 

After many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate health courses and health education in public schools, I have witnessed how health education improves the lives of our youth and prepares them to be productive members of our society.

I am uniquely qualified to work with you to improve your health, physical education, family and consumer science, or coordinated school health programs.

As the Director of Health and Elementary Physical Education for nine years. I wrote several state and federal grants.

I collaborated with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to write and implement health education assessment training and have completed the draft of Massachusetts Health Education Assessment Guidelines.

As a Cambridge College professor, I teach two graduate level courses

• Building and Evaluating the  Coordinated School Health Programs
• Implement ing Curriculum in the Health  Classroom.

By serving on the committee that revised the National Health Education Standards I understand the value of  

• current national standards from which states can update or revise their standards;
• partnerships to implement standards;
• equal access and equity of resources for health education;
• assessment in improving teaching and learning.

Over the past several years, I have served on the Massachusetts Health and Human Services Advisory Committee.

I have made numerous state and national presentations regarding skills-based health education, health education assessment, and the National Health Education Standards.

In December, my first text, Skills-Based Health Education, was published by Jones and Bartlett. Chapters include an over view of the importance of health education, philosophical foundations of health education, curriculum and instruction, assessment, and how to teach each of the eight National Health Education Standards.

 Mary Connolly, BS, MEd- Author, Program Coordinator of the Health, Family and Consumer Science Department at Cambridge College, Professor - Curry College, Professor - Cambridge College, consultant

Mary Connolly is an accomplished health education professional whose career spans nearly four decades and includes teaching and administration in public schools and higher education.

She served on the committee to revise the National Health Education Standards and is a member of the Massachusetts Interdisciplinary Health Education and Human Services Advisory Council and the American School Health Association (ASHA), Coordinator’s Committee, and a reviewer for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

Mary presents at numerous state and national conferences and is a member of AAHPERD, AAHE, SOPIE, ASHA, ASCD, and MAAHPERD.

She is the Program Coordinator of the Health and Family and Consumer Science Department at Cambridge College, Adjunct Professor of Health Education at Curry College where she teaches an undergraduate personal health course infused with skills as well as Health in the Elementary Classroom. At Cambridge College, Professor Connolly teaches graduate students Implementing Curriculum in the Health Classroom and Building and Evaluating the Coordinated School Health Program.

In Mary's consulting business, she provides custom training for health and physical education teachers as part of their professional development. 

She lives in Weymouth, MA, with her husband and enjoys a life rich in travelling, ballroom dancing, cycling, cooking, and gardening. She delights in spending quality time with her two children and their spouses, five grandsons, other family, and numerous friends.