Week 1: Staff Health Promotion
Coordinated School Health is an effective model that schools use to coordinate interventions that address students' social, emotional, behavioral and health needs. A well established Coordinated School Health system strengthens prevention, intervention, and other 'learning supports' resulting in a coordinated, integrated and seamless system of support that allows all children to thrive in school—regardless of barriers to learning. Through this process, schools will develop partnerships with the community and families to set in place the collaborations that will allow programs to be sustained and grow. In time, this support system will lead to improvements in student health and well being, academics, and graduation rates.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Coordinated School Health Model consists of eight components. These components include:
- Counseling & Psychological Services
- Physical Education
- Health Services
- Nutrition Services
- Healthy School Environment
- Health Promotion for Staff
- Family/Community Involvement
Staff Health Promotion:
Why start with staff health promotion? The personal commitment to health and wellness often transfers into greater commitment to the health of students and creates positive role modeling. (CDC). The success of a good Coordinated School Health Program depends upon staff support. Health Promotion activities encourage school staff to pursue a healthy lifestyle that contributes to their improved health status, morale, and greater commitment to the schools coordinated school health approach (CDC).
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING THREE ACTIVITIES.
Then TAKE THE SURVEY BELOW to earn 5,000 bonus miles.
- CLICK HERE to read through the document “Establishing a School Employee Wellness Program” by the Directors of Health Promotion and Education. CLICK HERE to read through the document “Useful Tools for School Employee Wellness Programs” by the Directors of Health Promotion and Education. You can access the document “School Employee Wellness, A Guide for Protecting the Assets of Our Nation’s Schools” in it’s entirety by CLICKING HERE. If you do not have a staff wellness program currently established at your school, let these two documents be your guide in trying to initiate one. Talk with co-workers, your principal, and others to gather support. If you have an established staff wellness program at your school, discuss these documents with your wellness coordinator or committee-what is one thing that you can improve upon?
- CLICK HERE to access food and beverage standards for healthy work site meetings that can be implemented in your school.
- CLICK HERE to access the Health Trackers encourage your staff to sign up as Individual Champions and join your school staff team. Individuals can take a Health Risk Assessment and track their physical activity, weight, nutrition and more. All of the miles they accumulate will go to your school’s total.
CLICK HERE to take the survey.
