The Mariner Model
Charting the Course for Health-Promoting
School Communities
Cybele Boehm
WV Department of Education
Office of Healthy Schools
Readiness to Learn
“School Systems are not responsible
for meeting every need of their
students. But when the need directly
affects learning, the school must meet
the challenge”.
School as the Convener of Societal Supports
Societal supports must coalesce around children
to ensure their successful futures,
and schools can provide the facilitative leadership
to make that happen.
Basis for The Mariner Model
In order to reduce the risk behaviors of children
and youth and combat the multiple factors that
interfere in their academic achievement,
it is essential that we restructure school
communities to become protective, healthpromoting environments.
It is to this end that
The Mariner Model was developed.
A Process Model
The Mariner Model is a systems-building
process and tool by which schools,
school districts, and communities
can develop capacity and create an infrastructure
that supports continuous improvement
in health-promoting environments for students.
Theoretical Framework
Ecological Model
Model for Planned Change in Schools
Theories of Organizational Change
Policy
Public Policy
Community
Community
Organizational
Social
Individual
Structural Framework
Coordinated School Health Program Model
CDC Priority Risk Behaviors
Structural Framework
CDC-Eight Essential
Components for HealthPromoting Schools
Services
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Health
Food
Counseling/Psychological &
Social
Environment
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Staff
Safe schools
Education
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Physical Education
Health Education
CDC-Six Priority Risk Behavior
Areas-Death & Disability
Inadequate nutrition
Insufficient physical
activity
Sexual behaviors that
result in pregnancy,
STD/HIV infections
Intentional and
unintentional injuries
Tobacco use
Drug and alcohol use
1. Gaining Commitment of Stakeholders
2. Identifying Issues from a Local Perspective
3. Determining Priorities: Setting Goals and Objectives
4. Developing Action Plans: Developing Strategies,
Action Steps, and Responsibility Lists
5. Facilitating Implementation
6. Conducting Evaluation for Continuous Improvement
Facilitating implementation
Shared responsibility, shared power, and
shared credit
No fault – no one is to blame for past
failures
Cooperation versus competition
Work “with” and working “through”
WIIFM” – What’s In It For Me?
Diversity in Harmony
Inclusiveness and Fluidity
Opportunity + Skills + Incentive= Motivation
to Act
Example of collaboration
Failure is not an option1.wmv
WV Collaboration Model
Based on Mariner Model
Structure
Supporting network
State Agencies
Support
Regional Team
Community
District Team
School Team
Student
School Wellness
Nutrition Education
Nutrition Guidelines
Physical Activity
Other School Based Activities
Coordinated School Public
Health
Nutrition
Physical Activity
Substance Abuse
Injury/Violence
Sexual Behaviors
Mental/Social
Health
Which comes first?
The chicken and the egg share the
same genes…
School Wellness
Nutrition Education
Nutrition Guidelines
Physical Activity
Other School Based
Activities
Coordinated School Public
Health
Health Education
Physical Education
Nutrition Services
Health Services
Counseling, Psych. &
Social Services
School Environment
Parent Community
Involvement
Staff Wellness
And each one supports
the future success of the
other.
WVDE Partnership
Bringing the two together
Restructuring how the state agencies
collaborate to model desired LSW
collaboration
Reconfiguring existing categorical
resources to build a CSPH support
system
Revising the School Wellness
planning process for 2011-12
Expectation of RSWS
Participate in county School Wellness Council Meetings
(at least once per quarter in each county)
Hold 2 Regional Wellness Council Networking Meetings
(fall and spring)
Assist with School Wellness planning in each county
Form a Regional Coordinated School Public Health
Team
Coordinate School Wellness services between the
county School Wellness Councils and the Regional
CSPH Team
Provide professional development (must include
HEAP/FitnessGram)
Regional School Wellness
Specialist (RSWS) Contacts
RESA 1 – Emily Meadows
RESA 2 – Keith Dalton
RESA 3 – Electa Crowder
RESA 4 – Cheri Hall
RESA 5 – Teresa Pickens
RESA 6 – Caryn Puskarich
RESA 7 – Adrianne Marsh
RESA 8 – Megan Fitzsimmons
edmeadows@access.k12.wv.us
kddalton@access.k12.wv.us
ecrowder@access.k12.wv.us
chhall@access.k12.wv.us
trpicken@access.k12.wv.us
cpuskari@access.k12.wv.us
aboyers@access.k12.wv.us
mfitzsimmons@access.k12.wv.us
While it is possible to ‘install’ a
particular governance structure
or pedagogy in a school, one
cannot install a culture; it must
grow… (Rossman et al, 1988)
Questions?
Kristy Blower, Coordinator
Office of Child Nutrition
(304) 558-2709
kblower@access.k12.wv.us
Cybele Boehm, Coordinator
Office of Healthy Schools
(304) 558-8830
cboehm@access.k12.wv.us