Healthy School
Program
What
is My Role?
What are the Steps?
Awards Program
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
At School
http://www.healthiergeneration.org/schools.aspx
What is My Role?
You can’t make change alone!
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Step 1 - With Principal convene a
Healthy School Team:
PE Teacher
 Health Teacher
 Cafeteria Manager
 Parent/Students
 School Nurse
 Other
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Healthy Schools Builder – Log On
6 Steps to Success!
Step
 Step
 Step
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 Step
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1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
Start a Wellness Council
Complete an Inventory
Develop an Action Plan
Identify Resources
Take Action
Celebrate Success
Step 2 – Update Your Inventory
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Log on from Builder Link
Email name is “XXXX.principal@pcsb.org”
(Ex: 0321.principal@pcsb.org)
Password is “password”
Note – anyone can register with own
personal email to access to
tools/resources; but to use Inventory you
must use the above email formula and
NOT change it.
Step 3 – Action Planning
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All schools have Inventory data – click on
Tracker on Results tab to help with Step 3
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Prioritization and Action Planning
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Prioritization will help your Healthy School Team
identify what is important and achievable in your
school. Prioritization is the process by which your
Team will determine the action steps in your shortand long-term action plans.
Your action plan is the document your school will
use as a roadmap toward creating a healthier
school.
School May create Health/Wellness
SIP Goal or Objective
Criteria for the Healthy Schools Awards
and
DOE’s Healthy District Award include a
health/wellness goal in SIP.
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Schools are encouraged to include
either a supportive Objective/Action
Step in a required Goal or “Other”
Goal to improve health/wellness.
Useful Data for SIP Goal/Objective
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Your school’s FitnessGram Pacer (Aerobic
capacity) or BMI Data Results
Your school’s Healthy School Inventory Results as
noted in the Progress Tracker and Step 3 Action
Plan customized suggestions for your school
Your middle or high school’s health class survey
data for students food consumption data
Follow-up Healthy Schools Inventory
results (n = 122), Spring 2010
Inventory Content Area
Policy/Systems
Bronze
School Meals
Silver
Gold
Competitive Foods and Beverages
Health Education
Physical Education
Physical Activity
Before and Afterschool Programs
School Employee Wellness
Overall
0%
25%
50%
Percent of Schools
75%
100%
Follow Up
 Step
5: Take Action
 Step
6: Celebrate Success
 May
be eligible for
Recognition
May be eligible for Recognition?
IMPORTANT NOTES:
 Inaccurate responses on Inventory may
cause school to receive a web message
that school is eligible for award.
 Award application takes time (plan for 3
months) and is a collaborative effort.
 If school cafeteria is to be impacted by
application, PLEASE contact PEGGY
JOHNS before contacting cafeteria
manager.
Thank you!
Peggy Johns
Supervisor
Pre K-12 Health Education
588-6346
johnsp@pcsb.org