Coordinated School Health Teams

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Coordinated School Health Teams
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Purpose of CSHT

• To address the needs of the whole child by
  connecting health with education
• Maximize achievement by promoting healthy staff
  and students
• Create opportunities for expanded learning about
  personal wellness

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Eight Components
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How did it all start?
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• Pilot district for Wellness policy
• Formed our CSHT to write the policy
• Completed School Health Index
• Introduced staff wellness
• Wellness Watch
• Health Fair
• Health Promotion Week

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Our team

• Chairperson- Phyllis Jones
• Health/PE teachers- Fran Amara, Kevin Barlow,
  Maggie Montefeltri, Parker Strong
• Health Services- Kathy Wasseluk, Darlene Rinaldi
• School Nutrition-Dolores Allocca
• Counseling,support services-Louise Fiengo
• Teachers- Brenda Crowell, Sarah Schrandt, Joanne
  Ellsworth
• Parents- Liz Cornish, Debbie Czark
• Students- Jessica Hasapis, Honors PE
• Administrators- Mike Landry, Martha Rouleau

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Meetings

• Early before high school hours- 700-800 am
• Regularly- monthly/
• bimonthly

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Staff Wellness

• Staff survey
• 1 activity each month
• First Aid/CPR certification
• Evening Fitness Classes
• Five 6-week sessions
• Exercise
• Yoga
• Weight training

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Wellness Watch

• Monthly web newsletter
• http//www.region10ct.org/r10wellness/r10wellnessp
  age.html

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Health Fair

• 60 local health and wellness exhibitors
• -cholesterol screening
• -balance screening
• -diabetes screening
• -body mass index test
• -vision and hearing
• -reiki
• -reflexology
• -personal fitness assessment
• -massage
• -fitness opportunities

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Health Promotion Week

• Fitness poster contest
• Brown bag breakfast
• Before school fitness activities
• Do 10 at 10!
• Healthy foods cookbook
• Stickers
• Free attendance at evening fitness classes

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Why do this?

• Health and success in school are interrelated.
  Schools cannot achieve their primary mission of
  education if students and staff are not healthy
  and fit physically, mentally and socially.
• Fit, healthy and Ready to Learn, Part 1-
• Physical Activity, healthy eating and tobacco use
  prevention, 2000

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• Grade point average increased across all classes
• Healthy teachers are absent less, more energetic
  and promote positive school climates
• Improved school-related behaviors, fewer
  suspension rates and school nurse visits
• Nettles. 1991
• Allen, Philliber, etc. 1997

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• Physical activity is positively associated with
  academic performance.
• Dwyer, Blizzard and Dean. 1996

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Goal

• Improve district and community understanding of
  wellness

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• Form an active health team in each building
• Power point presentations at faculty and PTA
  meetings
• Represent CSHT at Memorial Day parades
• Continue with special events

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What can you do?

• Join your buildings health team
• Support the wellness policy in your class and at
  home
• Attend and participate in the special events

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Resources

• Changing the Scene. US Dept of Agriculture, Food
  and Nutrition Service 2001
• CT School Health Survey 2005
• Fit, Healthy and Ready to Learn. NASBE. 2000
• Guidelines for Coordinated Approach to School
  Health. CT State Dept. of Education 2007
• Healthy and Balanced Living Curriculum Framework.
  CT State Dept. of Education 2006
• http//apps.nccd.cdc.gov/shi/default.aspx
• Moving into the Future. National Standards for
  Physical Education, 2nd Ed. 2004
• School Employee Wellness 2007 www.schoolempwell.or
  g

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References

• Action Guide for School Nutrition and Physical
  Activity Policies
• Guidelines for a Coordinated Approach to School
  Health
• Health is Academic. Marx, Wooley, Northrop.
  1998
• School Health Index. Department of Health and
  Human Services, CDC
• www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/other/management_pediatric_
  obesity/wechsler.pdf -
• http//ksweb.ksde.org/cshp/html/presentations/Prom
  oting20CSHP20In20Your20Community.pdf
• www.thesociety.org/info.html