Increased Achievement Through Attention to School Health and Fitness

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Increased Achievement Through Attention to School
Health and Fitness

• A Principals Perspective
• Friday, February 10, 2006
• Dr. David Jones

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Learning from our Experience

• You must build in support for the mission and for
  the team
• Attention to School Health and Fitness has a
  direct impact on student achievement
• There are rich resources available to support
  your work

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Why Center on School Health?
Schools have more influence on the lives of
youth than any other social institution except
the family, and provide a setting in which
friendship networks develop, socialization occurs
and norms that govern behavior are developed and
reinforced. Healthy People 2010 http//web.healt
h.gov/healthypeople/
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Support for the Mission and Team

• Support for the team leader
• Weekly meeting
• Release time
• Connecting to district resources
• Recognition

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Support for the Mission and Team

• Support for the team
• Attend every meeting
• Look for release time
• Do not overuse the same staff
• Recognition

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Support for the Mission and Team

• Support for the schools work
• Time at Staff Meetings/LID Days
• Funding
• Maintain the vision
• Models collaborative process
• Keep it fun

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Staff Wellness

• Focus was on providing frequent activities to
  reduce physical and emotional stress on adults.
• Formed a committee to identify needs (survey),
  brainstorm possible solutions, and put a plan
  into action.
• We started with this area, since it would provide
  early and easy success, and was highly visible

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A Few Examples of our Activities Staff Wellness

• Massage therapy after school
• Bowling team
• Welcome Back Picnic
• Dinner on the Beach, Lunch in the Trees, Winter
  Breakfast
• Rock Climbing
• Hawaiian Day
• Festivas Celebration and Competition
• Monthly social activities organized by
  departments
• Yoga, Weight Lifting, Pilates, Relaxation
  Sessions
• Weekly Tips for Healthy Eating
• Administrators Breakfast
• PTSA Soup Day

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Impact on Student AchievementEisenhower MS, in
2000

• 18 free or reduced lunch
• 19.79 minority students
• Assessment Scores (percent at standard)
• 40 Reading
• 23 Math
• 43 Writing
• No students of color passed the state math
  assessment

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Our Two-Prong Attack
Academic Create structures which assure
educational excellence for all Remove all
barriers to learning

• School Health
• Become a Healthy School
• (Attend to the Eight Components of a Healthy
  School)

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Our School Now (Fall, 2005)

• 18 free or reduced lunch 38
• 19.79 minority students 37
• Assessment scores (percent at standard)
• 40 Reading 72
• 23 Math 53
• 43 Writing 68
• No students of color passed the state math
  assessment
• Minority student performance is much more
  similar to overall school population.

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Math WASL Trends, by Level
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Reading WASL Trends, by Level
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How Academics and Health Relate
Health Instruction
Staff Wellness
School Environment
Physical Education
Community
Family
Academic Program
Family Community Environment
School Food Services
Counseling Social Services
Health Services
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There are rich resources available

• Pam and OSPI
• Community mentors
• American Lung Association
• American Cancer Society
• County Health Department
• American Red Cross
• Documents created by the CDC.
• (http//apps.nccd.cdc.gov/shi/default.aspx)

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Resources Web Site

• http//docushare.everett.k12.wa.us/docushare/dsweb
  /View/Collection-948
• Seventeen PowerPoint presentations, surveys,
  documents and other resources which will help you
  get started at your site.

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Sample of Documents on Web Site

• Active For Life, Intro to Staff
• Becoming a Healthy School
• Bullying and Harassment Lesson
• Community Outreach
• CT Assoc of Schools
• Creating a School Health Council
• Eight Components of a Healthy School
• External Evaluation
• Healthy School Worksheet
• Mission Statement
• NMSA Presentation
• Nutrition Committee Report
• Staff Invite to CHEF projects
• Staff Wellness Survey
• Status Report
• Survey of Student Safety

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How Academics and Health Relate
Health Instruction
Staff Wellness
School Environment
Physical Education
Community
Family
Academic Program
Family Community Environment
School Food Services
Counseling Social Services
Health Services
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Making a Difference for Kids

• In healthy schools, children are more alert, more
  focused on learning, and miss less school.
• Students in healthy schools learn lifelong
  healthy behaviors to prevent the leading causes
  of death heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

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Making a Difference for Schools

• In healthy schools, staff are absent less often.
• Sustained effective school reform is more likely
  when adults have already experienced the positive
  effects of working together on programs
  addressing the health of the entire school.
• A consistent, coordinated focus on the eight
  components of school-wide health has a direct,
  positive impact on achievement scores