Transcript HEALTHY KIDS LEARN BETTER A Coordinated School Health

HEALTHY KIDS
LEARN BETTER
A Coordinated School Health Approach
Healthy Kids Learn Better Partnership
Vision Statement
All youth in Oregon are healthy
and successful learners who
contribute positively to their
communities
Healthy Kids Learn Better Partnership
Mission Statement
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Working together to promote education & health
opportunities & skills for all youth in Oregon by:
Assuring diverse communities are engaged in all
planning, implementation, and evaluation activities
Providing and fostering leadership for the development of
Coordinated School Health
Building linkages between schools and communities to
coordinate resources, services, and policies that create
safe, supportive, and inclusive environments
Promoting effective and sustainable partnerships among
education, health, social service and other organizations
Monitoring progress through ongoing assessment and
evaluation, resulting in data-driven decision making
Healthy Kids Learn Better
State-Level Structure
Coordinated School
Health Blueprint
Development Work
Group
Coordinated School
Health External Partners
Work Group
State Agency Partners
Non-Governmental
Agencies
Healthy Schools Network
Advisory Group
Data and Surveillance
Work Group
State and Local Education
Policymakers
Private-Public Partnership
Coordinated School Health Blueprint
Development Work Group
Interagency
partnership to
develop a statelevel CSH
Blueprint for
Action with
extensive
stakeholder
input.
Partners:
Department of
Education
Health Division
Office of Alcohol and
Drug Abuse Programs
Commission on
Children and Families
Higher Education
Coordinated School Health
External Partners Work Group
External Partners
serve as ambassadors
to the HKLB
Partnership and are
currently developing
and implementing an
awareness campaign
on the potential for
CSH to positively
impact educational
outcomes for local
decision makers.
Partners:
ACS
OR Dairy Council
OAHPERD/OAHE
ORSHEC
Native American Youth
Association
OR School Nurses Association
Planned Parenthood
Red Cross
OEA
OR Coalition to Reduce
Underage Drinking
OR Poison Control
OR Lung Association
OR Coalition to Promote PA
HEALTHY KIDS
LEARN BETTER
A Coordinated School Health Approach
Healthy Schools Network
Advisory Group
Advisory and
board member
education
activities led
by state and
local school
board members
Partners:
Oregon School Boards
Association
State Board of
Education
NASBE
NSBA
Healthy Schools Network
Advisory Group
OSBA Annual Conference Pre-Session
on School Health
Recognition for districts with
comprehensive tobacco-free schools
policies
Healthy Nutritional School
Environment Lunch Box
Regular communication and meetings
Data and Surveillance Work
Group
Partners that guide,
develop and implement
the data and
surveillance system for
collecting information
on youth risk
behaviors, well-being
indicators and the
status of school health
programs
Partners:
• Department of Education
• Health Division
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Programs
• Oregon Research Institute
• Portland State University
• Commission on Children
and Families
Data and Surveillance System
Oregon Healthy Teens
Survey
• A single, combined
survey that meets the
requirements for
YRBS and Monitoring
the Future
• Proctored by ORI
research associates
• Passive consent
Expanded School Health
Profiles
• A single, combined
survey that meets the
health-related data
needs of ODE and its
state agency partners.
• Expanded modules
include questions on
health services, mental
health and counseling,
and child nutrition
programs
Connections to Governor’s
Initiatives…
Senate Bill 555
Oregon Children’s Plan
Requires county
Provides proactive,
human and health
comprehensive
service agencies
screening and
jointly plan and
services to all
implement
children from 0-8
programs.
years old
Local Efforts…
 CSHP local demonstration sites
 Expanded assistance to local schools and
communities on coordinated school health
and health education issues
 Special projects
 Training on research-based curricula and
health education standards and
assessment
Local CSH Demonstration Sites
HKLB staff are
guiding four
Comprehensive
School Reform
Demonstration
schools through a
nine-step process to
develop a CSHP and
examine its impact
on educational
outcomes and health
in low performing,
high poverty schools
ODE provides each
school with $10,000
to support the
development and
implementation of
a CSHP through a
site-based Healthy
Kids Learn Better
Teams.
Local Efforts…
 Expanded capacity to provide assistance to
school districts interested in developing a
CSHP
Examples:
 Development of local Healthy Kids Learn
Better Teams
 Data-driven decision making on student health
and well-being priorities
 Program planning and development
 Schoolwide integration of prevention messages
Local Efforts…
Expanded capacity to provide technical assistance
on health education issues:
• Cadre of trainers to provide low cost training
on research-based curriculum and standards
and assessment
• Curriculum planning and selection
• Coordinated professional development series
• Regular electronic and mail communications to
share new information and upcoming
opportunities
Special Projects – Physical
Activity
Opportunities for schools to promote
physical activity among pre-teens (9-13
year olds) :
- professional development series on the
implementation of new PE standards
- mini-grants to elementary and middle
schools for assessing safe walking and
biking routes to school.
- marketing toolkit for promoting the
importance of physical activity for preteens.
Special Projects – Tobacco
Prevention
Expanded assistance and training for
school districts on developing and
implementing Comprehensive SchoolBased Tobacco Prevention Programs
- curriculum training
- regional workshops
Early Challenges
Staffing and capacity
Keeping HKLB on the “radar screen”
of agency heads
Getting past the “priority but”
syndrome with policymakers and
administrators
Balancing motion with progress
Early Successes
Improved working relationships and increased
meaningful collaborations have enhanced services
and opportunities for local schools and
communities
Combined and expanded youth data and
surveillance system
OSBA Pre-Session and State Board Presentation –
an early shift in attitude
Integration of health and well-being indicators into
required district and grant planning processes