Comprehensive School Health

Comprehensive School Comprehensive School HealthHealth

PHED 3017PHED 3017

Design your perfect Design your perfect schoolschool

Physical plantPhysical plant

Athletic/fitness facilitiesAthletic/fitness facilities

CurriculumCurriculum

Food servicesFood services

Support services – in school / Support services – in school / communitycommunity

TeachersTeachers

Etc. Etc.

What needs to be done to What needs to be done to create a school like yours?create a school like yours?

Government PolicyGovernment Policy

Teacher trainingTeacher training

Parent involvementParent involvement

Board supportBoard support

Other?Other?

What is a HEALTHY What is a HEALTHY school?school?

School spirit, students & teachers want to be School spirit, students & teachers want to be therethere

Team approach to decision makingTeam approach to decision making

Responsive to student issuesResponsive to student issues

Opportunities to take risks to maximize learningOpportunities to take risks to maximize learning

Students are involved in health issuesStudents are involved in health issues

Students & parents participate in healthy school Students & parents participate in healthy school promotionpromotion

Peer counselling & peer mediation – caring Peer counselling & peer mediation – caring relationships reinforcedrelationships reinforced

Comprehensive School Comprehensive School Health Health

A.K.A.A.K.A. Quality School HealthQuality School Health Health Promoting SchoolsHealth Promoting Schools Coordinated school healthCoordinated school health

Early 1990’s – recognized the need for an Early 1990’s – recognized the need for an integrated approach to promoting a healthy integrated approach to promoting a healthy school environmentschool environment

WHY? Growing recognition of the link between WHY? Growing recognition of the link between health and academic performancehealth and academic performance

WHO WHO

Comprehensive School Comprehensive School HealthHealth

Encompasses entire school Encompasses entire school environmentenvironment

Addresses FOUR pillars:Addresses FOUR pillars:Teaching and learningTeaching and learningHealth & other support servicesHealth & other support servicesSupportive social environmentSupportive social environmentHealthy physical environmentHealthy physical environment

Teaching & LearningTeaching & Learning

Comprehensive K-12 curriculum covering all Comprehensive K-12 curriculum covering all facets of healthfacets of health

Effective teaching & learning approaches that Effective teaching & learning approaches that support development of student knowledge, support development of student knowledge, attitudes, skills and behavioursattitudes, skills and behaviours

Effective pre-service and in-service training Effective pre-service and in-service training for educatorsfor educators

Health & Other Support Health & Other Support ServicesServices

Social & Social & psychological psychological screeningscreening

Child protectionChild protection

Public healthPublic health

Guidance servicesGuidance services

Special needs Special needs servicesservices

Police servicesPolice services

Recreational Recreational servicesservices

After school After school programmingprogramming

CoordinationCoordination

Supportive social Supportive social environmentenvironment

Role modeling by school staff and othersRole modeling by school staff and others

Peer support and support group developmentPeer support and support group development

Community participation / media cooperationCommunity participation / media cooperation

Staff wellness programsStaff wellness programs

Appropriate school discipline policiesAppropriate school discipline policies

Effective management strategiesEffective management strategies

Active student and parent participationActive student and parent participation

Healthy physical Healthy physical environmentenvironment

Safety procedures & regulationsSafety procedures & regulations

Sanitation, clean water, hygiene standardsSanitation, clean water, hygiene standards

Environmental health standardsEnvironmental health standards

Food & nutrition policiesFood & nutrition policies

Smoke-free school policiesSmoke-free school policies

Multiple opportunities for sport & PAMultiple opportunities for sport & PA

Accessible & sustainable environments that Accessible & sustainable environments that promote PA; safety and freedom from bullying or promote PA; safety and freedom from bullying or harassmentharassment

Look Back at your Look Back at your SCHOOLSCHOOL

Place a check beside CSH initiatives or Place a check beside CSH initiatives or elementselements

Would your school be a healthy school?Would your school be a healthy school?

What would you add to your school What would you add to your school plan to make it a health promoting plan to make it a health promoting school?school?

Hidden Curriculum?Hidden Curriculum?

Implicit messages that reinforce desirable or Implicit messages that reinforce desirable or

undesirable attitudesundesirable attitudes

Culture of the schoolCulture of the school

Prevailing standards of behaviourPrevailing standards of behaviour

Attitudes of staff towards studentsAttitudes of staff towards students

Values asserted by its mode of operationValues asserted by its mode of operation

EVIDENCE?EVIDENCE?

World Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization

37 countries37 countries

15 reviews of hundreds of studies involving 15 reviews of hundreds of studies involving CSH programsCSH programs

The programs most effective were those The programs most effective were those promoting mental health, that were of long promoting mental health, that were of long duration and high intensity, and involved the duration and high intensity, and involved the WHOLE SCHOOL.WHOLE SCHOOL.

Assignment #1Assignment #1

Write a formal letter to your principal, school Write a formal letter to your principal, school officialofficial