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Page 1: Healthy Schools QACPS Wellness Policies and Practices

Healthy Schools

QACPS Wellness Policies and Practices

Willie Waits Supervisor of Instruction Queen Anne’s County Public Schools

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Outcomes: To communicate the feedback/results of the statewide

review of QACPS wellness policy.

To highlight district and school wellness initiatives.

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Maryland Wellness Policies and Practices Project (WPPP)

Goal: To enhance opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity for Maryland students by helping schools and school systems create and implement strong and comprehensive written wellness policies.

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Federal Legislation

Written LWPs (School System)

LWP Implementation

(System & School)

Enhanced Opportunities for Health and

Wellness

Improved Child Health & Academic

Performance

Quality

Implementation

Impact

Communicate

Monitor

Build

Recommendations

Feedback

to School

Systems

Spring

Wellness

Meeting

Technical

Assistance

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Maryland Wellness Policies & Practices Project: 2012-2013 Survey Components

Strength and Comprehensiveness of Written Wellness Policies

Statewide School System Implementation of Wellness Policies and Practices

School-Level Implementation of Wellness Policies and Practices

School-Level School Health Councils

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Quality of Written Wellness Policy Queen Anne’s County vs. Maryland School Systems

(Mean Score)

100 100

88

93

100

96

61

53

57

42

72

57

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Nutrition Education &

Wellness Promotion

USDA Child Nutrition

Programs

Competitive and Other Foods

& Beverages

Physical Education & Physical

Activity

Evaluation Overall Score

Comprehensiveness Scores:

Comprehensiveness Queen Anne's Comprehensiveness MD

WellSA

T W

eigh

ted

Score

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Quality of Written Wellness Policy Queen Anne’s County vs. Maryland School Systems

(Mean Score)

89

71

44

64

100

74

34

30

14

23

38

28

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Nutrition Education & Wellness

Promotion

USDA Child Nutrition Programs Competitive and Other Foods &

Beverages

Physical Education & Physical

Activity

Evaluation Overall Score

Strength Scores:

Strength Queen Anne's Strength MD

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Implementation: Schools

School Administrator Survey

Targeting: “The person who had the responsibility of supporting implementation of wellness policies in our schools, preferably an administrator”

State-Wide Response Rate 56% (757/1356)

Queen Anne’s County Response Rate 86% (12/14)

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School-Level Implementation of

Wellness Policies & Practices

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% of School Administrators reporting that

their School System…

Queen

Anne’s

Maryland

had a school health council to address

general health and wellness issues

25% 47%

provides technical assistance to schools for

evaluating local wellness policy

implementation in schools.

25% 28%

provides public updates on the content and

implementation of local wellness policies.

25% 36%

has a mechanism in place to encourage

teachers and school health professionals to

participate in developing and updating

local wellness policies.

33% 43%

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School-Level Implementation of

Wellness Policies & Practices % of School Administrators reporting that their School

System…

Queen

Anne’s

Marylan

d

monitors implementation of the local wellness policy. 36% 29%

provides annual progress reports to the school

system on school-level implementation of local

wellness policies.

73% 20%

communicates the status of school-level

implementation of local wellness policies to school

staff and/or parents and families.

18% 27%

provides opportunities for parent and/or student

input on wellness policy implementation.

9% 15%

has secured funds from the school system or

outside/private funds to support nutrition and

physical activity priorities for students and staff.

0% 22%

has activities involving families to support and

promote healthy eating and physical activity among

students.

9% 21%

has integrated nutrition and physical activity goals

into the overall school improvement plan.

36% 18%

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Implementation: Schools

% of School Administrators reporting that their School

System…

Queen Anne’s

County Maryland

had a school health council to address general health and

wellness issues 25% 47%

% of School Administrators reporting that their

School…

Queen Anne’s

County Maryland

monitors implementation of the local wellness policy. 36% 29%

has integrated nutrition and physical activity goals into

the overall school improvement plan. 36% 18%

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Implementation: Schools School-Level School Health Councils

Compared to schools without a school health council in place, schools with a school health council or wellness team were more likely to

• monitor the implementation of the local wellness policy

• integrate nutrition and physical activity goals into the overall school improvement plan.

47%

53%

Maryland

% with a School

Health Council

% without a

School Health

Council

25%

75%

Queen Anne's County

% with a School

Health Council

% without a School

Health Council

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Recommendations: System Level Implementation

__________________________________________________ Build

1. Maintain a system-level school health council that is

broadly representative of the system and community.

2. Identify resources to fund a position/stipend to support

implementation of wellness policy provisions

3. Develop wellness policy implementation and monitoring

plans and communicate them to students, families, and the

community

4. Train administrators and staff to support designing,

implementing, promoting and evaluating wellness policies

Communicate

5. Report Wellness Policy goals and action steps to the Local

School Board regularly.

6. Communicate school system’s wellness initiatives with

school-level wellness councils and school administrators.

7. Inform the public regarding progress in wellness

policy implementation and wellness practices

Monitor

8. Conduct regular wellness policy meetings to review and

revise wellness policies.

9. Measure semi annually or annually the progress made in

attaining the goals of the school system wellness policy.

10. Provide school-level guidance and technical assistance

on the evaluation and reporting of wellness policy

implementation.

Recommendations:

School Level Implementation

Build

1. Establish a school based wellness team, with a

designated coordinator, that is broadly representative of the

school and community.

2. Develop school wellness goals and implementation

plans that connect with school improvement team goals.

3. Identify resources to support implementation of wellness

policy provisions at the school.

Communicate

4. Communicate and promote the importance of healthy

eating and physical activity for students, families, and the

community.

Monitor

5. Gather and report school-level data on wellness policy

implementation.

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Health Education: Instructional Program

Elementary PreK-5: Nutrition education topics are integrated within the physical education programs. Grades 6-8: Health education is being taught using the MSC for Health. Grades 9-12: The nutrition education programs focus on students’ eating behaviors based on effective research that is consistent with the state’s/district’s health education standards/guidelines/framework.

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Health & Wellness Initiatives Food Supplement Nutrition Education University of Maryland Extension Uma Borkar, Family and Consumer Sciences (Nutrition)

The Wellness Connection QAC Health Department Dr. Joseph Ciotola, Health Officer Iris Carter, R.N.C., B.S.N., Wellness Connection Coordinator Margaret C. Kaufman, R.N., B.S.N., School Health Program Coordinator Citizen CPR Training for Teachers QAC Health Department Dr. Joseph Ciotola, Health Officer National School Lunch Program New Food Guidelines Sodexo Education: General Manager Queen Anne's County Board of Education 16

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The End

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