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Secure and maintain administrative support and commitment

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Secure and maintain administrative support and commitment

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Strong leadership is essential for success. Administrators must be engaged in aligning WSCC with the district’s mission and supporting policies, budget decisions, and staff collaboration.

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Healthy Schools Campaign | Helping Children Learn and Thrive

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Establish a School Health Council or Team

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Establish a School Health Council or Team

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This team brings together key stakeholders (teachers, students, nurses, counselors, parents, and community members) to guide WSCC planning and monitor progress.

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Move Your Way® Toolkit for Schools | odphp.health.gov

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This toolkit is for anyone working to encourage physical activity in a school setting — like physical education and health education teachers, classroom teachers, coaches, after-school program leaders, and school administrators. Others promoting student health and well-being — like school nurses and parent teacher associations (PTAs) — can also use the information in this toolkit to support their work.

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The coordinator acts as the point person for WSCC, ensuring implementation fidelity, communication, and accountability.

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Use community health data, school wellness assessments, and your WSCC council to create a strategic plan tailored to student needs.

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Implement Multiple Strategies Through Multiple Components

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Implement Multiple Strategies Through Multiple Components

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Deliver programs that integrate at least 3–5 WSCC components (e.g., physical education, nutrition services, counseling, and employee wellness).

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Ensure student voice and needs are central. Involve students in peer leadership, mental health programs, or surveys.

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Address Priority Health-Enhancing and Health-Risk Behaviors

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Address Priority Health-Enhancing and Health-Risk Behaviors

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Target key CDC risk behavior categories (physical inactivity, poor diet, substance use, etc.) through school-wide interventions.

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

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YRBSS is a set of surveys that track behaviors that can lead to poor health in high school students.

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Provide Professional Development for Staff

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Provide Professional Development for Staff

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Train educators and staff on WSCC principles, SEL strategies, mental health first aid, and inclusive PE practices.

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Professional development (PD) is a consciously designed, systematic process that strengthens how staff obtain, retain, and apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

The tools and resources on this site can be used by those who provide PD services for staff in state departments of education, state departments of health, school districts, school communities, and national organizations.

Professional Development is an excellent way to teach specific learning objectives to a targeted group. Choosing the correct type of PD event is important to understand the level of knowledge and skill that may be acquired. Providers of PD events need consistent definitions to provide and promote the appropriate type of PD event. It is critical to understand that trainings and workshops do not mean the same thing-one can produce long-term benefits, while the other may simply increase awareness.

There are six CDC PD practices -Sustain, Design, Promote, Deliver, Follow-Up, and Evaluate. When developing and delivering PD events, integrate all six of these practices. PD is consciously designed to actively engage learners and includes the planning, design, promotion, delivery, follow-up, and evaluation-such as, events, information sessions, and technical assistance.

Training. An instructional experience provided primarily by employers for employees, designed to develop new skills and knowledge that are expected to be applied immediately upon arrival or return to the job.

Workshop. An educational program for a small group of people that focuses on techniques and skills in a particular field that has long-term benefits.

Trainings and workshops are 3 or more hours long and have highly effective transfer skills.

Technical Assistance. A tailored guidance to meet the specific needs of a site or sites through collaborative communication between a specialist and the sites. Technical assistance takes into account site-specific circumstances and culture and can be provided through phone, mail, e-mail, Internet, or in-person meetings.

Presentations. A speech or visual display tailored to specific audiences such as school administrators, faculty, education and health professionals, adolescents, parents, college students, legislators, or community groups.

Information Session. A presentation or other instructional activity delivered in a short period of time that focuses on a specific topic.

Information and presentations are delivered in a short period of time (30 minutes and no more than 3 hours) and focus on a specific program topic.

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centers for disease control and prevention

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guide to promoting professional development

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understanding the training of trainers model

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The ultimate goal of professional development is the effective implementation of skills and strategies that help your organization achieve its purpose. The tools and resources on this site can be used by those who provide PD services for staff in state departments of education, state departments of health, school districts, school communities, and national organizations.