Resources under assessment
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Game On!
Game On challenges America’s schools, staff, students, and the families they serve to get healthy, inside and out. Game On provides all the information and resources you need to host a successful school wellness program in your school, including an interactive school blueprint that allows you to search for fun Eat Better and Move More Challenges for every aspect of your school building. Explore the Game On website and the 6 steps they offer to help you improve student health, while reaching your schools needs. Don't forget to check out step 4: Find Activities to engage everyone on the team, including students!
Available at: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/tools-for-schools/game-on
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Gather Your Team
Includes tips and tools for gathering a team, recruiting team members, building a successful team, developing a vision, conducting team meetings and more.Available at: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/game-on/gather-your-team
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Healthy School Action Tool (HSAT)
The new HSAT provides tools for both school level teams and district level teams to assess the health of their school environments and take action to improve those environments.
The school-level tools include:
- School Core Assessment & Feedback Report
- 7 Topic Area Assessment & Feedback Reports
- Healthy Eating
- Physical Education & Physical Activity
- Health Education
- Staff Wellness
- Social & Emotional Health
- Safe School Environment
- Tobacco/Nicotine-Free Lifestyles
- School Action Plan
The district-level tools include:
- District Assessment & Feedback Report
- District Action Plan
Each assessment and action planning tool has detailed instructions that will guide teams through the assessment and action planning process.
Available at: www.mihealthtools.org/hsat
More info: HSAT Fact sheet
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School Health Index: Self-Assessment & Planning Guide 2014 (SHI)
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he SHI 2014 is an online self-assessment and planning tool that elementary, middle, and high schools can use to improve their health and safety policies and programs. Nutrition Services and Physical Education and Other Physical Activity Programs are two of the assessment tool’s modules that are directly connected with assessing and improving the school nutrition and physical activity environment.There are 2 assessments available- one for elementary schools and one for middle and high schools. There are links to each at the right side of the page.
Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/shi/
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Fuel Up to Play 60 School Wellness Investigation
The SWI is a “before” and “after” tool that will help students and school staff set goals and measure progress. It’s designed to empower students to collect information about the current nutrition and physical activity environment at school – and identify opportunities to make it even better. Working on the School Wellness Investigation is a great learning and leadership opportunity for students. Adults should provide guidance and input results into the School Wellness Investigation tool, but students should collect the data. After completing the School Wellness Investigation, you will be provided with a customized list of Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Plays from the Fuel Up to Play 60 Program that will help your school reach its wellness goals.Follow the link below. Once on the page, select the yellow box on the far right that says 'Program Tools'. On the left, tools will appear. Scroll down until you find 'School Wellness Investigation'. Click on 'Learn More' and a pdf will download for you to view.
Available at: https://www.fueluptoplay60.com/tools
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Smarter Lunchroom Lunchroom Self-Assessment Score Card
The two page Smarter Lunchrom Self-Assessment Score Card can help you to evaluate your lunchroom, congratulate yourself for things you are doing well, and and identify areas of opportunity for improvement. Michigan State University Extension offers free coaching through the Smarter Lunchrooms Assessment. They have Technical Assistance Providers that have been trained by experts from Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Program. Through a partnership with Team Nutrition, linited funds are also available to help the schools to make improvements.
To have an MSU Extension coach assist you, contact Becky Henne at henner@anr.msu.edu.
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Healthy School Action Tool (HSAT)
The new HSAT provides tools for both school level teams and district level teams to assess the health of their school environments and take action to improve those environments.
The school-level tools include:
School Core Assessment & Feedback Report
7 Topic Area Assessment & Feedback ReportsHealthy Eating
Physical Education & Physical Activity
Health Education
Staff Wellness
Social & Emotional Health
Safe School Environment
Tobacco/Nicotine-Free LifestylesSchool Action Plan
The district-level tools include:
District Assessment & Feedback Report
District Action PlanEach assessment and action planning tool has detailed instructions that will guide teams through the assessment and action planning process.
Available at: www.mihealthtools.org/hsat
More info: HSAT Fact sheet
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School Health Index: Self-Assessment & Planning Guide 2014 (SHI)
The SHI 2014 is an online self-assessment and planning tool that elementary, middle, and high schools can use to improve their health and safety policies and programs. Nutrition Services and Physical Education and Other Physical Activity Programs are two of the assessment tool’s modules that are directly connected with assessing and improving the school nutrition and physical activity environment.There are 2 assessments available- one for elementary schools and one for middle and high schools. There are links to each at the right side of the page.
Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/shi/
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Fuel Up to Play 60 School Wellness Investigation
The SWI is a “before” and “after” tool that will help students and school staff set goals and measure progress. It’s designed to empower students to collect information about the current nutrition and physical activity environment at school – and identify opportunities to make it even better. Working on the School Wellness Investigation is a great learning and leadership opportunity for students. Adults should provide guidance and input results into the School Wellness Investigation tool, but students should collect the data. After completing the School Wellness Investigation, you will be provided with a customized list of Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Plays from the Fuel Up to Play 60 Program that will help your school reach its wellness goals.Follow the link below. Once on the page, select the yellow box on the far right that says 'Program Tools'. On the left, tools will appear. Scroll down until you find 'School Wellness Investigation'. Click on 'Learn More' and a pdf will download for you to view.
Available at: https://www.fueluptoplay60.com/tools
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Resource to Sustain and Strengthen Local Wellness Initiatives
This resource was developed for school districts and school sites that are starting to evaluate components of their local wellness policies. It is a guide for individuals and evaluation teams that want step-by-step instructions for conducting their evaluation, deciding what their results mean and communicating their findings to stakeholders. It is designed to meet the initial needs of school districts and school sites that do not have personnel who are trained in evaluation and who do not have evaluation as core job components.Available at: http://www.nfsmi.org/documentlibraryfiles/PDF/20130228111227.pdf
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Resource to Sustain and Strengthen Local Wellness Initiatives
This resource was developed for school districts and school sites that are starting to evaluate components of their local wellness policies. It is a guide for individuals and evaluation teams that want step-by-step instructions for conducting their evaluation, deciding what their results mean and communicating their findings to stakeholders. It is designed to meet the initial needs of school districts and school sites that do not have personnel who are trained in evaluation and who do not have evaluation as core job components.Available at: http://www.nfsmi.org/documentlibraryfiles/PDF/20130228111227.pdf
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Smarter Lunchroom Webpage
The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement was started in 2009 with the goal of creating sustainable research-based lunchrooms that guide smarter choices. It is a grassroots movement of those concerned with the way children eat and wish to change these behaviors through the application of evidence-based lunchroom focused principles that promote healthful eating.The mission of the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement is to equip school lunchrooms with evidence-based tools that improve child eating behaviors and thus improve the health of children.
The Smarter Lunchroom Movement is brought to you by the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Program and is funded by the USDA ERS/FNS.
Access at: www.smarterlunchrooms.org
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The Smarter Lunchrooms Scorecard App – LunchScore
The Smarter Lunchrooms Scorecard is a quick and easy way to evaluate your lunchroom and help set goals for improvement…now it’s gotten easier with the app LunchScore! The app automates the scorecard process, allows you to take pictures to document your progress as well as track your results over time. Download the app for Apple and Android devices!
Watch Kathryn Hoy, MFN, RD, CDN the Manager of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs introduce this great tool! Click here to watch this 30 minute webinar.
Michigan State University Extension offers free coaching through the Smarter Lunchrooms Assessment. They have Technical Assistance Providers that have been trained by experts from Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Program. To have an MSU Extension coach assist you, contact Becky Henne at henner@anr.msu.edu.
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FoodCorps Healthy School ToolKit-Coming Soon!
A set of resources and a process designed to guide schools in assessing and visioning a healthy school food environment, documenting actions, and evaluating and celebrating progress over time.
Available at: https://foodcorps.org/