Agenda

1. Using Evidence Based Strategies to GuideNext Steps for Your SHAC Jennifer Reeves, M.Ed., Associate Research ScientistUniversity of Arizona Nutritional Sciences

2. Agenda • Highlight evidence and support for wellness • Describe national movements supporting physical activity in schools • Use School Health Index and • Identify key resources • Identify at least one action step to take to apply wellness development process in your school Develop Your Action Plan

3. OMG Assault of the Acronyms! CSH = Coordinated School Health SHAC= School Health Advisory Council SHI= School Health Index PYFP =Presidential Youth Fitness Program CSPAP = Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program LMAS=Let’s Move, Active Schools PAL= Physical Activity Leader WOSA=Whole-of-School Approach

4. Recommendations for School-Based Physical Activity and Healthy Eating

5. Coordinated School Health

6. National Physical Activity Plan Americans will be physically active and they will live, work, and play in environments that facilitate regular physical activity. Education Strategies and Tactics

7. Minute to Win It Turn to your neighbor and and tell each other everything that you know about Local Wellness Policies.

8. Wellness Policies 2004 • Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 • Requires LEA participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to establish a local school wellness policy by June 2006. • Important tool for parents, local education agencies (LEAs) and school districts to: • Promote student wellness • Prevent and reduce childhood obesity • Provide assurance that school meal nutrition guidelines meet the minimum federal school meal standards.

9. Wellness Policies 2004 • Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 • Requires LEA participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to establish a local school wellness policy by June 2006. • Important tool for parents, local education agencies (LEAs) and school districts to: • Promote student wellness • Prevent and reduce childhood obesity • Provide assurance that school meal nutrition guidelines meet the minimum federal school meal standards.

10. Wellness Policies 2004 Elements Local Wellness Policy to include, at a minimum goals for: • nutrition education • physical activity, and other school-based activities to promote student wellness, • nutrition guidelines for all foods available on school campus.

11. Wellness Policies 2010 • Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 • Expands the scope of wellness policies • Brings in additional stakeholders in its development, implementation and review; • Requires public updates on the content and implementation of the wellness policies.

12. Action Steps for SHACs • Review memo on wellness policies. • Continue reviewing local wellness policies during School Year 2013-2014 and implementing new requirements.(Smarter Snacks) • Consult the resources on the Implementation Tools and Resources page. • Continue to inform and update the public about the content, implementation, and assessment of wellness policies. USDA 2013

13. CDC Guidelines 2012 School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

14. AAHPERD Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs • Systemic approach • Schools use all opportunities • 60 minutes of daily physical activity • Knowledge, skills and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime.

15. Presidential Youth Fitness Program

16. Supporting Youth Wellness Physical Activity Healthy Eating Academic Achievement The Wellness Impact: Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Helps Improve Academic Performance National Dairy Council Wellness Impact Report

17. Wellness Impact Report

18. Composite Attentional Allocationof 20 students taking the same test. µV 8 3 After 20 minutes of Sitting Quietly After a 20 minutes of Walking (Hillman et al., 2009)

19. Pre-test 9 Months Later Waitlist Control µV 10 7 FITKids Intervention

20. Let's Move Active Schools Physical Education Physical Activity During School Physical Activity Before and After school Staff Involvement Family and Community Engagement

21. AAHPERD/LMAS Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs • Quality physical education • Daily recess period/drop in activities • Activity breaks throughout the day • Intramural sports • Interscholastic sports • Walk- and bike-to-school programs • Staff wellness and involvement • Family and community participation

22. IOM Physical Education Report May 2013 Educating-the-Student-Body-Taking-Physical-Activity-and-Physical-Education-to-School/video.aspx

23. IOM: Educating the Student BodyTaking Physical Activity and Education to School Taking a Whole-of-School Approach Considering physical activity in all school-related policy decisions Designating physical education as a core subject Monitoring physical education and opportunities for physical activity in school Providing preservice training and professional development for teachers Ensuring equity in access to physical activity and physical education

24. National Legislation PHYSICAL Act • Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio introduced the PHYSICAL Act on May 23, 2013 • Recognize health education and physical education as core subjects within elementary and secondary schools • Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., co-sponsors

25. Shared Goals • Be active and play, 60 minutes every day! • Quality physical education core • Comprehensive, multifaceted approach • Before, during, after school opportunities

26. Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: A Guide for Schools Public Health funding for all 50 states to increase moderate to vigorous PA in schools and CSPAP : July 2013

27. Action Plan Part 1: Where are you now? Identify the strategies and tactics you are currently using

28. A County-Wide Approach to Coordinated School Health in Pima County, Arizona Fitness For Life: Elementary School

29. Wellness Coordinator Process

30. Themes

31. Student Leadership

32. Multiple Messaging The Harlem Shake

33. Communications

34. Partnering

35. Action Plan Part 2: What will you do next? Identify the strategies and tactics you plan to use before the end of the school year

36. Volume Control Start Small Connect with Others

37. SHI Scores Sunnyside Unified School District School Health Index Scores 2010-2011 Sunnyside Unified School District School Health Index Scores 2012-2013

38. Free CSPAP Resources • NASPE (web) • NASPE (document) • Let’s Move, Active Schools • Action for Healthy Kids Resource for promoting CSH • The US Department of Health and Human Services

39. Selected CSPAP Resources for Sale CATCH Materials

40. Funding Resources • Active Schools Acceleration Project Acceleration Grants K-8 or Elementary Schools to jumpstart one of three programs • Fuel Up to Play 60 Awards $4,000 to provide healthy eating, promotions, and physical activity plays. You must work with a student group and perform a wellness investigation in order to apply. Due June 3, 2013 • Presidential Youth Fitness Funding supports participation in the Presidential Youth Fitness Program for the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 school years

41. Tactics for Promoting Wellness Themes Student Leadership Multiple Messaging Communication with Parents Partnering with the Community

42. Designed to Move