Assess School's Health and Wellness Policies
Assess your school’s health and wellness
policies and practices to celebrate success and develop a plan for
improvement. A self-assessment provides a baseline for what is
working well and what could be improved upon. The self-assessment can be
used to create a detailed plan with action items to reach school wellness
goals. Completing a self-assessment also helps districts meet federal
school meal program requirements of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
Free, on-line tools and resources are available:
Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) School Health Index
Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program Assessment
The School Health Index Assessment offered by
the Alliance is a condensed version of the CDC’s School Health Index.
Bridging the Gap’s
research on District Wellness
Policies
NASBE’s State School Health Policy Database
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s Childhood Obesity Facts
Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development’s the Whole Child Initiative