Facts and Figuring it Out Scoring the Healthy

Facts and Figuring it Out Scoring the Healthy School Report Card

HSRC Example Characteristic 6: Food and Nutrition Services Indicator: Food safety - Hand-washing facilities are accessible to both students and staff in or near the cafeteria. 1. Does it exist? q q 2. How much will the health and safety of students/staff improve if it is changed? q q 3. Need more info Does not exist Exists, needs work Exists excellent Very little Some Quite a bit A lot How much effort will it take to truly change the status of the indicator? q q Very little Some A lot Overwhelming

Work Groups Break into work groups l Each work group much determine the standards for scoring the indicators l Each work group should include individuals/specialists from outside of the CSHAC l Each work group should be prepared to consult other resources to accurately and appropriately answer the questions l

Other Resources School district documents (ie: school policy, etc) l Oral reports – (ie: staff members, students, parents, etc) l Interviews l Focus groups l Surveys l Websites l Books l

Characteristic In a nutshell Social and Emotional Climate Everyone feels safe, secure, accepted, valued Family and Community Involvement The school encourages, supports, and facilitates involvement of parents and the community in health programming School Facilities and Transportation Buildings, grounds, and vehicles are secure and meet all safety and environmental standards Health Education School strongly supports and reinforces health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors through a high quality curriculum Physical Education and Physical Activity Supports and reinforces lifelong fitness Food and Nutrition Services Healthy eating habits and food safety School Health Services Accessible primary prevention, intervention, and treatment of disease Counseling, Psychological, and Social Work Services Accessible primary prevention, intervention, and treatment of mental health and substance abuse issues School-Site Health Promotion for Staff Supporting and facilitating physical and mental health of all employees Coordination of School Health Programs Eliminate gaps and redundancies, expand resources available, and assure high quality School Health Program Policy and Strategic Planning Compliance through comprehensive policies addressing all aspects of CSH

Scoring – Question 1 l Question 1 Does not exist – our school does not do this/we don’t have it in place l Partially met – some aspects are missing or existing situation needs improvement l Fully met – the indicator fully exists and meets the scope and quality specified in the standard l Exceeds – the indicator fully exists and exceeds the scope and quality specified in the standard l

Scoring – Question 2 l Question 2 – If this indicator were improved… Very little –very little change would occur l Some – some change would result l Quite a bit – quite a bit of change would occur l A lot – a lot of change would result l

Scoring – Question 3 l Question 3 – How much effort will it take to significantly change the indicator? Very little l Some l A lot l Overwhelming l

Enter the data l Contact Kristin at koles@doe. in. gov to get a password/username – one person will be designated to enter the info Go to www. healthyschoolcommunities. org l Complete the HSRC l

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Enter the data, continued You may save and return to the HSRC at any time. l Get your color-coded results l l The system will generate a report that indicates the high quality areas of school health programming. It also provides a prioritization of the areas that need improvement and recommends resources to address those areas through the school improvement process.

Enter the data, continued Work groups should share results with the steering committee/CSHAC l Create your Healthy School Improvement Plan (set goals and priorities) l Share all results, plans, successes with the school district and the community l