Gold Sneaker Initiative

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Gold Sneaker Initiative

• Introduction

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Introductions

• Please state your
• Name
• Where you live and work
• Which age group of children have the most energy?
  Give an example
• Whats your favorite age group?

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Vision

• To enhance policy related to physical activity
  and nutrition within licensed child care
  facilities across the state of Tennessee with the
  hopes of building lifelong skills for living a
  healthy life.
• Funded by National Governors Association, with
  funds from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Why?

• Tennessee ranks 47th in the nation for overall
  health status according to the United Health
  Foundation.
• Statistics from Tennessees Coordinated School
  Health Program demonstrate that up to 46 of our
  school age children are overweight, or at risk of
  becoming overweight.
• The Department of Health data set, measuring yet
  a different sample of school children, has found
  similar astonishing results showing 42 of
  Tennessees children being overweight, or at risk
  of becoming overweight.
• With Tennessee leading the nation for mortality
  and morbidity related to heart disease, stroke
  and diabetes, coupled with high rates of obesity
  the future looks grim.

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Goal

• The aim of this initiative is to encourage child
  care providers, from both the private sector and
  the public, to voluntarily adopt physical
  activity and nutrition policy through the state
  licensing program.

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Enhanced Policies Physical Activity Policy

• Policy 1.1 Children ages 12 months or older
  attending a full day program shall be offered at
  least 60 minutes of physical activity per day.
  Children attending less than a full day program
  shall be offered a proportional amount of such
  activities. For children ages three and older,
  at least 30 of the 60 minutes shall be offered as
  guided physical activity. The remainder of the
  physical activity may be other active play,
  learning and movement activities. This must be
  documented on forms provided with the Gold
  Sneaker initiative.

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Enhanced Policies Physical Activity Policy

• Policy 1.2 Television, video and other visual
  recordings shall not be used with children two
  years of age or younger. For children ages two
  and older, viewing of television, videos and
  other visual recordings shall be limited to no
  more than 60 minutes per day of educational
  programs or programs that actively engage child
  movement. Children attending less than a full
  day program shall be limited to a proportionate
  amount of such viewing. This shall be stated in
  the individual child care facilitys policies.

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Enhanced Policies Physical Activity Policy

• Policy 1.3 Children shall not be allowed to
  remain sedentary or to sit passively for more
  than 60 minutes continuously, except for
  scheduled rest or naptime. This shall be stated
  in the individual child care facilitys policies.
  
• Policy 1.4 Child care facilities must ensure
  physical activity is used as a reward and is not
  used for punishment. This shall be stated in the
  individual child care facilitys policies.

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Enhanced Policies Enhanced Nutrition Policies

• Policy 1.5 Ensure appropriate infant and child
  feeding patterns, including breastfeeding. Staff
  will be sensitive to breastfeeding mothers and
  infants, and their eating patterns. Each
  breastfeeding infant will have a feeding plan on
  file, which is completed by the parent/parents
  and facility as a team to address their unique
  feeding patterns.
• Policy 1.6 Ensure appropriate infant and child
  feeding patterns, including adequate time for
  meal consumption. Adequate time for meals and
  snacks will be allowed for all children, and will
  be included in classroom lesson plans.

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Enhanced Policies Enhanced Nutrition Policies

• Policy 1.7 Ensure appropriate infant and child
  feeding patterns, including appropriate portion
  sizes. Appropriate portion sizes will be assured
  through staff training and will be monitored by
  random spot checks for each age group on a
  monthly basis. Documentation of each shall be on
  forms for such specified purposes and be made
  available to the Department of Health for
  maintenance of the Gold Sneaker designation.
• Policy 1.8 No food, candy or drink shall be used
  to reward any child. This shall be stated in the
  individual child care facilitys policies and
  shall be made available to the Department of
  Health for maintenance of the Gold Sneaker
  recognition.

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After the policies, then what? Gold Sneaker
Designation

• A certificate of achievement presented by the
  Governors Council on Physical Fitness
• Two Gold Sneaker stickers which can be placed on
  entrance(s) to the facility or used in
  promotional activities for the facility
• Gold Sneaker stickers for your facility
• Access to an electronic Gold Sneaker logo to be
  used in materials produced by the facility
• Recognition on the following websites Department
  of Health, Department of Human Services, and the
  Gold Sneaker websites

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Follow Up Once Designated

• approximately six months following the initial
  training
• Staff attitude toward the enhanced policy
  implementation will be assessed and maintenance
  of knowledge will be assessed through a follow up
  test.
• You will get a physical activity kit for
  completing and returning the survey on time!!
• facilities needing further assistance will be
  identified and targeted by the Child Care
  Resource Referral Network to provide additional
  assistance to ensure the facilitys success

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Accountability

• Assured through monitoring
• The Department of Health will perform site visits
  with at least 20 of all Gold Sneaker child care
  facilities.
• During this site visit, physical activities with
  children of varying age groups will be observed
• required documentation of physical activities
  will be evaluated
• Classroom lesson plans will be observed, paying
  particular attention to the inclusion of adequate
  time for the required physical activity and
  adequate time for consuming meals and snacks.
• Breastfeeding infant feeding plans will be
  reviewed to assure completion by the family and
  the facility.
• The facilitys policies will be reviewed to
  assure the relevant policy information is
  included.
• Employee training materials will be examined to
  assure that the Gold Sneaker policies are stated
  as standard practice for the child care facility.

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Policy Implementation

• Lets look at how to implement the policies, one
  by one.
• Trainees pull out the implementation packet. We
  will refer to the packet as we describe how to
  enact each of the enhanced policies.