A%20Healthful%20and%20Safe%20School%20Environment

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A Healthful and Safe School Environment

• Protecting the Health and Safety of Students,
  Faculty, and Staff

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Rationale

• Society recognizes that schools are responsible
  for providing a healthful and safe school
  environment that optimizes opportunities for
  learning and growth.
• Schools are a major part of the environment of
  students and school staff.

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Rationale (continued)

• Twenty percent of the U.S. population, nearly 55
  million people, spend their days in our
  elementary and secondary schools.
• Children spend up to 24,000 hours within school
  buildings, amounting to 15 percent of a childs
  entire life up to the age of 18.
• Millions of teachers and other school staff spend
  their working days in the school environment.

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School Environment

• Environment The multitude of dynamic
  conditions that are external to a person.
• Two types
• Supportive creates healthful choices or protects
  the well being of the student.
• Non-supportive detracts from commitment for
  healthful behavior.

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7 Physical Conditions Necessary for Optimal
Learning Development

• School size
• Lighting
• Color choices
• Temperature/ventilation
• Noise control
• Sanitation/Cleanliness
• Accessibility

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Positive Emotional Environment

• Feelings, expectations, experiences that affect
  students development.
• Warm and nonthreatening learning environments
  promote health and learning.
• Teachers personality and behavior determine
  emotional climate.

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Positive Emotional Environment (continued)

• Emotional security, a feeling of freedom from
  anxiety in which individuals feel that they can
  present and express themselves without fear of
  ridicule, threat, or belittling is also part of
  the overall positive emotional environment in
  schools.
• Supportive and affirmative behaviors should be
  taught and modeled.

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Positive Emotional Environment (continued)

• Schools can promote attitudes of respect,
  understanding and sensitivity by recognizing and
  accepting differences.
• Effective classroom management is essential
  because it promotes student achievement and
  development of self-control as well providing the
  optimal environment for learning and development.

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Responsibility for Health is Shared by All

• School personnel
• Teachers
• Administrators
• Staff
• Students
• Parents
• Community
• Government

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Teachers Responsibilities

• Proper reporting of accidents/injuries
• Assessing/correcting potential safety hazards
• Providing proper first aid when needed
• Establishing safety procedures in the classroom
• Providing appropriate supervision of students at
  all times.

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Protecting Students Health and Safety

• School violence
• School security measures
• Sexual harassment
• Drug use
• Tobacco Use
• Bloodborne pathogens

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Providing Proper Nutrition

• Shared responsibility among all community members
• School food service should serve healthful foods
• Following guidelines, such as the food guide
  pyramid, provide low-cost funding for students.

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Health Promotion for Staff

• Rationale An appropriate response is needed as a
  result of higher health care costs and health
  insurance.
• School health promotion programs have the
  potential to
• Decrease health care costs for teachers and staff
• Decrease absenteeism
• Improve morale and increase job satisfaction

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Health Promotion for Staff (continued)

• Health promotion programming includes
• Health assessments
• Health education
• Health related physical fitness activities