Facts and Figuring it Out

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Facts and Figuring it Out

• How to Complete the Healthy School Report Card

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Creating Partnerships for Change

• Work on Commonalities
• Get and stay connected
• Use your strengths
• Work with those wholl work with you
• Do only what you need to do
• Respect the process of change
• Give to get (see the big picture)
• Use discord as an opportunity
• Give it time
• Work on issues, but focus on people

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But, how do I find out what those partnerships
are and how to reach them effectively?
DATA!
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Data

• What is it?
• The CDC regards data as documented information
  or evidence of any kind
• What do I do with it?
• Do an assessment
• Identify relevant and appropriate information
  sources
• Create a focused, measurable plan
• Use data (from evaluations along the way) to
  revise the plan
• Help guide school health policy decisions.

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Do an Assessment

• What is Data Assessment?
• Using gathered or existing data to
• identify problems, risk factors, and patterns
• plan and assess current programs
• compare populations, schools and geographic areas
• compare where you are and where you want to be

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Data Assessment

• What are some methods for assessing data?
• Force Field Analysis Positive forces pushing
  FOR a change/Negative forces lets keep things
  the same
• Needs assessment
• Objectives - What do you want to know?
• Identify the Target Audience - From whom are
  going to collect information and data?
• Establish Procedure - How are you going to select
  a  group of individuals that will represent your
  target population?
• Methods - How do you plan to collect data?
• Instruments and Techniques - What instruments and
  techniques will you use to collect data?
• Data Analysis - How will you analyze the data?
• Make Decisions
• Creating a vision decide you want a change
  where do you want your school to be in 5 years?
  How do you get there?
• Healthy School Report Card
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey CDCs biennial,
  national monitor of health risks and behaviors
  among 9th-12th graders

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• Plan
• (using data)
• Complete Healthy School Rpt Card
• Assess cultural competence
• Conduct focus groups/forums
• Customize work plan (Obj. 2)

• Do
• Implement work plan

• Act/Adjust
• Continue to implement work plan
• Modify work plan
• Implement modification(s)

• Study
• Complete Process Index
• Report progress

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Healthy School Report Card

• What is it?
• An assessment tool, created by the Association
  for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
  to determine the status of current school health
  programming and identify priorities for program
  improvement. BASICALLY, it helps your school
  take steps to fully implementing a Coordinated
  School Health Program remember the law?

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Readiness to Complete HSRC

• Secure approval from district
• Inform stakeholders and decision makers
• Purpose of HSRC Identify needs and resources to
  improve MH in schools
• Use of HSRC results Prioritize needs and develop
  short- and long-term objectives to improve MH
  policy and practices in schools
• Manage expectations
• Short-term objectives will require little (if
  any) additional resources
• Long-term objectives will include plan for
  securing additional resources
• Secure support and resources
• Planning HSRC form

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Healthy School Report Card
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

• Sowhat is it, really?
• Within each of 11 characteristics,
• You use indicators of health program status (what
  should be there if things are good)
• And decide
• Does it exist?
• How much will the health and safety of
  students/staff improve if it is changed?
• How much effort will it take to truly change the
  status of the indicator?

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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.
• Does it exist?
• Need more info
• Does not exist
• Exists, needs work
• Exists excellent
• How much will the health and safety of
  students/staff improve if it is changed?
• Very little
• Some
• Quite a bit
• A lot
• How much effort will it take to truly change the
  status of the indicator?
• Very little
• Some
• A lot

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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
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HSRCOkay, but WHY should I use it?

• the HSRC helps you determine whether your school
  is doing all it can to promote the health and
  wellbeing of students and staff
• AND having healthy students and staff makes for a
  more productive institution...
• AND implementing a CSH plan, charges a team of
  school and community members with improving
  health programs.

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HSRCOh. Now I get it, but how do I get it up
and running?
Organizing

• Establish a diverse Steering Committee
• Determine the timeline for HSRC implementation
  and process by setting due dates
• Form work groups (Try for 11 one for each
  characteristic)

Orienting

• Review the HSRC so work groups know the
  indicators
• Determine standards must establish good vs. bad
  vs. best

Scoring

• Complete a preliminary assessment for Question 1
  (Does it exist?)
• Collect additional information if status not
  clear (interviews, surveys, etc)
• Complete final assessment answer all 3 questions

Organizing
Reporting

• Each work group prepares a summary report with
• -how collected answers, conclusions,
  recommendations, and priority rankings
• Steering committee drafts overall summary report
  to be shared with the community

Using Results

• Develop goals and objectives, set priorities
• Track your progress using a portfolio CELEBRATE
  SUCCESSES!
• REASSESS, REASSESS, REASSESS

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Steps for Completing HSRC

• 1) Establish Local Steering Committee
• 2) Determine timeline
• Allow time for data review and meetings
• 3) Form work groups, as needed, to make steps
  and tasks manageable
• 4) Review/Clarify HSRC indicators for all
  characteristics
• 5) Determine standards for rating indicators
• Consult internal and eternal experts
• 7) Collect additional information to answer
  questions accurately
• Document review
• Presentations from experts
• Interviews with key informants
• Surveys
• 8) Complete final assessment answering Questions
  1, 2, and 3

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Help

• Reporting the results
• See the Healthy School Report Card Summary
• Create a plan
• See the Healthy School Improvement Plan forms
• Amend your policies
• See the Example School Health Policies document

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Try this!

• Choose a characteristic
• Identify misunderstandings and needs for
  clarification
• Determine who else needs to be involved in
  answering the questions
• Determine if other methods of obtaining
  information are necessary
• Try to answer the questions within your group