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vista heightsmiddle school wellness programBjorn Erik FreemanAmerican College of EducationNovember 23, 2016

Program GoalsImprove student performance in school by improving health habits.

Improve the overall health of employees and community members.

Improve employee productivity. Improve the health of the community.Lower health care costs.Improve quality of life.

3. Change the school environment to support healthier decision making.

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Action plan Tasks

Policy changes

Environmental changes

Fitness and nutrition programs

School and community events

Policy changesResponsibilities

-Administrators, community representatives, USOE, and teacher collaboration.-Ensure quality health and physical education is being taught.-Variety of classes in addition to regular P.E. including dance, aerobics, fitness.-Opportunities for before and after school physical education classes for employees and students.-Provide 8 minute walk breaks during regular education classes.-Collaboration with Insurance companies for financial incentives for participation.

Resources

-District employees, School administrators, teachers, and other staff, community members insurance. companies, and the Utah State Office of Education (USOE). -Researched methods and ideas from the community. -Time to meet with the group to discuss effective policy.

Timeline

These new policies will be Implemented by the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year.

School environment changesResponsibilities

-Administrators, cafeteria workers, school nurses and community member collaboration. -Create a budget to buy heathier foods including more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. -Provide healthier options in vending machines.-Time to plan, explore healthy and affordable options.

Resources

-Administrators, cafeteria employees, local businesses and vendors.

Timeline

-Implement within 2 months.

Fitness and nutrition programsResponsibilities

-Administrators, teachers, other staff, and community member collaboration.-Provide after school fitness and nutrition classes for staff and community members.-Provide a variety of after school physical activities for students.

Resources

-Fitness teachers for adult and student classes.-Facilities at the school which include a gym, fields, a fitness room and a dance room.-Money to pay for materials and fitness teachers provided by donations and grants.

Timeline

Implement by the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year.

School and community eventsResponsibilities

-Administrators, school staff, and community member collaboration.-5k fun run to bring the community, students, and school staff together.

Resources

-Community, school staff.-Social media and flyers to advertise.-School announcements.-business donations and sponsors.-Race equipment, flags, cones, starting line, map, timers.

Timeline

Implement by April when the event will be held

Leadership engagementLeaders will be heavily involved in the process by:

-Following the servant leader style by we being aware of who we are and how we impact others (Keith, 2016).

-Leaders will take an active role in developing policy, implementing classes, and changing the school environment.

-Leaders will collaborate with teachers, staff, community members, and our students for effective ideas.

-Leaders will be involved in classes and community events to encourage and inspire others.

-Leaders will allow teachers to use their own creativity to create productive classes and support them through participation in the program (Keith, 2016).

stakeholder engagementSchool staff

School staff including teachers, office staff, lunch workers, and sanitation staff will be involved in planning and implementing the program.Staff will also be encouraged and given incentives to participate in classes.Staff will also have a voice in the policy and environmental changes.

Members of the community

Members of the community will be involved in planning.They will be encouraged to participate in after school classes, and may be used as teachers.

Students

-Students will have a voice in what they would like to see implemented for classes. When students are aware of the program and its purpose they are more likely to participate (Hoelscher & Moag-Stahlberg, 2016).

- Programs focused on wellness policy implementation is associated with positive changes in student behaviors (Hoelscher & Moag-Stahlberg, 2016).

Curriculum contentGoals

Participants will make goals based on what they want to accomplish.SMART Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely.

Nutrition

-Energy balance weight loss comes by balancing calories.-6 Nutrients Focus on eating a balance of the six nutrients-Tips for a healthy diet Find foods they enjoy and make an individual plan.

Fitness

Aerobic exercise For building endurance and burning fat.Anaerobic exercise For building strength and boosting metabolism

Variety in activities Build a plan with different activities to make it fun and challenging.Varying your routine Understand homeostasis and achieving more balance in work outs.Tips for success maximize workouts by combining aerobic with anaerobic exercise.Individualize workouts to help them achieve their goals.

strategy ideasPersonal lifestyle choices-Help people understand that they dont have to make major changes in their lives, and they dont have to give up things they enjoy.

Family relations and support-Encourage people to bring friends and family to be part of their support system.

Organizational strategies-Change policies and the environment to support healthy choices and make time for more activity.-Provide incentives for people to participate in these programs.

Benefits-As part of our class we will help change attitudes to help people understand that they can all achieve their goals. Those who perceive more benefits and fewer barriers exercise more regularly (Thomson & Buckley, 2016).

Barriers

-The two main barriers for people not to exercise are time and fatigue (Thomson & Buckley, 2016).-Providing time for employees and students to get more exercise during the day.-Help them develop good nutrition and exercise habits, which will help them to feel more energized.

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Formative assessmentFeedback

- We look for consistent feedback from all stakeholders which include students, employees, and members of the community to see how the program is going and to see how we can continue to make improvements.

-We will seek feedback from people who are not involved in the program to see what kinds of things would motivate them to get involved with the program.

Evaluation

-We will have ongoing assessments to see what adjustments we need to make to improve the program.

Flexibility

-We will look for ways that we can make the program better, and seek suggestions from those who both embrace the program, and from those who have a lot of criticisms, and we will look at both views as important to the progress of the program.

Communication planEmployees

-Get information from employees to see what types of activities they would be interested in participating in.-Use email, social media, meetings to communicate the plan to employees.

Students

-Get information from the students to see what types of things they would be interested in participating in.-Morning announcements, Flyers, student council, and Home room to describe the program to students.

Community

-Get information from members of the community to see what types of activities they would be interested in participating in.-Use email, social media, meetings to communicate the plan to employees.-Also use flyers to be sent home with students to get the word out to their parents.

Implementation planEnvironmental changesThe first phase of implementation will be to make environmental changes.We will use students input on what healthy foods they would like to see available.Healthier options in vending machines.Breakfast and lunches will include more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.Goal is to implement these changes within 2 months.

Fitness classesThe next phase will be to implement fitness classes.-After finding out what interest there is for classes and interest for teaching them we will start implementing those classes.- The Goal is to fully implement them by the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year.

Policy changes-Administrators, teachers, community members will begin looking at policies that prevent healthy habits, and create policies that will support healthy habits.-Goal is to implement them by the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year.

ReferencesKeith, K. M. (2016). Key Practices of Servant Leadership. http://www.toservefirst.com/key-practices-of-servant-leadership.html

Servant-Leadership (2016). http://www.greenleaf.org.uk/about.php

Hoelscher, D. M., Moag-Stahlberg, A., Ellis, K., Vandewater, E. A., Malkani, R. (2016). Evaluation of a student participatory, low-intensity program to improve school wellness environment and students' eating and activity behaviors. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity. 1(13), 1-9. DOI:10.1186/s12966-016-0379-5.

Thomson, R. L., Buckley, J. D., Brinkworth, G. D. (2016). Perceived exercise barriers are reduced and benefits are improved with lifestyle modification in overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Women's Health. 16(13), 1-9. DOI: 10.1186/s12905-016-0292-8.

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