Facilitate the Healthy Schools Professional Development Team, convene the Healthy Schools Technical Assistance Team, and deliver trainings and develop resources to strengthen the capacity of targeted
school communities to equitably integrate health and wellness.
Support schools in the development of a cultural and structural climate that supports health and wellness. This will be accomplished by providing state-wide high quality professional development and technical assistance for physical education teachers, classroom teachers and school staff.
Add new School Food Institute courses that are responsive to identified needs; adding new content on The Lunch Box on emerging trends in school food; and offering Spanish translation of our online courses
to increase access among Spanish speaking school nutrition professionals.
Conduct policy work aligned with the development and implementation of a streamlined professional development system, and with the preconditions outlined in the Professional Development Roadmap Alignment document.
Leverage safe and healthy play to bring out the best in every kid.
Builds upon the success of the current work and grow the high-quality professional development offering to target Colorado present and future administrators.
Represent the voice of public charter schools in the design and implementation of the PD system and advance regional network pod development, state-wide partnerships, collaborations, academic services, communications, and new school development in support of healthy students in Colorado's public charter school sector.
Activate families and school parent groups at 20 schools in high need and/or rural communities to implement best practices in school nutrition and physical activity over the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years.
Inform the decisions and actions that lead to better outcomes for children and families, especially those in low-income communities where improvement can
have the largest impact. Through this project, we aim to effectively inform the debates about education policy and educator practice regarding healthy schools.
Work with the Colorado Education Association and other state partners and stakeholders to advance a health and equity frame centered on the Whole Child framework, including research and policy analysis centered on equitable access to healthy foods, physical and mental health, physical education and activity, social and emotional learning, healthy school climate, etc.
