2009 Coordinated School Health Conference

Building School Capacity to Achieve Health and Learning

 

  Salt Fork Resort and Conference Center, Cambridge, Ohio

  Monday to Wednesday, June 15-17, 2009

 

PLEASE NOTE The Deer Creek Conference has been canceled. Any teams that had registered for that conference will be accommodated at the Salt Fork Conference.

Please ignore any reference to the Deer Creek Conference in the following documents.

 

Downloads for those attending the conference:

Conference agenda and speakers

"To Do" List for an Enjoyable Conference

Conference Action Plan Template

 

State Planning Committee for Health Education in Ohio’s (SPCHEO) is proud to be hosting the Coordinated School Health Conference, now in its 20th year. This premier event provides high quality professional development and a forum for school faculty and staff, administrators, and community partners to assess, discuss and respond to health issues, policies and practices that impact a student’s ability to achieve academically through coordinated school health programs. The 2009 conference is offered in collaboration and support from the Ohio Department of Education’s cooperative agreement with the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   

This year’s conference is designed to challenge the participating districts to look more comprehensively at their system of learning supports and HOW they are coordinated to meet students’ physical, emotional, and social needs. This will enable districts to build sustainable coordinated school health programs that have proper governance and leadership, focus on systems and use data to drive decision making. 

Building School Capacity to Achieve Health and Learning

 

The conference sessions include: 

  • The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics

  • Comprehensive System of Learning Supports for School Success

  • Building School Capacity to Achieve Health and Learning Outcomes

  • Creating a Climate for Learning

  • Skills-based Instruction for Health Promotion

  • Intervention Strategies for at Risk Issues Impacting School Success

  • Charting the Course: How Do You Evaluate School Health Success?

 

Conference Attendance Guidelines

 

In order to design a high quality conference that runs smoothly and benefits all teams, guidelines for attendance have been instituted.  Teams are required to submit a Complete Application Packet. The application deadline is Friday, May 1, 2009 by the close of business. Completed application forms should be submitted via e-mail to craig.wethington@ode.state.oh.us. Incomplete packets will be returned immediately for completion and must be resubmitted by the deadline date. Due to an increased interest in attending the conference, we recommend that schools submit their application packet early. Schools that submit applications after the deadline will be placed on a waiting list.

 

To guarantee that all applications are completed properly be sure to review and follow the checklist to ensure that your packet is complete.

 

2009 Application Checklist 

  • Establish a team to complete application requirements.

  • New teams complete at least one type of school health or student health assessment.  Returning teams complete two assessments (one school health and one student health). The assessment must have been completed within the last two years (2007-2009). 

  • Complete a summary of the assessment results (500 words max).

  • Identify an issue that your team will be addressing at the conference and provide a rational (200 words max).

  • Identify 6-10 health team members to attend the conference who can effectively impact change in the health priority area you identified through your data.

  • Submit a letter of support from the District Superintendent or designated Administrator

  • Participate in a pre-conference application phone conference.

 Returning Teams:

  • Complete and submit documentation of two assessments (One school health & one student health)

  • Send at least one new team member who has not participated in a previous conference.

  • Must submit a summary of results/outcomes of the 2008-2009 action plan(350 words max).

  • A returning team is one that attended either the 2007 or 2008 Coordinated School Health Conference.

New Teams:

  • Complete and submit documentation of one assessment (One school health or one student health)

  • Must submit a summary of their expectation for the conference and brieflystates intended outcomes for their 2009-2010 team health plan (350 words max).

Return on Investment

 

As a result of attending the 2009 Coordinated School Health Conference teams will receive: 

  • An assessment of your school health environment

  • Information from Ohio’s leading school health experts

  • Continuing education

  • Guidance on developing a realistic and attainable health school action plan

  • Year round technical assistance

  • Free resources and materials

  • Opportunity for grant funding

  • Improved school success

Click here for the 2009 CSH Application/Registration Packet

 

 

 

Catch Program

The Ohio Department of Education is offering CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Student Health) Programs and training to schools with a coordinated school health team in place. 

CATCH is the coordinated approach to child health.  The goal of CATCH is to affect children's attitudes and behaviors towards nutrition and physical activity.  It is the largest school-based promotion study that has been done in the United States.  CATCH was shown to improve children's food and activity behaviors, increase levels of activity in physical education classes, and reduce the fat content of school lunches.

For more information contact Susan Patton at 614-387-7557, susan.patton@ode.state.oh.us.

 


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