Health Coaches are
volunteers who plan and lead wellness improvements
in HISD schools. As a Healthy Kids, Healthy
Schools volunteer, you’ll help
your local school take small but important
steps to make the healthy choice the easy
choice for HISD students and staff.
HISD’s vision is to be
the national leader and model for school health
and wellness – helping students and
staff to feel and perform their best. This
can only happen with the involvement and support
of the whole school community – and
with the leadership of committed individuals
in each school.
Health Coach Blueprint: Spring 2010
Use the blueprint below to help plan and track suggested Health Coach activities this semester.
Reminders:
- Keep your principal and colleagues informed about what you're doing to enhance wellness in your school. See Wellness Is a Team Effort for ideas on who can help and how.
- Look for HKHS email updates for program news and opportunities.
- See the HKHS Planner for more, easy ways to enhance wellness in your school community.
February
1. Brief your school principal about the activities you're planning. The tools below can help.
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3. Display the first two Change the Game posters around your school (secondary only). Recruit students to help. Contact HKHS to request printed posters for your school.
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2. Display Fuel Up to Play 60 materials. Encourage students to visit www.fueluptoplay60.com to take the pledge and participate in the national competition (Feb 1 - Mar 15).
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4. Assign the HKHS student start-up survey, which asks about healthy eating and physical activity attitudes and choices. (Look for email instructions in Feb.)
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5. Start planning your Step It Up contest. Form a team of students to help. Use the suggested plan as a starting point. Be creative! (A limited supply of pedometers is available for participating schools. Contact HKHS if interested.)
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March
1. Promote and launch your school's Step It Up contest. Distribute pedometers and tracking forms. Keep track of your school's participants and progress. Use the Step It Up guide for ideas and resources.
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3. Display the second set of Change the Game posters around school (secondary only). Ask students to help. (Posters will be sent to participating Health Coaches in March.)
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2. Remind students to use the Fuel Up to Play 60 online Tracker to earn points for their physical activity and healthy eating choices.
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4. Assign students a send-home assignment with parents/caregivers about healthy eating, physical activity and links to learning. (Look for email instructions in March.)
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April
Look for instructions and links for the activities below in April.
1. Assign the HKHS student follow-up survey.
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2. Complete the Health Coach survey to report your activities (including results of your Step It Up contest) and share your feedback.
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May
Conceived by members of the HISD/Houston community, the Health Coach program offers tools and resources to supplement existing efforts, and also spur new ideas and approaches to drive excellence in wellness throughout the district. |
