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Working with Schools. School Culture…The Big Picture. Who Makes the Decisions?. Local Control. The Players. Healthy Children Learn Better. Health Risk Behaviors & Academic Grades NC Middle Schools 2011 YRBS. Health Risk Behaviors & Academic Grades NC High Schools 2011 YRBS.
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Health Risk Behaviors & Academic Grades NC Middle Schools 2011 YRBS
Health Risk Behaviors & Academic Grades NC High Schools 2011 YRBS % High School Students
Common Core….the mixing bowl • Physical Education • World Languages • Keyboarding • History • Bus Duty • School Pictures • Social Studies • Field Trips • Intramurals • Visual Art • Chorus • Grades • Physics • Health
NC ranks No. 48 in teacher salary among the 50 states and District of Columbia, paying an average $45,947. The U.S. average is $56,383.Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/02/28/2715461/dome-nc-ranks-near-bottom-in-school.html#storylink=cpy
Surveillance • YRBS • Profiles
Policy Monitoring • Healthy Activity Children Policy • Healthy Youth Act • Gfeller Waller • Safe Schools Act
Comprehensive School Health Education Family & Community Involvement Physical Education & Physical Activity School-site Health Promotion for Staff School Health Services Nutrition Services Healthy School Environment Counseling, Psychological & Social Services Coordinated School Health
It’s Knot Impossible • Place the rope on the table in front of you • With one end of the rope in each hand • Tie a knot in the rope without letting go • It’s Knot Impossible
Remember the Goals DPH: Improving the health of North Carolinians Schools: Educating all NC Youth Learn from each other
Getting “in” to Schools • Build Relationships • Learn the Culture • Remember DPI is here to help
Relationships “Make them your friend before you make an ask.” Mike Ward (Former State Superintendent)
Relationships • Start at the bottom • Build not threaten • Build on existing relationships
Learn the culture • Who currently uses the school • Who are the gatekeepers • Who will have to do the work to make this work • What provisions will be made for them • You are one of many groups wanting to get in front of a captive audience, why you?