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School Health Councils

Learn how to evaluate, renew membership, expand efforts, and keep the momentum going in your school health council. Follow the steps to success!

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School Health Councils

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  1. School HealthCouncils Samantha Heard Executive Board Member, MASH Physical Education Chair, AFHK State Health Systems Director, ACS

  2. Training Components • Step 1: Get Together • Step 2: Create a Vision • Step 3: Develop a Plan • Step 4: Take Action • Step 5: Maintaining Momentum

  3. Maintaining Momentum “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” -Henry Ford

  4. Maintaining Momentum • Evaluate the council’s efforts • Hold an annual renewal meeting of the council • Revitalize the council’s membership • Expand school health improvement efforts

  5. Evaluate • Evaluation is an on-going component of the School Health Council. • The basic reasons for evaluation are • To check your progress toward your stated goals and actions • To determine whether your work is having a positive impact “It is only through evaluation that value exists.” –Friedrich Nietzsche

  6. Evaluate • Process Evaluation: determines if the action plan is being carried out • How effectively is the council working together • How effectively is the council achieving its vision • Are activities be implemented as intended • Are there unintended consequences of the activities • How well are the activities accepted by all aspects of the community • What corrections need to be made now

  7. Evaluate • Process Evaluation: How to measure it • Survey the members about their satisfaction with the council. • Review attendance at meetings • Compare meeting minutes with the activities stated in the actions plans • Survey the public about their perceptions of the council • Read media hits related to the council

  8. Evaluate • Outcomes Evaluation: • Examines the changes that occur from the council’s efforts • Examines if the outcome achieved was the intended outcome of the action plan • The “Planning an Outcome Evaluation for a School Health Council” worksheet can help the council to plan an outcomes evaluation. • Review the worksheet and determine the best method for conducting an outcomes evaluation

  9. Annual RenewalMeeting • The Objectives of an Annual Renewal Meeting • Monitor the efforts of the council • Rejuvenate membership • Refine the vision and action plans

  10. Annual Renewal Meeting • Items to discuss at the Annual Renewal Meeting • Membership needs • Review the “Evaluating Your Council’s Membership” handout • Review the Process and Outcome Evaluations • Review the Vision and the Action Plans • It may be necessary to change the vision or the plan to fit the new environment of school health or the council

  11. Expand Efforts • Collaboration Continuum: • Networking—Members learn about each other • Cooperation—Members share individual ideas and resources • Collaboration—Members develop joint ideas and resources Review the “Moving to the Next Level of School Health Improvement” worksheet

  12. Keep Your Eye on the Ball “Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” -Joseph Cossman “Little by little one walks far.” -Peruvian Proverb

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