Session Objectives

2. Session Objectives • Alliance for a Healthier Generation Overview • Healthy Schools Program Overview • Deeper Dive into the 6 Step Cycle and Why the Alliance’s Healthy Schools Program Works

3. The goal of the Alliance is to reduce the nationwide prevalence of childhood obesity by 2015 and to inspire young people to develop lifelong healthy habits.

4. What We Do • By engaging and activating leaders who can create healthier environments for kids and their families, we: Support approx. 15,000 schools in all 50 states to transform their campuses into healthier places. Activate more than 2.5 million teens and tweens to eat healthier, move more and catalyze their peers to do the same. Broker voluntary agreements with industry that facilitate better access to healthier foods, beverages, and health care for children and their families.

5. New Tools for Healthy School Meals President Clinton announcing 13 leading food manufacturers, group purchasing organizations and technology companies have signed an agreement with the Alliance to help America’s schools serve healthier meals at more affordable prices!

6. Serving as a catalyst for businesses to become a part of the solution for childhood obesity, the Alliance engages with companies from diverse industries that have the ability to improve the health and well-being of future generations of children. The Alliance establishes voluntary agreements with the belief that companies can be socially responsible while continuing to be profitable. Accruing Critical Mass By Activating Key Industries

7. Comprehensive Voluntary Agreements with Industry

8. Impact of Healthier School Foods & Beverages Through Voluntary Agreements (2011) • Fifty-four million students attend nearly 123,000 elementary, middle and high schools nationwide, making schools a natural place to promote and reinforce healthy habits in today's youth. • The Alliance for a Healthier Generation has changed the quality and content of the school meal environment through a series of voluntary agreements with leading companies. • Companies commit to meet the Alliance Competitive Foods and Beverage Guidelines, based on American Heart Association science, on participating school campuses.

9. The Impact of our beverage work in schools… • 88 percent decrease in total beverage caloriesshipped to schools between the first half of the 2004-05 school year and the first half of the 2009-10 school year. • At the beginning of the 2009-10 school year, 98.8% of all measured schools and school districts were in compliance • Shipment volumes of full-calorie carbonated soft drinks to schools were 95 percent lower in the first half of the 2009-10 school year than they were in the first half of the 2004-05 school year. • In 2004 high school students drank on average one 12 ounce can of full calorie carbonated soft drink at school per week. The 2009 high school shipment levels mean that the average high school student now consumes the equivalent of one can and a half of full calorie carbonated soft drink at school per year.

10. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation convened national medical associations, leading insurers and employers to offer comprehensive health benefits to children and families for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.   The Alliance Healthcare Agreement:Prevention, Assessment & Treatment • Insurers and employers offer: • at least 4 follow up appointments with a primary care provider • at least 4visits with aregistered dietitian

11. White House Kids’ State Dinner Reed Alexander (of iCarly), Haile Thomas (Youth Advisory Board member) and Charmaine Thomas (Haile's mom) were incredible representatives of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation at the First Lady's first ever White House Kids' State Dinner. Haile represented the state of Arizona as result of submitting her fabulous quinoa salad recipe. And, guess what? It was one of the six items actually prepared by White House chefs and served at the dinner!

12. Top Chef Masters: Lorena Garcia • Chef Lorena Garcia competed on Top Chef on behalf of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation • Competition to win $100,000 for their charity • Lorena Garcia was one of the final two chefs! • Top Chef Masters aired on Wednesdays “Lorena’s passion for cooking is inspiring, but her commitment to the health of future generations is what truly counts,” said Ginny Ehrlich, CEO of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

13. Team Healthier Generation: join a race! • Want to raise money to fight childhood obesity? • Team Healthier Generation is a fundraising team to motivate and support athletic event participants • “Walk the Talk” by running along side Alliance staff • Reach your fitness goals with a network of training support • Personal fundraising web page on www.teamhealthiergeneration.org • Fundraising support • Training plans / guidance from Coach of Team Healthier Generation • Monthly team conference calls and regular team emails with tips and tools • Networking opportunities with team members • Healthier Generation gear for race day and training • Upcoming events: ING New York City Marathon; Tucson Marathon, HI Marathon • Or register your own event from a 5K to a triathlon

14. Why Work with Schools? “Children today have a shorter life expectancy than their parents for the first time in 100 years.” Dr. William J. Klish, Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine Research suggests that healthier school environments can result in increased academic achievement. Every student deserves the right to be healthy and reach their full potential.

15. Nearly 1 in 3 children in the United States are overweight or obese. • 1 in 25… • Is not overweight or obese • Has recess in school • Has free time physical activity • Drinks < 2 cans of soda / day • Eats veggies almost every day • Won’t develop type II diabetes

16. Healthy Students Learn Better Health and Education Are Linked - Health risks and academic risks affect each other Every Health Risk Can Affect Academic Success - Increased health risks = decrease in likelihood of school success or on time graduation Research Review: School-based Health Interventions and Academic Achievement

17. A Healthy School Looks Like…One of the Most Important Things We Can Do…Our Vision is…

18. The Healthy Schools Program • Works with schools to create a culture where healthy eating and physical activity is the norm and not the exception • Provides tools and solutions at no/low cost to help schools become healthier places for students and staff • Offers schools the opportunity to earn national recognition for their efforts toward a healthier school environment

19. The Healthy Schools Program The Healthy Schools Program supports schools by: Guiding School Wellness Councils through the process of developing a healthier school environment and creating sustainable change. Brokeringconnections to local, state and national resources schools need to implement their action plan. Showcasing school’s successes through our recognition program and communications strategies.

20. HSP in Schools 2006

21. HSP in Schools 2011

22. Best Practices Framework for Schools… • The Healthy Schools Program is based on a set of best practice guidelines, developed by a national panel of experts • These guidelines, called the Framework, provide the roadmap to creating a healthier school environment • The Framework is comprised of seven content areas that address school health improvement

23. Healthy Schools Program Framework Policy / Systems Health Education Physical Education School Meals Competitive Foods & Beverages Employee Wellness Student Wellness

24. The Six Steps to a Healthier School Environment

25. Build Support: Helping Schools Create Winning Wellness Councils

26. Possible Members of a School Wellness Council School Staff School Nurses • School • Board Food Service Directors Educators SWC Students Community Members Local Health Dept. Parents Policy Makers

27. Membership Options3 Membership Types1. Supporter2. Contributor3. School Leader

28. Are there existing groups who have similar goals? Does it make sense to use an existing group to steer the Healthy Schools Program efforts? Do you have the right members on the current council? Are there people you should add? Where are the emerging leaders in your schools, district and community? Do you already have a council?

29. Resources School Wellness Council Implementers’ Kit www.healthiergeneration.org/schools Promoting Healthy Youth, Schools and Communities: A Guide to Community-School Health Councils www.schoolhealth.info USDA Food and Nutrition Services Team Nutrition Local Wellness Policy www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/wellnesspolicy.html

30. Asses Your School: The HSP School Inventory

31. What is the HSP Inventory? • It is an assessment of the health environment at your school related to physical activity and nutrition • It directly aligns with the Healthy Schools Program Framework.

32. “Completing the Healthy Schools Program Inventory has helped us identify what we were already doing and the things we needed to focus on to help make our school healthier.” -Anna Green, Cape Cod Regional Tech High School

33. https://schools.healthiergeneration.org/

34. Complete the Inventory

35. Understanding My Inventory Results

36. Create a Plan: The HSP Action Plan – Defining Next Steps

37. What is an HSP Action Plan? • It is the road map you will create with your School Wellness Council to guide you towards making your school a healthier place • The Action Plan is a dynamic tool to support your school as you make changes.

38. “The Action Planning process really helped me delegate, set goals with the School Wellness Council, meet deadlines and see all of the things we accomplished over the year. Our action plan helped us move forward and stay focused, which led us to reaching Bronze National Recognition!” --Anna Green, Cape Cod Regional Tech High School

39. Develop your Action Plan

40. YOUR PICK: WHAT IS YOUR PRIORITY? • Choose an Action Item that YOUR SCHOOL wants to make a priority this year. • Think about…. • BENCHMARKS • IMPORTANCE • FEASIBILITY • INTEREST • SUSTAINABILITY Examples: Healthy fundraisers, water available to all students, creative ways to increase amount of health education and physical activity

41. Taking HSP Criteria to the Next Level

42. Putting it all into Action

43. Tapping into our Network of Tools • Resource Database which connects you to quality resources, grant opportunities and discounted materials • Implementation Toolkitswhich provide a step-by-step guide to meeting the best practices criteria in the Framework • Professional Development Opportunities for school staff to learn and network in our seven content areas • Product Navigator and Snack Food Calculator to help schools select healthier options that meet the Alliance’s Guidelines

44. Seven Content Areas Policy/Systems School Meals Programs Competitive Foods and Beverages Health Education Employee Wellness Physical Education Student Wellness Healthy Schools Program Framework A set of best practice criteria that provide guidelines for a healthier school environment

45. Taking Action • What’s your top priority • Find 3 resources that you can use • List 3-5 steps you will take

46. Celebrate Success: HSP National Recognition And Opportunities to “Brag” About Successes

47. Framework, Inventory & Application

48. USDA and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Teaming Up for School Success • The USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge and Alliance’s Healthy Schools Program are working together to support and recognize schools that are making healthy changes on their campuses including: • Participating in National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs • Offering more fruits, vegetables and whole grain-rich foods • Developing and implementing local wellness policies • Providing nutrition education, physical education, and opportunities for physical activity • Helping schools fast track applications for award

49. After School Gets Moving Toolkit • The After School Gets Moving Toolkit is an evidence-based resource that promotes safer and healthier physical activity in after school programs. For HSP Elementary Schools • Offered at no cost by the RWJF, Vida Health Communications and PlayWorks. • “After School Gets Moving” DVD: two-part staff development program + 37-page Leader’s Guide • Alliance’s Student Wellness Criteria #703 and #704 • Request toolkits directly from Vida Health Communications • Go to: http://www.vida-health.com/asgm-request-form/ • For shipping questions contact Aimee Arvan ataimee.arvan@vida-health.com.

50. National Recognition Award • Awarded to schools meeting best practice criteria in the Healthy Schools Program Framework • Awards can be earned at the bronze, silver, and gold levels • To earn an award, a school must meet at least that level in all seven criteria areas