DASH Training Network (D-Train)
Free Workshops Available
CDC has created the DASH Training Network, or “D-Train,” a national cadre of master trainers to provide free workshops on using CDC's school health tools.
Do you:
- Need a systematic way to assess and improve school health policies and programs?
- Want to learn more about national standards for health or physical education?
- Need help revising your current health or physical education curriculum?
Free workshops on the School Health Index: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide (SHI), Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT), and Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) are now available.
What These Tools Can Do
These three tools can help improve school health policies, programs, and curricula.
- The SHI can help schools assess the strengths and weaknesses of their health policies and programs and develop an action plan to improve them.
- The PECAT can help schools and districts revise, select, or develop a quality physical education curriculum.
- The HECAT can help schools and districts revise, select, or develop a quality health education curriculum.
How to Request a Free Workshop
A CDC-certified trainer will design a workshop to meet your needs and come to your site. CDC will pay for all expenses associated with the trainer (e.g., travel expenses, lodging, per diem, and honorarium). However, the workshop site coordinator would need to cover any additional costs associated with the facility, materials, or refreshments.
To request a free workshop, follow these three easy steps.
- Determine if you meet the following eligibility criteria:
- You are a state or local health and/or education agency that would like to host a workshop for schools or districts in your locality. Note: Individual schools are not eligible to host workshops.
- You are able to offer a minimum of fours hours of training time to ensure hands-on, in-depth training. Note: SHI workshops may be up to 8 hours in length; PECAT and HECAT workshops can be up to two days in length, depending on the needs and level of readiness of the participants.
- You can offer the workshop between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.
- Complete a Workshop Request Form for the workshop(s) you would like to offer.
- E-mail your completed form(s) to dtrain@cdc.gov. You will then be contacted and informed if your request has been accepted. Next steps will also be provided.
For questions, please review the Frequently Asked Questions or e-mail dtrain@cdc.gov.
Feedback from Workshop Participants
"The workshop was very helpful to us in recognizing some of our strengths and weaknesses and gave us the opportunity to brainstorm ideas how to improve."
"[The trainer] was phenomenal! She used personal experience as well as research and applied it to the use of [the tool]. We are many times provided with statistics and not given any tools or resources on what to do about the negative statistics. This workshop provided a resource, information, tools, and help which is exactly what is needed."
"I feel very motivated to go back to school and get our community involved. I feel I have the knowledge now and the readiness to start this."
Contact Us:
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