Virtual Healthy School Resource List By WSCC Components

General WSCC Resources

• Achieving Impact: State Successes in Improving School Nutrition, Physical Education, Physical Activity, and the Management of Chronic Health Conditions in Schools (2017) [PDF – 4 MB], NACDD
• Building Sustainable Health and Education Partnerships: Stories from Local Communities
• Expanding the Coordinated School Health Approach
• Fact Sheet of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model [PDF - 555 KB]
• Health and Academic Achievement [PDF 2.1MB]
• Local Health Department and School Partnerships: Working Together to Build Healthier Schools (2017) [PDF – 4 MB], NACDD
• Overview of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child [PDF - 2.2 MB]
• Springboard to Active Schools, NNHPI
• The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model: A Guide to Implementation (2017) [PDF – 7 MB], NACDD
• Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)
• Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child: A Collaborative Approach to Learning and Health [PDF - 2.2 MB]

Nutrition Environment and Services

• At-Risk Afterschool Meals Component of CACFP
• CDC School Nutrition
• CDC Childhood Nutrition Facts
• CDC Increasing Access to Drinking Water in Schools [PDF – 150 KB]
• Comprehensive Framework for Addressing the School Nutrition Environment and Services [PDF – 3 MB]
• Fuel Up to Play 60: Funding General Information
• Local School Wellness Policy
• National School Lunch Program Afterschool Snack Service
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Dietary Guidelines
• School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity [PDF - 973 KB]
• School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Website
• School Health Index
• Summer Food Service Program
• United States Department of Agriculture: Choose My Plate
• United States Department of Agriculture: Local School Wellness Policy
• United States Department of Agriculture: Nutrition Standards for School Meals
• United States Department of Agriculture: School Breakfast Program Toolkit
• United States Department of Agriculture: Smart Snacks in Schools
• United States Department of Agriculture: Team Nutrition
• Water and Nutrition

Physical Education and Physical Activity

• Active Living Research: Increasing Physical Activity Through Recess [PDF - 218 KB]
• BAM! Body and Mind
• Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs
• Fuel Up to Play 60: Funding General Information
• Let's Move! Active Schools
• National Program for Playground Safety
• Physical Activity
• President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
• Presidential Youth Fitness Program
• School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity [PDF - 973 KB]
• School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Website
• School Health Index
• SHAPE America
• SHAPE America: Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education [PDF - 1.0 MB]
• SHAPE America: The Essential Components of Physical Education [PDF - 392 KB]
• The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance [PDF - 2.5 MB]
• Youth Physical Activity Guidelines Toolkit

Health Services

• American Academy of Pediatrics: Children's Oral Health
• Basics About Diabetes
• Childhood Obesity Facts
• Competitive Foods and Beverages in U.S. Schools : A State Policy Analysis [PDF - 13.5 MB]
• Fact Sheet: Health Insurance for Children: How Schools Can Help [PDF – 1MB]
• Fact Sheet: Managing Chronic Health Conditions in Schools: The Role of the School Nurse [PDF – 650KB]
• Food Allergies in Schools Toolkit
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Type 1 Diabetes Toolkits
• Local School Wellness Policy
• National Association of School Nurses
• National Association of School Nurses: Keep Flu out of School E-Toolkit [PDF – 4.8 MB]
• Recess Planning in Schools CDC [PDF – 2 MB]
• Recess Planning Template [DOCX – 98 KB]
• Research Brief: Addressing the Needs of Students with Chronic Health Conditions: Strategies for Schools [PDF – 269KB]
• Research Brief: Chronic Health Conditions and Academic Achievement [PDF – 288KB]
• School-based Health Alliance
• School-based Health Alliance Health and Learning
• School Health Services
• School-Based Health Alliance, School Based Health Alliance
• Strategies for Recess in Schools [PDF - 2.6 MB]
• TEAMS Resources: Health services Assessment Tool for Schools (HATS)

Community Involvement

• Effective School Health Advisory Councils: Moving From Policy to Action [PDF - 962 KB]
• Let's Move! Create a School Health Advisory Council
• National Afterschool Association’s Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA) Standards

Family Engagement

• Coalition for Community Schools
• National Parent Teacher Association
• Parent Engagement
• Parents for Healthy Kids
• Parents for Healthy Schools
• Rudd ‘Roots Parents
• U.S. Department of Education: Family and Community Engagement
• Weight Bias and Bullying

Social and Emotional School Climate

• Action for Healthy Kids: Tools for Schools
• Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Non-Food Rewards
• American Academy of Pediatrics: The Crucial Role of Recess in School
• Competitive Foods and Beverages in U.S. Schools: A State Policy Analysis [PDF - 13.5 MB]
• Conflict Resolution at School and on the Playground
• Understanding Bullying Fact Sheet [PDF - 185 KB]

Employee Wellness

• Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Employee Wellness
• Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Facts on Health Promotion for Staff [PDF - 225 KB]
• Directors of Health Promotion and Education: School Employee Wellness
• Workplace Health Promotion

Counseling, Psychological, and Social Services

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American School Counselor Association
• Center for Mental Health in Schools
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Association of Social Workers

Health Education

• Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum
• Health Education in Schools: The Importance of Establishing Healthy Behaviors in our Nation's Youth [PDF - 132 KB]
• HECAT [PDF 240KB]
• National Health Education Standards
• SHAPE America: Appropriate Practices in School-Based Health Education

Physical Environment

• Consumer Product Safety Commission: Playground Safety
• Increasing Access to Drinking Water in Schools [PDF - 1.5 MB]
• Keep it Flowing: A Practical Guide to School Drinking Water Planning, Maintenance & Repair [PDF - 1 MB]
• National Program for Playground Safety: Online Training
• Playground Professionals: Are Your Children Supervised on the Playground by Trained Personnel?
• Safer Playgrounds: Assessing Layout, supervision, and Staff Training
• United States Environmental Protection Agency: Your Drinking Water
• Water Access in Schools

School Health Index Resources

• School Health Index
• School Health Index Frequently Asked Questions
• Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: School Health Index Course
• Using the School Health Index

Professional Development

• Follow Up Support Webinar
• Follow Up Support Toolkit [PDF – 229 KB]
• Guide to Promoting Professional Development [PDF – 4MB]
• How to Build a Training Cadre
• Revised CDC Professional Development Practices [PDF - 506 KB]
• Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) Course
• Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) Course
• Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: Parents for Healthy Schools (P4HS) Course
• Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (SHG) Course
• Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: School Health Index (SHI) Course
• Professional Development 101 (PD101): Part 1 and Part 2 - The Basics
• Professional Development 201 (PD201): From Basic to Dynamic
• Understanding Professional Development [PDF – 113 KB]
• Understanding the Training of Trainers Model [PDF – 712 KB]