Successes and Challenges: YCS District-Wide CSH Team 2013-2015

Ypsilanti Community Schools Coordinated School Health Team

What is coordinated school health?

Coordinating the many parts of school health into systematic approach can enable schools to … Eliminate gaps and reduce redundancies across the

initiatives/funding streams Build partnerships and teamwork among school health and

educational professionals Build collaboration and enhance communication among public

health, school health and other education and health professionals in the community

Focus efforts on helping students engage in protective, health-enhancing behaviors and avoiding risk behaviors Health Education, Physical Education, Health

Services, Counseling, Psychological and Social Services, Health and Safe School Environment, Health Promotion for Staff, Family/Community

Involvement

In the fall of 2010 several organizations working on nutrition education, school gardens, healthy eating and food access came together to form the Ypsilanti Farm to School Collaborative. At this time, the schools district was self-op and also contracted to Chartwells.

This group advocated for the district to consider a Coordinated School Health Team. The opportunity came when two school districts (Ypsilanti and Willow Run) to become the Ypsilanti Community School District.

In October of 2013 the Board of Education passed a Coordinated School Health Team resolution. Since November of 2013 the CSH Team has met monthly.

Timeline

Members of the CSH Team

Community Partners YMCA Growing Hope Washtenaw County Public Health Department Neutral Zone St. Joseph Mercy Health System University of Michigan Health System (Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools) Eastern Michigan University (Bright Futures) Washtenaw Intermediate School District and Livingston Educational Service

Agency Project Healthy Schools (A community/University of Michigan Health System

collaborative) District Staff

Health Educators Physical Educators Social Workers Curriculum Coordinators Building Administrators School Nurses Food Service

What makes the YCS CSH Team progressive?

The YCS CSH Team was created because of the Board of Education’s action to strengthen and activate the wellness policy.

While all districts in the state are required to have a wellness policy, we have an active policy and implementation plan, developed by community stakeholders and school administrators and staff.

While YCS follows guidelines for a comprehensive policy, the CSH Team works with administration and staff to make sure the policy is followed .

Purpose of the YCS CSH Team

We are one of the first in the state of Michigan to have a district CSH Team with a specific approved policy with a multi-year implementation plan, working on year one deliverables

Identify the priority areas and strategies to improve existing health and wellness policies and practices

The key is that the team was activated by community partners and supported by district leadership.

Ypsilanti Community Schools Wellness Policy

The Coordinated School Health Team has revised the district’s Wellness Policy. The goal of this policy is to support the health and well being of both students and staff in the areas of nutrition, physical activity and mental health.

The HSAT is a set of online tools that are used to assist Michigan Schools to create healthier environments.

http://www.mihealthtools.org/hsat/

What is the Healthy School Action Tool?

History of HSAT

Adapted from the School Health Index (CDC)

HSAT originally consisted of three modules: nutrition, physical activity and tobacco-free lifestyles)A)Assessment: Identify strengths and weaknesses

B)Plan & Act: Set Goals, Create a Plan, Implementation

C) Report: Share with Stakeholders

To complete the YCS HSAT, the team chose the top 3 areas of highest need out of the 8 modules …

Module 3: Physical Education and Other Physical Activity Opportunities

Module 7: Health and Safety Promotion for Staff

Module 8: Family and Community Involvement

Module 1: School Health & Safety Policies and Environment

Module 4: Nutrition Services

Module 5: School Health Services Module 6: School Counseling & Psychological Services

All building principals

participated to complete the

HSAT.

Module 2: Health Education

The primary focus for Module 1 was to revise and strengthen the existing YCS Wellness Policy.

Module 1: School Health & Safety, Policies & Environment

Accomplished by the School Board in September 2014.

A special thanks to Growing Hope for their contribution!

Module 4: Nutrition Services

Completion of the HSAT revealed the need for the continuation, development and implementation of a plan around nutrition and USDA guidelines (including snacking) for parents, students and staff.

July 1st, 2014 was the Federal requirement date for the USDA Smart Snack

program.

Smart Snacks in School Nutrition Standards

“The new standards will allow schools to offer healthier snack foods for our children, while limiting junk food served to students. Students will be able to buy snacks that meet common-sense standards for fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium, while promoting products that have whole grains, low-fat dairy, fruits, vegetables or protein foods as their main ingredients.”

• Moving to following nutrition guidelines for fundraisers; pilot of Farm Raiser in 2014-15 school year

• Memo of Understanding for partners utilizing school buildings and environment – specific information, training for providers, compliance expectations, formalized process in alignment with wellness policy

Programs in place that complement school-based nutrition education and involved community partners …

PE-Nut Grant (Elementary Level) Classroom nutrition education Physical activity education PE-Nut Community Connections

Project Healthy Schools (Middle School Level) Better Beverage Choices Physical Activity; less electronic time

Michigan Model (High School Level) YMCA Food & Fun After School Curriculum (MDCH Funding) Growing Hope (District Level)

Seed to plate After School Programming

Food Service (District Level) Currently working with farms for schools to take advantage of local resources Serving as a resource to purchase healthy food/beverage choices for after school activities

RAHS Clinic (High/Middle School) Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Communities (EMU) Building Healthy Communities at Ford and Holmes

Fuel Up to Play 60 Healthy Kids Club

Bright Futures School/Communit

y Events Harvest Festival

Winter Arts Gala

Spring Fest

Module 6: Mental Health and Emotional Well Being

HSAT data indicated … Services are not consistent across the district Many of the staff don’t know about the resources that are

available Services need to be provided across a continuum of

prevention, intervention and post intervention

Current Programming

Crisis Response Planning across the district District Central Incident Stress Management Team with a

behavioral health team member from each building Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) of all CISM

Team Members; SafeTALK training of key adults in the district Restorative Practice training since formation of new district in

2014 and Safe & Supportive School grant

Elementary CSH Program

PE-Nut/SNAP-Ed Program Building Healthy Communities Grant (At Ford and Holmes

Elementary) Currently applying for farm to school community garden grant School nurse present 2 days per week in every building plus on

call services Food gatherers provides monthly food baskets for families Periodic visits from community support treatment service Restorative Practice Cognitive Behavioral Training through the University of Michigan

via social workers and staff members CPI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention) Move to Read Program Michigan Model for Health

Secondary CSH Program

Restorative Support Centers CPI (Non-Violent Crisis

Intervention) Michigan Model for Health Regional Alliance for

Healthy Schools Safe Supportive Schools Project Healthy Schools Periodic visits from

community support treatment service

In Progress …

Identifying mental health resources and partners to create a centralized database

Mental health awareness presentation to staff

Mental Health First Aid training for staff and community partners

SafeTALK training for partners

Mental Health Concern Report referral

Transitioning from Coordinated School Health to Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child

Additional Areas of Focus The CSH team is also focusing on physical activity! Safe and supportive school activities at the YCHS Girls on the Run Planning for community access to facilities School garden training at Adams and Estabrook May Staff Wellness Challenge Staff professional development regarding alternatives

other than taking away recess

Module 3: Physical Education and Other Physical Activity

Opportunities

Ongoing Implementation Challenges and Next Steps

Maintenance of the CSH team (funding for substitutes for staff team members)

Funding for family/community special events

Funding to coordinate community resources, maintaining community partnerships and building new community partnership

Wellness Challenge: Physical Activity

How many days per week do you currently get at least 30 minutes of physical activity?

Beginning of the Challenge

0 Days (41 People ) 17%

1-2 Days (115 people) 47.9%

3-4 Days (55 people) 22.9%

5-7 Days (29 people) 12.1%

Week 4

May 2015 Staff Wellness Challenge

Wellness Challenge: Physical Activity

How many days per week do you currently get at least 30 minutes of physical activity?

Week 4

1-2 Days (19 People) 14.1%3-4 Days (65 People) 48.1%5-7 Days (51 people) 37.8%

Wellness Challenge: Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

0 Days (24 People) 10%

1-2 Days (99 People) 41.4%

3-4 Days (67 People) 28%

5-7 Days (49 People) 20.5%

Beginning of the Challenge

How many days a week do you currently eat 5 or more servings of fruit and vegetables?

Wellness Challenge: Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

1-2 Days (13 People) 9.6%

3-4 Days (41 People) 30.4%

5-7 Days (81 People) 60%

Week 4

How many days a week do you currently eat 5 or more servings of fruit and vegetables?

Wellness Challenge: Water Consumption

Beginning of the Challenge

How many days per week do you drink eight 8 oz. glasses of water?

0 Days (61 People) 25.5%

1-2 Days (56 People) 23.4%

3-4 Days (57 People) 23.8%

5-7 Days (65 People) 27.2%

Wellness Challenge: Water Consumption

Week 4

How many days per week do you drink eight 8 oz. glasses of water?

1-2 Days (9 People) 6.8%

3-4 Days (45 people) 33.8%

5-7 Days (79 People) 59.4%

Wellness Challenge: Stress Levels

Beginning of the Challenge

Please assess your stress levels.

1 (7 People) 2.9%

2 (25 People) 10.4%

3 (57 People) 23.8%

4 (113 People) 47.1%

5 (38 people) 15.8%

Wellness Challenge: Stress Levels

Week 4

Please assess your stress levels.

1 (14 People) 10.4%

2 (49 People) 36.3%

3 (33 People) 24.4%

4 (22 People) 16.3%

5 (17 People) 12.6%

Successful Wellness Challenge for YCS Staff

“Woo-hoo! I’m so excited! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in something so fun and challenging. I look forward to more things like this in the future!” — Amanda McMurray, English Language Arts – ACCE

Participation tracked by building to encourage friendly competition!Some of the prizes that were included as a part of the Wellness Challenge were … Fit Bit Zip $100 Kroger Gift Cards A free administrative day off Stop Stress Books Pedometers MESSA Lunch Bags

A special thanks to MESSA and Washtenaw County Public Health for their contribution to the Wellness Challenge!

YCS Coordinated School Health Team

The Ypsilanti Community School Board supports a Coordinated School Health Team. The mission of this team is to improve the health and wellness of the district’s students and staff by keeping them physically, mentally, and socially healthy.

Laura Frey-Greathouse, YCS Director of Academic

Programs 734-221-1206 lfreygreathouse3@ycschools.us

Sharon P. Sheldon, Washtenaw County Public

Health 734-544-6781

sheldonsp@ewashtenaw.org

The Coordinated School Health Team is co-chaired by: