Provide learning opportunities to school staff about healthy eating, active living, and obesity prevention.

Sample Activities:

• Provide staff with messages about healthy eating and active living.
• Provide training to staff on physical activity, healthy food options, and the importance of modeling positive eating and activity behaviors.
• Provide and promote instruction on developmentally and culturally appropriate physical activity and nutrition, to include breastfeeding education.
• Provide existing school health services with community resources that can help families adopt healthy eating and active living practices.
• Complete the “Health Promotion for Staff” module of the School Health Index and incorporate into the school improvement plan.
• Consider implementing BMI for age screening.

Tools:

SC Department of Agriculture School Gardens Program

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation

School Employee Wellness: A Guide for Protecting the Assets of our Nation’s Schools

SC Healthy Options

Breastfeeding: First Step to Good Health – A Breastfeeding Education Activity Package for Grades K-12

Healthy Women Build Healthy Communities Toolkit

Make a Difference at Your School

School Health Index

Cooking with a Chef

Eat Well and Keep Moving

We Can! Energize our Families: Curriculum for Parents and Caregivers

Families Eating Smart Moving More

America On the Move

Safe Routes to School

SC Safe Routes to School Guide

SC Walk to School Day

Children’s BMI Tool for Schools

Just the Facts! Serving School Meals that meet the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Eat Smart. Play Hard. Web Site for Educators

Nourishing Choices: Implementing Food Education in Classrooms, Cafeterias, and Schoolyards

Integrating Physical Activity Into the School Day

Bearing Fruit: Farm to School Program Evaluation Resources and Recommendations

Garden-Based Learning Videos

Healthy School Toolkit

Starting a Community Garden on School Grounds

Gardens for Learning: Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden