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Palliser Health Region

Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline

1.Moving and Choosing 1.Moving and Choosing

3. School Districts Involved3. School Districts Involved

2. Lead Teacher Model2. Lead Teacher Model

4. Recent Activities 4. Recent Activities

Moving and Choosing Moving and Choosing

• Moving and Choosing is a community-based coalition promoting healthy growth and development and the prevention of child and adolescent obesity.

• Key objectives target building healthy school environments and improving access to high quality curriculum education in nutrition and physical activity.

• Community partnerships key.

Healthy School NetworkHealthy School Network

• Vision - All students will belong to school communities that are committed to promoting healthy eating and active living

• Goal – Increase lead teachers ability to facilitate active living and healthy eating in his/her school. In turn this will influence other teacher, parents, students and the school environment.

Lead Teachers Lead Teachers

• Lead teachers play an important role in today’s schools. They are part of the Healthy School Network influencing other teachers, parents and students and encouraging healthy eating and active living in their communities.

• The network supports sharing of ideas, resources and expertise

Health Promotion FacilitatorsHealth Promotion Facilitators

• Facilitate network

• Liase with Lead Teachers throughout Palliser Health Region

• Liase with School facilitators and health resource people to ensure collaboration and coordination

• Support Moving and Choosing Initiatives

Lead Teachers mobilize the school community by:

Lead Teachers mobilize the school community by:

• Participating in networking meetings and inservices

• Promoting healthy eating and active living initiatives

• Consulting Moving and Choosing facilitators and school health resource people and school administrators

• Identifying training and professional development needs

Lead Teachers mobilize the school community by:

Lead Teachers mobilize the school community by:

• Promoting awareness of curriculum supports

• Being a role model and motivating others• Identifying strengths and opportunities to

promote healthy schools and families• Promoting awareness of funding options for

schools to sponsor health initiatives.

Moving and Choosing InitiativesMoving and Choosing Initiatives

• www.movingandchoosing.com

• Moving and Choosing Exchange

• Activity and Nutrition Kits

• School Resources

• Professional Development

• School Environment and Healthy School Policy

School Divisions InvolvedSchool Divisions Involved

• Prairie Rose School Division– First school division, pilot

• Grasslands School Division

• Medicine Hat School District No. 76

• Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division

Community PartnersCommunity Partners

• Palliser Health Region – Healthy Weights, Community Nutrition, Health Promotion, Tobacco Prevention, Marketing, Dental, Physiotherapy, Recreational Therapy/Pediatrics, Community Mental Health, Public Health Nursing

• Be Fit For Life• Healthy Alberta Communities• Canadian Cancer Society• City of Medicine Hat• Diabetes Association of Brooks and District

Advisory CommitteeAdvisory Committee

• Meets quarterly• Purpose is to network, communicate, review

and provide input for planning to teachers, students, parents and community partners to promote health through active living, healthy eating, healthy body image, tobacco reduction and safety initiatives.

Working Groups and FacilitatorsWorking Groups and Facilitators

• Executive committee and 2 sub committees – Website

– Resources and Training.

• Health Promotion Facilitators

Recent ActivitiesRecent Activities

• Teachers Convention

• Catholic School Division – On Track sessions– Parent Wellness evening May 1 and Teacher

Wellness Day May 2

• Prairie Rose Board Meeting – April 8th re: Alberta Nutrition Guidelines

Recent ActivitiesRecent Activities

• Winter Active and Winter Walk Day– Prairie Rose – Video conference launch– Grasslands combined 55,000 min of activity

• Medicine Hat District 76 – District Wide PD March 12th – Activity and Nutrition Session

• Grasslands – Student convention March 20

Visit Us Online @Visit Us Online @

www.movingandchoosing.com

Contact UsContact Us

• Kimberlee Eilers, RD Health Promotion Facilitator, PHR

(403) 502-8225 or keilers@palliserhealth.ca

• Laura Lukye, B.RLS. Health Promotion Facilitator, PHR (403) 793-6667 or llukye@palliserhealth.ca

• Stephanie Hlady, B.A., M.A. Health Promotion Facilitator, PHR (403) 545-2296 or shlady@palliserhealth.ca