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Messaging for Multilingual Families-Health Education
When it came to notifying our parents and guardians that schools were about to begin Comprehensive Health units, we ran into logistical issues with distribution of letters and connections with home. We were finding that our translated letters did not always make it into the hands of parents, and in… Read More
School Meals Marketing Social Media Toolkit
Partners of the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger have developed a free set of social media graphics and content to help with marketing school meals to a broader set of parents. The resources are free. Read More
The Dual Capacity Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships
This resource captures researcher and family engagement expert Karen Mapp’s findings around a key element in family-school partnerships: trust. In 2014, Mapp released a pioneering framework for how schools can productively and equitably engage parents in their children’s learning experiences. The framework, designed with the U.S. Department of Education and the… Read More
Farm to School Primer-Farm to School in Colorado
How do schools get more farm product into their school meal programs? This tool provides an overview of farm to school efforts already underway in Colorado. This is a useful tool for a school or district taking steps to advance local procurement. Read More
Qualifying for Provisional Programs in Colorado
A toolkit for Districts to increase their identified student percentage. Read More
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM): Best Practice Considerations for K–12 Schools
Behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) is a fact-based, systematic process designed to identify, assess, and manage potentially dangerous or violent situations. School safety experts, law enforcement officials, and the United States Departments of Education, Justice, Secret Service, and Federal Bureau of Education (2017, 2018) have cited research indicating that… Read More
The IDEAS 4 School Health Website – A website on Evidence Based Resources to help improve school health & academics
There is a significant amount of literature concerning policies, programs, and practices for comprehensive school health; however, there remained a need to curate the existing evidence-based strategies into a high quality and usable resource for researchers and practitioners. The creation of this website responded to this need. This site is… Read More
The IDEAS 4 School Health Website – A website on Evidence Based Resources to help improve school health & academics
There is a significant amount of literature concerning policies, programs, and practices for comprehensive school health; however, there remained a need to curate the existing evidence-based strategies into a high quality and usable resource for researchers and practitioners. The creation of this website responded to this need. This site is… Read More
Public Health in the Rockies: August 26-28, 2020
This conference is a gathering of individuals associated with public health from Colorado, Wyoming and surrounding states. Conference attendees will consist of a wide variety of participants from the public, private and non-profit sectors, as well as the medical, academic and community settings. The theme of the 2020 Public Health… Read More
Healthy Schools Toolkit: Together for Healthy & Successful Schools
The Healthy Schools Toolkit is a new resource designed to help educators build healthy schools from the inside out to ensure all students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. The Healthy Schools Toolkit is informed by research with two school districts in the St. Louis region to uncover how… Read More
Healthy Schools Toolkit: Together for Healthy & Successful Schools
The Healthy Schools Toolkit is a new resource designed to help educators build healthy schools from the inside out to ensure all students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. The Healthy Schools Toolkit is informed by research with two school districts in the St. Louis region to uncover how… Read More
School Water Activation Toolkit & Resources
Are you interested in improving student’s access to water throughout the school day? Schools play a vital role in the health of children. Access to safe and free drinking water provides kids a healthy alternative to sugary drinks such as juice, flavored milks, sports drinks and sodas. The Water Activation… Read More
School Water Activation Toolkit & Resources
Are you interested in improving student’s access to water throughout the school day? Schools play a vital role in the health of children. Access to safe and free drinking water provides kids a healthy alternative to sugary drinks such as juice, flavored milks, sports drinks and sodas. The Water Activation… Read More
Empowering Wellness: Manitou Springs School District 14 Video
Manitou Springs School District 14 is the 2017 Healthy School Champions recipient of the Platinum Governor’s Award for School Health and Wellness. Manitou Springs is implementing school health into their systems, policies, structures, and culture. They have a vision for putting health at the center of what they do, and a… Read More
Manhattan Middle School Allies Day Video
Manhattan Middle School in Boulder, CO, has worked diligently over the past five years to create an Allies Club that now has more than 100 student members. This group meets weekly to explore diversity as it relates to students’ lives. The Allies group brings attention to the ways that certain… Read More
A Way of Wellness: Fraser Valley Elementary Video
Fraser Valley Elementary School in Fraser, CO, is the 2018 Healthy School Champions recipient of the Platinum Governor’s Award for School Health and Wellness. Fraser Valley has embedded health as a core component of their mission, vision, policies, and instructional model. They have a systematic approach with a shared leadership model… Read More
Paving the Way: Putting Wellness Policy into Action
Welcome to Part II of the Local Wellness Policy Webinar Series. The Colorado Education Initiative and the Office of School Nutrition at the Colorado Department of Education partnered to help you update and implement your Local Wellness Policy (LWP) per adopted regulations that expanded the requirements in accordance with the… Read More
Paving the Way: Guidance on Updating Your Local Wellness Policy
Welcome to Part I of the Local Wellness Policy Webinar Series. The Colorado Education Initiative and the Office of School Nutrition at the Colorado Department of Education partnered to help you update and implement your Local Wellness Policy (LWP) per adopted regulations that expanded the requirements in accordance with the… Read More
Tools for Integrating an Equity Lens
Every planning process has “choice points” – those places where decisions made will either increase or decrease equity. But how does one identify those choice points? How does one use those choice points to turn equity from a value to action? This toolkit is designed for groups who tackle complex… Read More
Smart Guide: Family Engagement
The Smart Guides focus on each of the 10 component areas of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. The Family Engagement Smart Guide provides a description of the component, examples of how other components support Family Engagement, examples of administrator support and student engagement, and sample action… Read More
Game On Progam
Action for Healthy Kids’ “Game On Program” is a flexible and adaptable multi-year framework that supports America’s schools in creating healthier school environments for students, staff, and the communities they serve. This no-cost, online, step-by-step guide provides all the information and resources a K-12 school needs to host a successful… Read More
Creating Youth Advisory Councils
The Colorado Education Initiative (CEI), Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Buffalo School District RE-4J, and Jeffco Public Schools partnered to create a “how to guide” for schools and school districts wanting to engage youth voice and create youth wellness teams at the elementary or secondary level. This resource highlights lessons learned, success… Read More
Community Involvement: WSCC Menu of Evidence-based Practices
This menu provides a user-friendly overview of evidence-based practices for the Community Involvement component of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model. Read More
Alliance for a Healthier Generation – Healthy Schools Program
Is your school ready to join the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program? This link will take you to a sign-in page where you will have access to free guidance, tools, and resources to implement healthy policies and practices that improve student performance, attendance, and behavior. After signing-in, you… Read More
UNC Tap Talks
This is a quarterly event with faculty from the University of Northern Colorado’s School of Sport and Exercise Science where community stakeholders can informally discuss their ideas surrounding schools as centers for active learning. Read More
UNC Summer PAL Academy
The Summer Physical Activity Leadership (PAL) Academy, hosted by the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Active Schools Lab, is an annual professional learning conference consisting of presentations and discussion facilitated by both practitioners and researchers on topics relating to school health and wellness. Previous conference themes have included “Physical Inactivity… Read More
System Accelerator – Collaborative Processes for Critical Problem Solving in School Communities
Think outside the box! This training will use design thinking tools and facilitation techniques to develop strategic school community partnerships for generating and testing innovations. You will learn how to gather data, create school buy-in, and design wellness programs that can accommodate different school needs. The goal of this training… Read More
Safe Routes to School Community Coalition Building
This training is based on the Colorado Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Community Coalition Building Toolkit from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and is personalized to your community’s needs. The trainer will take you through the eight steps to building a strong and sustainable SRTS program while incorporating concepts… Read More
Good Eats: Healthy School Meals
Kids who eat healthy school meals have fewer absences and higher academic achievement. Making school meals healthy, delicious, and successful is both a challenge and an incredible opportunity. This workshop gives an overview of how national school meal programs work and how parents and community members can deepen support, trust,… Read More
Creating Healthy Schools: What Parents Need to Know
Learn how to work collaboratively to improve school policy and practices related to healthy eating and physical activity. This half-day introductory workshop covers 1) making the case for healthy schools, 2) the school health landscape in Colorado, 3) best practices in nutrition and physical activity, and 4) engaging your school… Read More
Family Engagement: WSCC Menu of Evidence-based Practices
This menu provides a user-friendly overview of evidence-based practices for the Family Engagement component of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model. Read More
Community Involvement: WSCC Menu Advocacy Brief
As schools pursue the strategies for each component of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, using evidenced-based strategies increases their likelihood of successful results. This document provides a sampling of the benefits and evidence-based strategies of the Community Involvement WSCC component as found in the Menu of… Read More
Care Equity Project
The Care Equity Project is a collaborative effort to assist community and school health care providers and Kaiser Permanente staff and physicians in improving health equity for patients living with limited financial resources. Programs are free to schools, nonprofit organizations, and community groups along Colorado’s Front Range. Incorporated into this project… Read More
LiveWell’s School Food Initiative –
Webinars
LiveWell’s School Food Initiative is happy to provide a variety of webinars focusing on school food. These webinars include practical ideas to increase school lunch participation, promotional tools to market progress within Food & Nutrition Services, and information help organize parents, students, and community members around scratch cooking efforts. Read More
LiveWell’s School Food Initiative – Webinars
LiveWell’s School Food Initiative is happy to provide a variety of webinars focusing on school food. These webinars include practical ideas to increase school lunch participation, promotional tools to market progress within Food & Nutrition Services, and information help organize parents, students, and community members around scratch cooking efforts. Read More
Tools for Engaging Nontraditional Voices
Nontraditional voices bring an important perspective to the policymaking table. Their experience is often needed to successfully identify and implement solutions to complex problems. Without this perspective, even well-meaning policies often do not have their intended effect because they fail to take into account the lived experience of the members… Read More
Smart Guide: Community Involvement
The Smart Guides focus on each of the 10 component areas of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. The Community Involvement Smart Guide provides a description of the component, examples of how other components support Community Involvement, examples of administrator support and student engagement, and sample action… Read More
Walk to School Colorado! Toolkit
This toolkit was created to make organizing a Walk to School Colorado event easy to implement. The kit includes all the necessary steps in the planning process, including assessing your community’s interest in the program. Check out the resource for many tips on preparing for your event, including resources for… Read More
Trauma-Informed Approaches in Schools: Keys to Successful Implementation in Colorado
The purpose of this document is to provide an aligned message to schools and districts on trauma, its’ prevalence in youth, and how schools can utilize trauma-informed approaches to change outcomes for students. This document will provide a common language and common understanding to help schools begin the investigation and… Read More
Safe Routes to Schools – Community Coalition Building Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help interested groups through the steps to organize a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) coalition in their school(s) community. The 5 Es of SRTS (education, encouragement, engineering, enforcement, and evaluation) form the basis of the steps. The toolkit guides you through the eight steps to… Read More
Local School Wellness Policy Outreach Toolkit (USDA)
Engage the broader school community in the implementation of the local school wellness policy with the USDA’s outreach toolkit. The toolkit includes: an example cover letter, letter to principal, parent flyer in English and Spanish, presentation for parents, presentation for school staff, newsletter article, and social media posts with graphics. All… Read More
Greeley’s Farm to School Meal Program
The Farm to School Program is a national movement that connects schools and local farms in order to serve healthy meals in school cafeterias; provide agricultural, health, and nutrition education opportunities, and support local and regional farmers. Watch this video to learn how Greeley incorporates the Farm to School Program… Read More
School Level: Implementing A Collaborative Approach to Learning and Health
The guide defines a step-by-step process for schools utilizing a Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) approach and features “travel guides” for experienced teams seeking in-depth support in specific areas (high functioning teams, meeting facilitation, developing success stories development, data collection and usage, and community involvement). Read More
Adult Crossing Guard Training Resources
These resources were created by CDOT and other organizations to train volunteers or paid staff on becoming adult crossing guards. The Adult Crossing Guard Training Guidelines use national standards, best practices, and also incorporate state traffic laws and legislation. Included are training materials, including PowerPoints, guidelines and regulations, videos, evaluation… Read More