REGISTRATION OPEN CLICK HERE to REGISTER 2024 Healthy Schools Conference May 30th and May 31st Back to Basics… Healthy Schools for ALL Mariposa Inn and Conference Centre 400 Memorial Ave. Orillia, Ontario See the Conference Web-Page here --------------------------------------- OHSC 2024 NOW OPEN LINK: 2024 Membership The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition (OHSC) is an Ontario-wide, broad-based coalition, with volunteer members from health, education, social services, not for profit organizations, small businesses, and parent and student organizations. Membership: Membership is open to all individuals and organizations committed to promoting healthy schools in Ontario. This is an evolving group. We will continue to welcome any interested individuals or organizations who wish to support our vision, mission and values. =============================== Healthy Schools Resources School Public Health Nurses and COVID-19: Role Clarification Resource To help clarify the role and scope of supports that the School Public Health Nurses (PHNs) provide, a Role Clarification Resource was developed by a working group of the Education Sector. The contents of this resource include:
=============================== Every School Healthy LINK Journal of School Health Open access to the Journal of School Health , supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). With fourteen invited articles and two commentaries, the issue offers a comprehensive picture of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) framework in action as a tool for equity in promoting healthy school environments for students. The articles explore:
=============================== NCCDH and Health Promotion Canada Webinar: Moving health promotion forward as an accredited discipline To View the webinar click here This webinar will explore the options for an accreditation system for health promotion practitioners in Canada and how this action can support working towards health equity. Speakers on this webinar:
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BACK TO BASICS...
Healthy Schools for ALL Our upcoming annual conference, taking place the evening of May 30th and all day Friday May 31st 2024, is entitled “Back to Basics….Healthy Schools for ALL”. It is specifically designed to be a participatory in-person conference, with a dynamic agenda focused on engaging all participants with opportunities to connect and network with colleagues from across Ontario. Offering workshops that focus on the foundations for healthy schools:
Thursday, May 30th 6:30pm - 8:30 pm Registration OPENS 6:30pm - 8:30 pm Light refreshments and networking activities provided Mariposa Inn and Conference Centre 400 Memorial Ave. Orillia, Ontario Keynote Interactive Plenary Sessions LEARN MORE ... HERE
CALL for Exhibitors Do you have resources related to healthy schools? Don't miss this opportunity to connect with a healthy schools audience... Learn more... here Your exhibitor/display fee includes:
Schools are ideal settings to promote health and to inspire commitment to Health Promoting Schools (HPS) among students, parents/guardians, school staff and broader school community. HPS is an internationally recognized approach for supporting improvements in student educational outcomes while addressing school health in a planned, integrated, and holistic way. While several international documents offer a collection of Standards and Indicators, there is a need for a distinct set of Canadian Standards and Indicators to guide the planning, implementation, sustainment, and monitoring and evaluation of HPS in Canadian schools.
LINK: Canadian Standards & Indicators for Health Promoting Schools This document, developed for, and in collaboration with, the Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health (JCSH), outlines a set of Canadian Standards and Indicators for HPS. These provide a foundation for education and health systems to work together to create healthy school environments to improve the health and well-being and academic outcomes of all students. In this document, Standards refer to the guiding principles and expectations of the implementation and sustainment of HPS, and Indicators refer to the tools or signs that indicate whether schools meet Standards. These Standards and Indicators have been developed through a rigorous 3-step process: 1) a comprehensive literature review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature on Standards and Indicators related to the HPS approach; 2) a consensus-seeking process among 53 experts from JCSH Member Jurisdictions across Canada who assessed the achievability of Standard Components (i.e., sub-components of Standards) and acceptability and feasibility of Indicators; and 3) grouping Standard Components into Standards and mapping Indicators to these Standards. This process resulted in formulating nine Standards: Standard 1. School engages the community for the implementation and sustainment of the HPS approach. Standard 2. School leadership is dedicated to the HPS approach. Standard 3. School policies support the HPS approach. Standard 4. School environment is conducive to the safety and health and well-being of students and school staff. Standard 5. School’s curriculum and health education prepares students for healthy futures. Standard 6. Governing system prioritizes and supports the HPS approach. Standard 7. School health services support the health and well-being of all students. Standard 8. School promotes equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and indigeneity. Standard 9. Monitoring and evaluation inform the implementation and sustainment of the HPS approach. This document serves as the roadmap that schools, administrators, school staff, school communities, policymakers, health service providers, and health promotion coordinators and practitioners can follow for the planning, implementation, everyday practice, adaptation, scaling, sustainment, and monitoring and evaluation of HPS in Canadian schools. Learn More : www.jcsh-cces.ca |