Return on Investment in Education: A “System-Strategy” Approach
Education Resource Strategies (by Stephen Frank and Don Hovey)
This document outlines how to use a System-Strategy Return on Investment (ROI) approach for use in a school community. This approach incorporates student needs/performance (a fundamental aspect within a school community) into the calculation of ROI.
http://www.erstrategies.org/cms/files/2466-return-on-investment-in-education-pdf.pdf
Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health – Resources
Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health
The resources found within the Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health provide supportive evidence across a range of comprehensive school health topics (e.g., mental health, physical activity, healthy eating, etc.).
http://www.jcsh-cces.ca/index.php/resources
Healthy Meeting Policy
Eat Smart, Meet Smart – How to Plan and Host Healthy Meetings, Events and Conferences
A supplement to the Eat Smart, Meet Smart Guide, this document is an example of a simple healthy meeting policy template for the workplace. It can easily be adopted for use in your school community.
https://www.alberta.ca/assets/documents/health-eatsmartmeetsmart-policy.pdf
Developing Strategic and Action Plans
Community Tool Box
This toolkit outlines 11 key steps and associated resources to help support developing, implementing and evaluating a new idea.
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/developing-strategic-and-action-plans
Developing Healthy School Communities: Handbook
Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, University of Alberta
This document provides an overview of the work funded by the Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund (AHSCWF; University of Alberta). Through the AHSCWF a variety of projects are funded that support the development of healthy school communities. This is a great resource that provides background information on the important components of supporting comprehensive school health.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jhfq-aY6uGnyzenVCmoZ7Mgzb-AGQRK2/view
Developing Health Communication Campaigns
Public Health Ontario
This presentation deck outlines the different steps of the health communication campaign planning model and illustrates how you can apply these steps to your own situation. The resource also provides a 12-item checklist to help you develop persuasive health communication messages.
http://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/eRepository/Developing_health_communication_campaigns_2012.pdf
Champion and Team
Physical & Health Education Canada
This website outlines different types of programs that can help school communities create a healthy school environment. More specifically, it provides examples of relevant programming, and connects wellness champions and school community members to help them share their ideas and experiences.
CDC Social Media Tools, Guidelines and Best Practices
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
This webpage contains several resources that can be used by wellness champions to guide their use of social media and develop health-related content.
http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/tools/guidelines/
Apple Schools: Alberta Project Promoting Active Living and Healthy Eating
The APPLE Schools Foundation
This website provides information on the Alberta Project Promoting Active Living & Healthy Eating (APPLE) Schools. The website also includes a wealth of resources related to supporting comprehensive school health.
Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund
School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund offers funding support for school jurisdictions in Alberta seeking to create healthy school communities using a Comprehensive School Health Framework. This website provides information on upcoming grants, success stories of previous wellness initiatives, Alberta-based data resources, and information about comprehensive school health.
http://www.wellnessfund.ualberta.ca/