Communities and Schools Promoting Health

A Gateway to information on comprehensive school health (CSH) and health promoting schools (HPS)
Providing links to research, reports, how-to manuals, planning & assessment tools, lesson plans and student webquests
     

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Applying CSH

Lesson Plans

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Youth Engagement Through Schools: Consulting Students

 
bullet Background Information

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  Research/Reports/
     Initiatives
 
bullet Policy/Program Development

   Working With Youth

  Policy Models

  Planning/Assessment Tools
 
bullet Comprehensive Programs

   Community-based

  Community and School
 
bullet Whole School Programs

   School Climate/Policies

  Staff/Volunteer Training

  Consulting Students

  Student Representatives
 
bullet Instructional Programs

    Active Learning

   Project-based Learning

   Online Learning

  Community Service Learning
 
bullet Social Support

   Peer Helper Programs

   Student Leadership Programs

   Student Clubs/Sports

   After School Programs

  Mentoring Programs
 
bullet Youth Services

   Empowering/Friendly

  Crisis/Help Lines

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This page provides links to a variety of web-based resources on promoting a positive social climate in schools. Codes of student, volunteer and staff conduct, school discipline policies and staff practices are addressed. Several of the documents also refer to effective school research practices.

Also see pages on School Climate,  Staff/Volunteer Training, Consulting Students and Student Representatives for related materials.

Explanations,   Evidence,   Planning/Best Practices Guides,   Assessment /Evaluation Tools,   Online Training/Training Programs,   Programs/Materials,   Examples

Explanations (Summaries, Articles, Fact Sheets)

Listening to Students: Fad or Necessity? (Carla McClure & Nancy Balow)

Evidence

 

Planning/Best Practices Guides

Healthy Schools: Resource Guide (Province of British Columbia)

Assessment /Evaluation Tools

 

Online Training/Training Programs

Programs/Materials

Voices & Choices (Health Canada)
Listening to Student Voices - Self-Study Toolkit (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)
Student Focus Groups (Henry Clay High School)

Examples

Voices & Choices (Health Canada)
Student Focus Groups (Henry Clay High School)




 

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

 

  

Key Resources

bullet Theory, Research Practice (Health Education Research)
 
bullet School Climate/Student Health (Health Education Research)
 
bullet Canadian Consensus Statement
 
bullet New Vision for Student Voice (Manitoba School Improvement Program Inc.)
 
bullet School Discipline/Codes of Conduct and Zero Tolerance (Shannon & McCall Consulting Ltd.)
 
bullet Meaningful Student Involvement (www.soundout.org)
 
bullet Schools That Make a Difference (Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education)
 
bullet School Effectiveness Research (CERIS)
 
bullet School Performance & Improvement (Ed-Lex)
 
bullet Safe & Caring Schools (Alberta Teachers Association)
 
bullet League of Peaceful Schools


 



      

 


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