External Resources

Provides a 6-step process through which schools can create and implement a plan to make healthy changes.

Provides resources in the areas of physical education, employee wellness, physical activity, health education, nutrition services, smart snacks, and policy and environment.

Provides information on the WSCC model, its components, ideas for implementation, and information on how to incorporate health and wellness into school improvement plans.

Guides schools through an assessment to identify and develop a plan to address needs related to the whole child tenants and the components of the WSCC model.

Provides information about various factors related to health, the school health index, and professional development.

Demonstrates how components of the WSCC model can be integrated into a school and how schools can partner with local communities to meet the needs of the whole child.

Provides real life examples of how schools have improved the lives of students through healthy eating and physical education and activity.

Provides a brief overview of Social Network Analysis and links to a Network Analysis 101, Network Evaluation Highlights, and Network Process resources.

Provides curriculum and resources to promote the use of systems thinking in schools.

Provides overview of health communication research and applications of the approach.

Provides real life examples of how school districts can leverage partnerships with local health departments to work toward healthier and more successful schools.

Provides a wide array of guides, toolkits, pre-made presentations, and success stories about school health and the WSCC model.

Provides resources for communicating and promoting nutrition in schools. Posters, brochures, tips sheets, and graphics for school menus are available for use.

Provides resources to assist with a social network analysis, including survey development, data visualization, and data analysis.

Provides add-ins for Microsoft® Excel that support social network and content analysis.

Provides a detailed overview of findings from message testing, including specific phrases and wording that resonate with different audiences when talking about healthy schools.

Describes how schools can use systems thinking to adapt and change in the face of challenges, and provides tools, techniques and references to support change.

Introduces key concepts of group model building and provides scripts, templates, and guidance to develop a group model building workshop.

Introduces system dynamics and provides example scripts, links to software, and organizations who support system dynamics.

Provides a step-by-step process for schools to follow as they work toward improving health and academic outcomes. Each step contains information and links to a variety of resources.

Provides overview of key concepts to systems thinking and provides a guide to determine methods to understand systems.

Provides tools and methods to help people use and apply systems thinking.

Provides tool that schools and districts can use to assess their health and safety policies.