Register Now: Healthy School Communities Virtual Conference
Register today for the first-ever Healthy School Communities Virtual Conference, May 10–13, 2011.Take part in this free online conference to learn more about health and learning. Join Healthy School Communities staff, mentor and mentee sites, ASCD authors, invited speakers, and guests to find out more about what’s working across the United States and Canada and share health and learning stories, including best practices for sustainability and how to meet all areas of coordinated school health.
Session Topics:
- Aligning health and education in school
- Improving school lunches
- Nutrition
- Physical activity and physical education
- Social/emotional and mental health
- The Healthy School Communities model
Featured Presenters and Partners:
- Kymm Ballard, Partnership Development Specialist, SPARK
- Charlene Burgeson, Executive Director, National Association for Sport and Physical Education
- Mike Rulon, Faculty Cadre, Healthy School Communities
- JoEllen Tarrallo-Falk, Executive Director, Center for Health and Learning
- Brian Wansink, Professor, Cornell University, and author of Mindless Eating
- Gloria Wells, Executive Director, Wellsprings Education and Human Service Consulting
Healthy School Communities Mentor Sites Presenters:
- Batesville Community School Corporation—Jim Roberts, Superintendent, and Andy Allen, Associate Principal
- Iroquois Ridge High School—Deb Robinson, Principal, and Sarah Severin, Parent Engagement
- Orange County School District— Melissa Denney, Counselor, and Wendy Stewart, Social Worker
- Pottstown School District—Angela Tuck, Principal, and Bridgette McWiggins, School Nurse
- T. C. Howe Community High School—Jamie Buffington, Special Education Teacher
Registration is FREE and will be open through the last day of the conference, May 13, 2011. Register now!Space is limited for each session. Preview the session schedule, and learn more about Healthy School Communities.
Middle Grades Roundup
Ah, middle grades … A complex, challenging, and confusing time in adolescence. Also a complex, challenging, and confusing age for adults to support and develop! In April we looked at the crucial importance of this childhood stage. Supporting students as they transition physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially is key to ensuring that they are successful and healthy in high school and beyond.
Listen to the Whole Child Podcast with guests Al Arth, a professor of education at York College in Nebraska
