Health Services and Education Best Practices:
The following are best practices or regulatory standards used to evaluate your school’s health services and health education in the Healthy Champions Assessment.
- Schools have at least one school nurse for every 1500 students.
- Schools share BMI Screening Results with caregivers through direct and indirect methods.
- Schools conduct advanced coordination of care for students by utilizing school-based interdisciplinary teams.
- Standards-based health education is provided as a routine part of curriculum to some students or grades.
- Healthy practices (i.e., hand washing before meals, physical activity breaks, mindfulness moments or positive morning announcements) are promoted in classrooms and daily routines.
- Schools provide opportunities for school nurses to pursue professional development (i.e., joining professional associations, travel to conferences, funding support for continuing education credits.