Assessment Aspect: Healthy Eating Integrating healthy eating into school policy and practice should be a collaborative effort made by schools, families, and communities. Research suggests that policies that address environmental influences such as nutrition, vending machine choices, drinking water access, and food sales can impact healthy eating. The school community can support, promote, and reinforce healthy eating behaviours which foster life-long healthy development and to learn. Furthermore, students who report a healthier diet also report higher levels of academic achievement. enhance students’ ability Initiatives and programs that follow evidence-based teaching practices and whole-school approaches have been shown to regularly increase student knowledge about healthy behaviours. By increasing knowledge about healthy eating and reinforcing these messages by creating healthy food environments, school communities have an opportunity to improve student learning and impact the life-long well-being of school community members. CSH Pillar Assessment Element Emerging Developing Acquired Accomplished 1 2 3 4 Awareness and Building Capacity: Initial Expanded Plans and Actions Sustained and embedded Contemplation Plans and Actions practices including advocacy We are aware of the need We have developed an Based on our plan, we are We advocate for and model to sustained practices in our be… initial plan for… actively engaging in… school and community by…. Teaching & We* purposefully the knowledge and our knowledge our …recognizing …building …advancing …routinely evaluating Learning provide knowledge to importance of building promoting healthy eating of and modelling healthy action plan and making promote, support and knowledge about healthy practices eating practices necessary evidence-based model best healthy eating practices changes eating practices Teaching & We acknowledge and the link the link the link our …promoting …promoting …promoting …routinely evaluating Learning promote the link between between healthy eating and between healthy eating and between healthy eating and action plan and making healthy eating and student learning student learning student learning necessary evidence based student learning based on changes best practices Our School We follow the the Guidelines the minimum the the Guidelines …following …following …fully meeting …fully meeting Policies for Food and Beverage Sales Guidelines for Food and Guidelines for Food and for Food and Beverage Sales in BC Schools Beverage Sales in BC Beverage Sales in BC in BC Schools and extend Schools Schools practices into everyday living Relationships We have designated, the safe and clean safe and clean ...extending the practice of …recognizing …designating …designating
Assessment Aspect: Healthy Eating Integrating healthy eating into school policy and practice should be a collaborative effort made by schools, families, and communities. Research suggests that policies that address environmental influences such as nutrition, vending machine choices, drinking water access, and food sales can impact healthy eating. The school community can support, promote, and reinforce healthy eating behaviours which foster life-long healthy development and enhance students’ ability to learn. Furthermore, students who report a healthier diet also report higher levels of academic achievement. Initiatives and programs that follow evidence-based teaching practices and whole-school approaches have been shown to regularly increase student knowledge about healthy behaviours. By increasing knowledge about healthy eating and reinforcing these messages by creating healthy food environments, school communities have an opportunity to improve student learning and impact the life-long well-being of school community members. CSH Pillar Assessment Element Emerging 1 Awareness and Contemplation Developing 2 Building Capacity: Initial Plans and Actions Acquired 3 Expanded Plans and Actions Accomplished 4 Sustained and embedded practices including advocacy We are aware of the need to be… We have developed an initial plan for… Based on our plan, we are actively engaging in… We advocate for and model sustained practices in our school and community by…. Teaching & Learning We* purposefully provide knowledge to promote, support and model best healthy eating practices …recognizing the importance of building knowledge about healthy eating practices …building knowledge and promoting healthy eating practices …advancing our knowledge of and modelling healthy eating practices …routinely evaluating our action plan and making necessary evidence-based changes Teaching & Learning We acknowledge and promote the link between healthy eating and student learning based on best practices …promoting the link between healthy eating and student learning …promoting the link between healthy eating and student learning …promoting the link between healthy eating and student learning …routinely evaluating our action plan and making necessary evidence based changes Our School Policies We follow the …following the Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in BC Schools …following the minimum Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in BC Schools …fully meeting the Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in BC Schools …fully meeting the Guidelines for Food and Beverage Sales in BC Schools and extend practices into everyday living Relationships We have designated, …recognizing the …designating safe and clean …designating safe and clean ...extending the practice of