The Healthy Schools Toolkit...webinar, have you heard of the Healthy Schools Toolkit? Q a. Yes, I’ve heard of it, and I have looked through some of the toolkit b. Yes, I’ve heard

The Healthy

Schools Toolkit: Leveraging people,

systems, and

messages for a

WSCC-informed

school

May 14, 2020

2-3 pm ET

Robert Wood Johnson FoundationTogether for Healthy & Successful Schools Initiative

RESEARCH & TRANSLATION The Healthy Schools Toolkit

Hosts

Nikole Lobb Dougherty, MA

Associate Director, Evaluation Center,

Brown School at Washington

University in St. Louis

Emily Kryzer, MSW, MPH

Project Coordinator, Health Equity Works,

Brown School at Washington

University in St. Louis


RESEARCH & TRANSLATIONThe Healthy Schools Toolkit

Agenda

Why consider health and education together?

What makes a school healthy, safe, and successful?

How can a healthy school be created?

What questions do you have?

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Objectives

Examine the human and system factors that enhance or impede the process of implementing the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model.

Select or design strategies and processes detailed in the Healthy Schools Toolkit to assess networks, messages, systems needed to implement a school health model.

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Have you heard

of the Whole

School, Whole

Community,

Whole Child

(WSCC) model?

Q

a. Yes, I’ve heard of it, and I know it well

b. Yes, I’ve heard of it, but I don’t know it well

c. No, I haven’t heard of it

d. I am not sure

To what extent

do you agree

that you have

the tools to

create a healthy

school?

Q

a. Strongly agree

b. Somewhat agree

c. Somewhat disagree

d. Strongly disagree

e. I am not sure

How important

are PEOPLE

in creating a

healthy school?

Q

a. Very important

b. Somewhat important

c. A little important

d. Not at all important

e. I am not sure

How important

are SYSTEMS

in creating a

healthy school?

Q

a. Very important




e. I am not sure

How important

are MESSAGES

in creating a

healthy school?

Q

a. Very important




e. I am not sure

A bi-directional relationship

between health and education

Source: For the Sake of All report, 2014

Why consider

education

and health

together?

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Center on the tenets of a whole

child approach

What makes

a school

healthy?

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Address 10 components

essential to health and well-

being

What makes

a school

healthy?

2

Leverage community as

context and partner

What makes

a school

healthy?

2

Align policy, process, and

practice to improve learning

and health

What makes

a school

healthy?

2

Unpack what it means to align

policy, process, and practice

How can a

healthy

school be

created?

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How?

Unpack what it means to align

policy, process, and practice

MESSAGES

PEOPLE

SYSTEMS

Social Network Analysis

Group Model Building

Message Testing

How can a

healthy

school be

created?

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Together for Healthy and Successful Schools

Partnered with two high-need school districts in the St. Louis area

Conducted research to identify the key relationships, messages, and systems needed to implement the WSCC model

Co-developed the Healthy Schools Toolkit to help educators replicate the work and build healthy school communities from the inside out

The Healthy Schools Toolkit

How can a

healthy

school be

created?

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Before today’s

webinar, have

you heard of the

Healthy Schools

Toolkit?

Q

a. Yes, I’ve heard of it, and I have looked through some of the toolkit

b. Yes, I’ve heard of it, but I haven’t looked at the toolkit

c. No, I haven’t heard of it

d. I am not sure


How can a

healthy

school be

created?

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How can a

healthy

school be

created?

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Example from p. 6Example from p. 12Example from p. 21

Guides, templates,

and resources


How can a

healthy

school be

created?

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Example from p. 14Example starts p. 103

Stories and

case examples

Guides, templates,

and resources

Example from p. 11


How can a

healthy

school be

created?

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Spectrum of

customizable options

Stories and

case examples

Guides, templates,

and resources



PEOPLESocial Network Analysis



• Who is connected to whom?

• Who is a trusted source of information?

• What roles and relationships are key to spreading information within a school and across a district?

• Who might be a champion for this work?

PEOPLE SYSTEMS MESSAGES




Option A

Identify key influencers

Option B


Measure communication

and trust

Option C


Measure communication

and trust

Map flow of information

Identify barriers and

facilitators to sharing

information



Each dot represents an individual within a school or district

Each line represents a connection between individuals


Size of dot is relative to the number of connections the individual has

Color of dot represents the role held in the school or district

Administrator

Community partner

District leader

Parent

Staff

Teacher




Administrator

Community partner

District leader

Parent

Staff

Teacher

Knowing who

communicates with

whom, who is isolated,

and who can “bridge”

to those who may be

more marginalized is

especially important in

this time.



SYSTEMSGroup Model Building



• What policies and systems impact healthy, safe, and successful schools?

• How are those policies and systems related to one another?

• What opportunities exist to intervene?

• What is the impact or unintended consequences of interventions?

• What stands in the way of realizing an intervention?





THINKING OF PROBLEMS

AS DYNAMIC

UNCOVERING WHAT DRIVES

EACH PROBLEMSEEING A PROBLEM

THROUGH ALL PERSPECTIVES




Option A

Create a map of the

systems, structures, and

policies needed

Option B

Create a map of the


policies needed

Build common language

and understanding

Create new partnerships

and connections

Option C

Create a map of the


policies needed

Build common language

and understanding

Create new partnerships

and connections

Review and validate work



Causal loop diagram:Parental involvement is one keyfactor in a complex system



Causal map example:Parental involvement is one keyfactor in a complex system

Causal loop diagram:Applying the WSCC model to maps highlights intersections



Causal loop diagram:Identifying component-specificintervention opportunitiesguides decision making



Students, families, and

educators are facing more

challenges than ever. Tools

like these can help uncover

the policies, systems, and

structures that contribute to

challenges and identify

potential interventions so

that we can support them in

new ways.



MESSAGESMessage Development & Testing




• Which messages/stories:

Articulate the link between health and education?

Motivate buy-in for the WSCC concept?

Persuade audiences to support specific actions?

• Who are effective messengers for different audiences?

• What are effective messaging strategies for different audiences?



Option A

Create healthy school

messages based on what

has worked elsewhere

Option B




Identify effective

messengers

Tailor messages that

resonate in your school

Option C




Identify effective

messengers

Tailor messages that

resonate in your school

Refine strategies




“You’re not alone.

Administrators. Community.

Parents. Teachers. We’re all

working together to help our

children succeed.”

“Healthy schools, better

together. Administrators.

Community. Parents. Teachers.

If we work together, we can help

all our children succeed.”

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/0a3ffc3f62cebbcb7510d14dfea9e911

Effective messaging is critical.

Consistent messaging, shared

by trusted leaders, that relay

a vision for a healthy and safe

school community can support a

school’s efforts to recover and

reopen.

To what extent

do you agree

that the toolkit

can help you

create a healthy

school?

Q

a. Strongly agree

b. Somewhat agree

c. Somewhat disagree

d. Strongly disagree

e. I am not sure

What is your

most likely next

step to apply the

Healthy Schools

Toolkit in your

work?

Q

a. Gather a team to begin working on one or more toolkit modules

b. Read more about toolkit modules and options

c. Share the toolkit with colleagues

d. Reach out to the toolkit team

e. Not use the toolkit

How important

are PEOPLE

in creating a

healthy school?

Q

a. Very important




e. I am not sure

How important

are SYSTEMS

in creating a

healthy school?

Q

a. Very important




e. I am not sure

How important

are MESSAGES

in creating a

healthy school?

Q

a. Very important




e. I am not sure



Acknowledgments Support for this webinar and the development of the Healthy Schools Toolkit was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

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