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Best of the Best
Palliser Health Region
Presentation Outline
1.Moving and Choosing
2. Lead Teacher Model
3. School Districts Involved
4. Recent Activities
Moving and Choosing
• Moving and Choosing is a communitybased coalition promoting healthy growth
and development and the prevention of
child and adolescent obesity.
• Key objectives target building healthy
school environments and improving
access to high quality curriculum
education in nutrition and physical activity.
• Community partnerships key.
Healthy School Network
• Vision - All students will belong to school
communities that are committed to
promoting healthy eating and active living
• Goal – Increase lead teachers ability to
facilitate active living and healthy eating in
his/her school. In turn this will influence
other teacher, parents, students and the
school environment.
Lead Teachers
• Lead teachers play an important role in
today’s schools. They are part of the
Healthy School Network influencing other
teachers, parents and students and
encouraging healthy eating and active
living in their communities.
• The network supports sharing of ideas,
resources and expertise
Health Promotion Facilitators
• Facilitate network
• Liase with Lead Teachers throughout
Palliser Health Region
• Liase with School facilitators and health
resource people to ensure collaboration
and coordination
• Support Moving and Choosing Initiatives
Lead Teachers mobilize the school
community by:
• Participating in networking meetings and
inservices
• Promoting healthy eating and active living
initiatives
• Consulting Moving and Choosing
facilitators and school health resource
people and school administrators
• Identifying training and professional
development needs
Lead Teachers mobilize the school
community by:
• Promoting awareness of curriculum
supports
• Being a role model and motivating others
• Identifying strengths and opportunities to
promote healthy schools and families
• Promoting awareness of funding options for
schools to sponsor health initiatives.
Moving and Choosing Initiatives
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www.movingandchoosing.com
Moving and Choosing Exchange
Activity and Nutrition Kits
School Resources
Professional Development
School Environment and Healthy School
Policy
School Divisions Involved
• Prairie Rose School Division
– First school division, pilot
• Grasslands School Division
• Medicine Hat School District No. 76
• Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional
Division
Community Partners
• Palliser Health Region – Healthy Weights,
Community Nutrition, Health Promotion, Tobacco
Prevention, Marketing, Dental, Physiotherapy,
Recreational Therapy/Pediatrics, Community
Mental Health, Public Health Nursing
• Be Fit For Life
• Healthy Alberta Communities
• Canadian Cancer Society
• City of Medicine Hat
• Diabetes Association of Brooks and District
Advisory Committee
• Meets quarterly
• Purpose is to network, communicate,
review and provide input for planning to
teachers, students, parents and community
partners to promote health through active
living, healthy eating, healthy body image,
tobacco reduction and safety initiatives.
Working Groups and Facilitators
• Executive committee and 2 sub
committees
– Website
– Resources and Training.
• Health Promotion Facilitators
Recent Activities
• Teachers Convention
• Catholic School Division
– On Track sessions
– Parent Wellness evening May 1 and Teacher
Wellness Day May 2
• Prairie Rose Board Meeting – April 8th re:
Alberta Nutrition Guidelines
Recent Activities
• Winter Active and Winter Walk Day
– Prairie Rose – Video conference launch
– Grasslands combined 55,000 min of activity
• Medicine Hat District 76 – District Wide PD
March 12th – Activity and Nutrition Session
• Grasslands – Student convention March
20
Visit Us Online @
www.movingandchoosing.com
Contact Us
• Kimberlee Eilers, RD
Health Promotion Facilitator, PHR
(403) 502-8225 or [email protected]
• Laura Lukye, B.RLS.
Health Promotion Facilitator, PHR
(403) 793-6667 or [email protected]
• Stephanie Hlady, B.A., M.A.
Health Promotion Facilitator, PHR
(403) 545-2296 or [email protected]