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  • Making the Case for School Wellness

    Format: PDF

    Audience: K-12 School Health/Wellness Teams- Teachers, Parents, Foodservice Workers, Community Members, Coaches

    Cost: Free

    Picture of the Making the Case for School Wellness pdf from Action for Healthy KidsThe first step to being an effective wellness advocate is being able to explain why it’s important to address health and wellness in schools. This concise, accurate handout is complete with supporting statistics and helpful web links.

    Available at: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/storage/documents/parent-toolkit/parent-leadership-series/makingthecasefinalx3.pdf

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  • Team Building Ideas

    Format: Web-based links to group activities, games, and exercises.

    Audience: K-12 School Health/Wellness Teams- Students, Teachers, Parents, Administrators, Foodservice Workers, Community Members, Coaches

    Cost: Free

    Sample team building activities to break the ice and get your team members to know each other better.

    Available at: http://www.wilderdom.com/games/

     

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  • Team Effort - Michigan Nutrition Standards Toolkit

    Format: PDF

    Audience: K-12 School Health/Wellness Teams- Teachers, Parents, Administrators, Foodservice Workers, Community Members, Coaches

    Cost: Free

    Picture of the Michigan Nutrition Standards ToolkitFind ideas and tips for building and effective school health team.

    The link below will take you to the Michigan Nutrition Standards Toolkit which provides you with the resources needed to implement the Michigan Nutrition Standards, including many team resources.

    Available at: http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,4612,7-132-2940_2955_2959_58773-261516--,00.html

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  • Supporting Webinars - Action for Healthy Kids

    Format: Webpage

    Audience: K-12 School Health/Wellness Teams- Teachers, Parents, Administrators, Foodservice Workers, Community Members, Coaches

    Cost: Free- you may have to create a log-in and username to access information on the site.

    APhoto of the Action for Healthy Kids Website- Webinars pagection for Healthy Kids offers a wide variety of virtual learning opportunities that can energize and educate your wellness team.  From school breakfast programs and recess before lunch to wellness policy implementation and more, most sessions are of no cost and are open to any interested individual or group.  This site gives you access to archived webinars and also allows you to register at the site for upcoming webinars.

    Available at: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/events/webinars

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