School Health Index Training Manual
The School Health Index Training Manual is a packaged set of materials for conducting trainings or presentations on the School Health Index (SHI): A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide. This manual provides detailed materials and resources on how to implement the SHI in schools. Users can select the most appropriate sections of the training manual and customize those components to best suit their needs.
Steps for Conducting a SHI Training
1. Read Background Information
Carefully read through the SHI and this SHI Training Manual.
2. Select Your Agenda
The SHI training can be offered in a variety of settings. Select one of the three agendas below that is most appropriate for your audience and situation.
- 30-Minute Pitch: This agenda will allow you to provide your audience with a short orientation to the SHI to help them gain a preliminary understanding of your intent. This agenda might be used, for example, by a parent or school staff member who wants to introduce the SHI at a school board meeting.
- Half-Day Workshop: A longer agenda that can be used for a more comprehensive training on how to implement the SHI, such as for a training of school nurses conducted by a health educator from a state or local health department or education agency.
- Full-Day Workshop: The most comprehensive overview, useful for those who have more time and want to provide the most in-depth training on using the SHI.
SHI TRAINING MANUAL | |||
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Sections | 30-Minute Pitch |
Half-Day Workshop |
Full-Day Training |
Instructions | X | X | X |
Purpose & Overview | X | X | |
Orientation | X | X | X |
Test Your Knowledge | X | ||
Consensus Building | X | X | |
Practice Module | X | X | |
Planning for Improvement | X | X | |
Tools for Schools | X | ||
Role of SHI Coordinator | X | ||
Trainer's Resource Bank | X | X | X |
3. Pull Out the Relevant Training Manual Sections
Once you have identified the agenda that is most appropriate for your situation, pull out those sections of the training manual to conduct your presentation/training. If you will be using several PowerPoint presentations, you may want to merge the slides into one slide show for ease of presentation.
4. Localize the Information
Spend some time reviewing the materials. Then think about any local stories, policies, or issues that you may want to include to localize your presentation/training. Consider incorporating local or regional data on adolescent health risk behaviors (perhaps findings from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey). This manual was created to provide guidance to people using the SHI all over the country and in a variety of settings. It is important to remember that you know your audience and community best: feel free to adapt components of this manual to suit your particular situation.
Training Manual Sections
Instructions
Purpose & Overview
- Activity Plan: Purpose & Overview [pdf 113K]
- Slides: Why Use the School Health Index? [ppt 221K] [pdf 161K]
Orientation
Test Your Knowledge
- Activity Plan: Test Your Knowledge [pdf 86K]
- Handout: Test Your Knowledge [pdf 85K]
- Answer Sheet: Test Your Knowledge[pdf 121K]
Consensus Building
Practice Module
- Activity Plan: Practice Module [pdf 109K]
- Slides: Practice Module [ppt 419K] [pdf 126K]
- Activity: Labels of Team Roles [pdf 32K]
- Handout: Selected Module 1 Questions [pdf 213K]
Planning for Improvement
- Activity Plan: Planning for Improvement [pdf 102K]
- Slides: Planning for Improvement [ppt 544K] [pdf 332K]
- Handout: Practice Overall Scorecard [pdf 63K]
- Handout: Practice School Health Improvement Plan [pdf 39K]
Tools for Schools
Role of the SHI Coordinator
- Activity Plan: Role of SHI Coordinator [pdf 98K]
- Slides: Role of SHI Coordinator [ppt 322K] [pdf 107K]
- Activity: Making the Case [pdf 99K]
Trainer's Resource Bank
- Trainer's Resource Bank Contents [pdf 80K]
- Why Use the School Health Index? [pdf 82K]
- SHI Stories from the Field [pdf 1M]
- Letter of Support [pdf 51K]
- Presentation Tips [pdf 104K]
- Trainer's Checklist [pdf 70K]
- Frequently Asked Questions [pdf 105K]
- Forming a School Health Team [pdf 124K]
- Sample Training Agenda [pdf 77K]
- Life with the Wright Family [pdf 84K]
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