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Fit to LearnMaking Healthy Habits Part of How Kids Learn

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Agenda

9:00 a.m.

9:25 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:50 p.m.

2:45 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

Welcome

The Connection Between Health and Academic Success

The Benefits of Garden-Based Learning

Making Healthy Habits Part of Daily Learning

Lunch

Strategies for Integrating Nutrition Education into the

Classroom

Boosting Student Learning with Physical Activity

Closing Remarks

Adjourn

Icebreaker

Ice Breaker- Health and Wellness Roulette

1. Form a circle and count off by twos. All of the ones will step forward into the circle to create a smaller circle.

2. Face members of the opposite circle, and line up so that you are facing just one person.

3. You have one minute to introduce yourself (name, grade you teach) and ask each other a question displayed on projector screen.

4. After the minute is over, the outer circle moves to the left, on to the next person, and the inner circle moves to the right.

5. Repeat step 3. Exercise will end after five minutes

Ice Breaker- Health and Wellness Roulette

Share one of your childhood favorite school lunches.

Ice Breaker- Health and Wellness Roulette

Schools play an important role in supporting student health and wellness. As a teacher, how do you support health and wellness in your classroom or school?

Ice Breaker- Health and Wellness Roulette

Research shows higher levels of achievement are often related to health— and that health problems are closely connected to hindered performance in school. Until we address the health disparities that many low-income minority students face, learning disparities will persist.

Ice Breaker- Health and Wellness Roulette

Students who have parents engaged in their school lives are less likely to:

● smoke cigarettes● drink alcohol● become pregnant● be physically inactive● be emotionally distressed

Share an example of how you engage with the parents/caregivers of your students.

Ice Breaker- Health and Wellness Roulette

Share one of your favorite parts of the school day as a former elementary school student.

Ice Breaker- Health and Wellness Roulette

Exposure to nature helps to maintain and even restore the capacity to direct one’s attention. In other words, time spent in nature can improve anyone’s ability to concentrate.

What is Fit to Learn?

About Healthy Schools Campaign

Teachers taking part in this program have described it as “awesome,” “realistic and helpful” and “right on track.”

“This is so functional and very informative. Best I’ve been to in years.”

“Incorporating health and wellness in my class has truly changed my students. They look forward to our yoga and fitness time.”

“This is not going to take away from instructional time.”

“There is benefit to students and teachers: students let off energy, and teachers have a more attentive class.

“I gained ideas I can apply in my classroom TOMORROW!”

“This should be mandated PD for all teachers.”

In Their Own Words…

our next generation + healthy classrooms + nutritious

school food + time to play+ your help + healthy habits

= healthy schools

Fit to Learn

A professional development program to equip Chicago teachers with knowledge, resources and skills necessary to create a school environment that supports students’ readiness to learn by promoting healthy eating, nutrition education and physical activity.

• Knowledge• Tools and Tips• Leadership Skills• Personal

Development

Program Content Overview

What to Expect

• Attend one full day and participate in upcoming boosters• Practice and begin implementing ideas in your classroom• Be a leader! Reach out to other teachers in your school and

share with them the lessons, ideas and resources. Invite them to Fit to Learn!

• Work with principal, teachers, parents and students to create a healthy school building

• Help your school become Healthy CPS Certified• Participate in HSC evaluation of the program

2017/2018 ElectivesOSHW Back to School Professional DevelopmentAugust 22, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Achieve the Healthy CPS Indicator- WebinarSeptember 2017

Common Threads Cooking for LifeOctober 2017

Worm Composting in the ClassroomFebruary 2018

School Gardens 101March 2018

Benefits and Support

You will receive:

• Binder with materials

• Lesson plans and resources

• Gifts from our supporters

• Raffle prizes

• Networking

• Technical assistance and ongoing support from HSC staff and facilitators

• Professional development credits

Benefits and Support

Social Media• Join our group on Facebook!

facebook.com/groups/fittolearn

The Connection between Health and Academic Success

All students deserve the opportunity to be healthy and successful.

Creating a Healthy Future for All Students

Today’s children could become the first generation to live shorter and less healthy lives than their parents.

Creating a Healthy Future for All Students

A zipcode is a greater predictor of a person’s health than their DNA.

Creating a Healthy Future for All Students

Creating a Healthy Future for All Students

Providing access to healthy foods and physical activity can help schools and students meet their educational goals.

Creating a Healthy Future for All Students

● The prevalence of chronic diseases—including asthma, obesity and diabetes—has doubled among children over the past several decades.

● These health concerns disproportionately impact low-income African-American and Latino students, signaling health disparities as a possible catalyst of the academic achievement gap.

Prevalence of Obesity Among U.S. Adults 2011

Prevalence of Obesity Among U.S. Adults 2013

Prevalence of Obesity Among U.S. Adults 2015

Obesity Prevalence Among White Adults, 2013-2015

Obesity Among Black Adults, 2013-2015

Obesity Prevalence Among Latino Adults, 2013-2015

Childhood Obesity in Chicago

• 43 percent of Chicago students are considered to be overweight or obese.

• 26 percent of white kindergartners are entering school overweight or obese compared to 34 percent of African American students and 42 percent of Latino students.

• 60.3 percent of Latino male sixth graders are considered to be overweight or obese, compared to 41.8 percent of African American male sixth graders in contrast to the 42.9 percent of white male sixth graders who are considered to be overweight or obese.

Overweight or Obesity Prevalence among CPS Students (K, 6th, 9th)

Creating a Healthy Future for All Students

Childhood obesity has immediate and long-term impacts on physical, social, and emotional health.

Creating a Healthy Future for All Students

Chronic absenteeism is largely due to unmanaged chronic health conditions.

Why Missing School Matters

● Data shows that children with obesity miss more days of school.

● Missing just two days of school per month means a student is chronically absent.

● Chronic absenteeism—or missing 10 percent or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused—detracts from learning and is a proven early warning sign of academic risk and school dropout.

● One in five CPS kindergarteners is chronically absent, and 15 percent of CPS students in kindergarten through third grade are chronically absent.

Creating the Conditions for Student Health and Academic Achievement

Objectives

● Describe the evidence Identify key messages and benefits

● Identify actions that can be implemented

Health is Academic Because

● Helping young people stay healthy is a fundamental part of the mission of our schools

● Health behaviors are associated with academic achievement

● School health programs can help improve students’ academic achievement

Health is Academic Because

“No matter how well teachers are prepared to teach, no matter what accountability measures are put in place, no matter what governing structures are established for schools, educational progress will be profoundly limited if students are not motivated and able to learn. Health related problems play a major role in limiting the motivation and ability to learn…”~Charles Basch

http://www.equitycampaign.org/i/a/document/12557_equitymattersvol6_web03082010.pdf

Page 117 in Binder

Education + Health

Education and health for students must go hand-in-hand in order for students to succeed.

● Healthy Food Options

● Physical Activity

KNOW THE EVIDENCE

Academic Achievement

Academic performanceClass gradesStandardized testsGraduation rates

Education behavior AttendanceDrop out ratesBehavioral problems at school

Students’ cognitive skills and attitudesConcentrationMemoryMood

Nutrition + Student Learning

When students are hungry and undernourished their school performance is affected and is associated with lower grades, higher rates of absenteeism, repeating a grade, more likely to be suspended and an inability to focus among students.

Student Learning + Nutrition

• Students that have better diet quality such as more fruits and vegetables, have improved academic performance.

• Student participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) is associated with increased academic grades and standardized test scores, reduced absenteeism, and improved cognitive performance (e.g., memory).

Healthy Eating + Academic Achievement (Page 117 in Binder )

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Healthy Eating in Schools

Encouraging healthy eating in schools: • School breakfast programs • Strong nutrition standards for school meals • Farm-to-School and school-based farmer’s markets• Schedule Recess before lunch • Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program • Health/Nutrition Education • Healthy School Culture ex. celebrations, rewards,

fundraisers• Healthy Role Modeling

Physical Activity + Academic Achievement

Physical Activity● Physical education● Recess● Classroom-based● Extracurricular

ResultsSchool-based physical activity can: ● Help improve academic

performance.● Have a positive impact on

education behaviors and cognitive skills.

Student Learning + Movement

Active students are better learners• Neuroscience tells us that the brain shifts its attention and focus about

every 90 minutes. Even a short break from focused concentration allows the brain to consolidate information for better retention and retrieval of memory.

• Studies have found that offering physical activity breaks during standard classroom instruction may have favorable associations with some indicators of cognitive functioning (e.g., attention/concentration); academic behaviors (e.g., classroom conduct); and/or academic achievement (e.g., test scores).

Student Learning + Physical Activity (page 116 in Binder)

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Physical Activity in Schools

• Physical Education • Recess before lunch • Daily recess • Movement integration ex. Morning

Movement, Brain Breaks • Comprehensive School Physical

Activity Programming

SHARE THE MESSAGE

Share the Message

Schools that are addressing healthy eating and physical activity should have decreased rates of student absenteeism, fewer behavioral problems, and higher school-wide test scores and grades.

Wellness Policy

One of the most effective tools in shaping healthy school environments is a strong wellness policy.

Wellness Policy

CPS has adopted four policies that promote healthy eating and physical activity:

1. Local School Wellness Policy 2. Healthy Snack and Beverage Policy3. Breakfast After the Bell Policy4. Physical Education (PE) Policy

Healthy CPS

Take Action!

❏ Join the school wellness team! ❏ Integrate movement into the classroom ❏ Integrate healthy messages into the classroom ❏ Model healthy behavior ❏ Celebrate and reward in health promoting ways! ❏ Share the evidence, key messages, and benefits with your

colleagues❏ Include this topic in professional development for district

and school staff❏ Ask parents to support and promote the healthy eating and

physical activity as a way to improve academic achievement.

The Benefits of Garden-Based Learning

Nutrition education programming will link the classroom, dining center and the school garden.

All schools with an edible school gardens will adhere to the Eat What You Grow policies and procedures, a school garden food safety program.

Wellness Policy- Garden Based Learning

Studies show: ● Students who grow their own fruits and vegetables are

more likely to eat them.● Students who garden have a greater understanding of

healthy eating.● Students show significant gains in GPA, specifically in

math and science.● Garden-based learning improves their eating habits.

What can you or already do to expose students to fruits and veggies?

Garden-Based Learning

Drew Thomas, Chicago Public Schools

SCHOOL FOOD IN CPS

» 75 million meals each year

»All meals free! (Community Eligibility Provision)

»Exceeds USDA nutrition standards

»Competitive foods policy

» Ingredients of concern

»Community engagement

»Summer feeding programs

»Smarter lunchrooms

» Farm to School

»School based farmers markets

CPS FARM TO SCHOOL

Coordinated, comprehensive approach to:

»Procurement

»Promotion

»Education

»Application

Farm to

School

Classroom

Dining Center

Garden

FARM TO SCHOOL IN PRACTICE

»Communications and newsletter

»Regularly menu local items

»Garden to Cafeteria

» Farmers Visits

»Resources: gardening tools, seeds, curriculum materials, PD

»Partners and site specific support

»Special Events

»School based Farmers Markets

FARM TO CLASSROOM

»Curricular connections

» Farmer visits

» Field Trips

» In-classroom tastings of local food

»Communications to teachers and school staff: videos, tips, lessons, etc.

NUTRITION EDUCATION

»Health Education scope and sequence

» 60 minutes to count for required Physical Education minutes

»HealthTeacher.com online curriculum resources

»EdibleSchoolYard.org

(ESY lessons)

EAT WHAT YOU GROW

»Allows school garden produce to be served in classroom and dining center

»Provides the tools and guidance needed to ensure school garden produce is safe to eat:

NEXT TRAINING: September 30th at Jane Neil Elementary

4:30 pm

• Comprehensive school garden safety manual

• Food safety workshop

• Implementation support

COOKING IN THE CLASSROOM

»Classroom cooking kit

»Recipe lesson

»Student roles and responsibilities

»Academic connections: Literacy, Science, Math, Health and Nutrition Education

CLASSROOM COOKING KIT (10 STUDENT/KIT)

»Kits should include:

» Paring Knife

» Cutting board

» Box Grater

» Peeler

» Juicer

» Bucket

» Colander

» Platter

» Scissors

» Scrub Brush

» Tongs

» Bins for Compost

» Paring knife

» Mortar and Pestle

» Spatula

» Wooden Spoon

» Whisk

» Measuring Spoon

» Measuring Cups

» Storage Bins

» Dish Towel

» Bench Scraper

» Zester

» Microplane

» Wavy Knife

» Bus Tub

THE RECIPE

THE ROLES

» Recipe Captain

» Measuring dry items

» Measuring wet items

» Washing

» Pealing

» Cutting

» Grating

» Mixing

» Whisking

» Plating/decorations

» Clean up

PROCEDURE

Sanitation- all students and participants should wash hands

Produce preparation - should be washed and cooled

Optional harvest activity - best done day before

Clean Up – on going, clean before you eat!

Recipe:

» reading recipe: ingredients at the top

» instructions at bottom

Count off into 3 groups

Divide up into responsibilities: students can choose or can be assigned

» Direction readers (1)

» Peelers (2) - carrots, cucumber, zucchini,

» Graters (1)

» Mixers (2)

» dressing maker (2)

» taco fillers (1)

» Presentation (1)

» ALL - clean up

TASTING GUIDES

QUESTIONS? CONTACT:STUDENTWELLNESS@CPS.EDU

Best Practices● Eat What You Grow● Start or use existing garden (indoor or outdoor)● Expose students multiple times

Personal Wellness/Lead By Example● Join the wellness team● Incorporate produce/plants in core subjects

Community Wellness● Invite volunteers from the community to help with the garden● Invite volunteers to come speak with students to share their

garden experience

Garden Based Learning- Recap

Making Healthy Habits Part of Daily Learning

Wellness Policy-Nutrition Education

All schools should:• Adopt a nutrition education curriculum that aligns with the

National Health Education Standards and the CPS Health and Education Scope and Sequence.

• Integrate nutrition education into systematic units of instruction

• Engage school dining staff in wellness activities that support nutrition lessons beyond the classrooms and into the school dining centers to encourage and promote healthy eating habits.

• Engage parents and guardians in nutrition education.

Wellness Policy-Celebrations, Fundraisers + Rewards

Celebrations and Fundraisers:• Schools may not serve or sell food in competition with service of the

National School Breakfast or School Lunch Programs.• A school may have a maximum of two celebrations per school year that

permit food or beverages of minimal nutritional value.• All food or beverage used or sold for school fundraising purposes during

the school day must meet the nutrition requirements in the wellness policy. • All non-food fundraisers must be approved, and schools are required to

forfeit revenue from non-approved items.

Student Rewards and Punishments:• When rewarding students, school staff are required to use non-food

rewards or foods that meet standards outlined in the policy.• Teachers and staff must not withhold food or physical activity as

punishment to students.

Studies Show:

● Healthy students are better learners

● Students more likely to make healthy food choices

● More willing to try fruits/veggies

If you are already teaching Nutrition Education, how are you integrating into

your curriculum?

Wellness Policy- Nutrition Education

Stephanie Folkens,Common Threads

Best Practices• Conduct Fruit and Veggie tasting in class• Integrate Nutrition Education Lesson into curriculum• Engage Parents, notify of healthy snacks/healthy celebrations

Personal Wellness/Lead By Example• Drink water throughout the day• Eat fruit and vegetables in front/with students

Community Wellness• Encourage healthy food options at staff meetings• Eat with students• Partner with organizations to bring cooking classes to students

and parents

Nutrition Education- Recap

Lunch

Strategies for Integrating Nutrition Education into the Classroom

Lesson Plan Circuit

Divide into three groups

Each group visits a station• Calories In/Calories Out (pg.

67)• Fruit or Not (pg. 23)• Food Group Frenzy (pg. 39)

While at the station:• Do the activity• Identify tips and techniques

to use in your classroom• Share and discuss

extensions or modifications that can be made to best serve your students

• Fill out “Think/Pair/Share”

Regroup/Recap

Boosting Student Learning with Physical Activity

Wellness Policy- Physical Activity

The wellness policy states that:• Elementary schools should provide at least 20

minutes of daily recess and schedule recess prior to students’ lunch periods.

• All core subjects including math, science, language arts, and health maximize student attention and focus by integrating movement daily.

• Schools should provide all students with additional daily opportunities for moderate to vigorous physical activity before, during and after school.

Wellness Policy- Physical Education

The wellness policy states:• Must provide PE for a minimum of

30 minutes daily or the equivalent of 150 minutes per week.

• HS must provide daily PE in the same time increments as other courses.

• Health-optimizing PE learning objectives and strategies

Neuroscience tells us that the brain shifts its attention and focus about every 90 minutes. Even a short break from focused concentration allows the brain to consolidate information for better retention and retrieval of memory.

Studies have found that offering physical activity breaks during standard classroom instruction may have favorable associations with some indicators of cognitive functioning (e.g., attention/concentration); academic behaviors (e.g., classroom conduct); and/or academic achievement (e.g., test scores).

Wellness Policy- Physical Education

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program is a multi-component evidence-based approach by which school districts use all opportunities for students to be physically active, meet the nationally recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day, and develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime.

These programs are associated with increased student physical activity and have positive effects on obesity prevention.

Wellness Policy- Physical Education

Studies Show:● 20 minutes or moderate activity before testing can

improve scores, especially in math and reading● Physical movement breaks throughout the day help

students re-focus● Children should be physically active 60 minutes per day

How are you keeping your kids focused throughout the day?

Physical Activity

Abby Rose

Go for 60!

Physical Activity During the School

Day

True or False?

Get Up and Move!

According to data from the CDC…

▪ Children should accrue at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day to achieve and maintain optimal health and wellness.o TRUE

▪ Adding more time for PE class and recess to the school day has been shown to bring test scores down.o FALSE

▪ Classroom PA breaks are associated with improved cognitive performance, classroom behavior, and educational outcomes.o TRUE

Know the Facts: True or False?

85% Of school age children are

kinesthetic learners

20Brain functioning

goes down after just 20 minutes of sitting

7+Hours spent at

school

60Minutes of physical activity per day for

children

LEARN TO MOVE, MOVE TO LEARN!

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP)

▪5 components of the Comprehensive Physical Activity Program

▪ Physical Education▪ Physical Activity during the

school day▪ Physical Activity before and after

school▪ Staff Involvement▪ Family and Community

Involvement100

Physical Activity in the Classroom

My Bonnie

Get Up and Move!

Benefits of PA in the School Day

60 minutes of Physical Activity▪ Physical

Education▪ Active Recess▪ Physical

activity in the classroom and throughout the day

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PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

STUDENTS ARE BETTER LEARNERS

BRAIN FUNCTION

GOES DOWN AFTER

SITTING FOR 20 MINUTES AEROBIC

ACTIVITY GROWS BRAIN CELLS

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BRINGS MORE

BLOOD TO THE BRAINPHYSICAL

ACTIVITY REDUCES

STRESS AND ANXIETY

85% OF SCHOOL

AGE STUDENTS

ARE KINESTHETIC

LEARNERS

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BUILDS

CLASSROOM COMMUNITY

PA Improves Brain FunctionAverage composite of 20 student brains taking the same testBrains after sitting quietly

Brains after 20 minute walk

Research/scan compliments of Dr. Chuck Hillman University of Illinois

Children scored a full grade level higher in reading comprehension after physical activity

than after a period of rest

Learn to Move, Move to Learn!: Physical Activity in the Classroom

▪3 ways to incorporate Physical Activity into the classroom»Focus reset or brain break» Integrating Physical Activity

across the curriculum» Increasing heart rate

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Danielson Framework

Teacher Evaluation

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY = GOOD TEACHING

▪ Danielson Framework for Teaching Connections

▪ Domain 1b: Demonstrating knowledge of students

▪ Domain 2a: Creating an environment of respect and rapport

▪ Domain 3c: Engaging students in learning

▪ Domain 3e: Demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness

▪ Domain 4e: Demonstrating professionalism

Tips for incorporating physical activity into the classroom

Creating a kinesthetic classroom▪ Make it intentional▪ Make it fun▪ Make it routine▪ Include student choice▪ Track your progress and make an

incentive▪ Use transition times for

opportunities to do activity

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Action items ☑ Look at your daily

schedule to identify transition times where you could add in physical activity

☑ Look at your daily lesson plans to identify learning objectives that can be supported by movement

☑Create a tracking chart and class incentive

☑Go over recess goals and behavior expectations with your students regularly

☑ Build in time to reflect on recess with your class on a regular basis

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Abby Rose, School Physical Activity Specialist

Thank You! Questions?

Best Practices● Provide movement/Brain Breaks throughout the day● Do not take P.E. or recess away ● Daily P.E.

Personal Wellness/Lead By Example● Participate in movement breaks during class● Take your students for a walk● Wear a pedometer

Community Wellness● Encourage community parents to start a Walking School Bus● Ask parents to be trained as recess monitors● Connect with Physical Activity resource providers like Girls in the Game or

Urban Initiatives

Physical Activity- Recap

Lesson Plan Circuit

Divide into four groups

Each group visits a station• Walking the Walk (pg. 93)• Nutritious Words (pg. 43)• Brain Breaks

While at the station:• Do the activity• Identify tips and techniques

to use in your classroom• Share and discuss

extensions or modifications that can be made to best serve your students

• Fill out “Think/Pair/Share”

Regroup/Recap

Goal Setting

Evaluation

Thank You!