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SPARK Coordinated School Health Initiative—Programs and Materials:1. Ignite a Healthy Environment:SPARK is proud to introduce ASCD, our exclusive Healthy School Environment partner, as part of ourCoordinated School Health (CSH) Initiative.ASCD is the global leader in developing and delivering innovative programs, products, and servicesthat empower educators to support the success of each learner. Comprising 140,000 members—superintendents, principals, teachers, professors, and advocates from more than 143 countries—the ASCD community also includes 55 affiliate organizations. The nonprofit’s diverse, nonpartisanmembership is its greatest strength, projecting a powerful, unified voice to decision makers around theworld. To learn more about how ASCD supports educators as they learn, teach, and lead, visitwww.ascd.org.The Whole Child InitiativeThe demands of the 21st century require a new approach to education to fully prepare students forcollege, career, and citizenship. Research, practice, and common sense confirm that a whole childapproach to education will develop and prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of todayand tomorrow by addressing students’ comprehensive needs through the shared responsibility ofstudents, families, schools, and communities.All educators want to improve the work they do for students, their families, and the community.Whether it’s instruction, school climate, leadership, family engagement, or any of the other issuesschools face on a daily basis, all educators need tools to help them improve their actions and methods.A whole child approach, which ensures that each student is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, andchallenged, sets the standard for comprehensive, sustainable school improvement and provides forlong-term student success.Launched in 2007, ASCD’s Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation abouteducation from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the longterm development and success of children. Through the initiative, ASCD helps educators, families,community members, and policymakers move from a vision about educating the whole child tosustainable, collaborative action.Whether your school has just started down the path to wellness or has already organized a wellnessteam, SPARK/ASCD will assess your progress and work with you to create a healthy school environmentthat changes the behavior of your students and staff.a. Formative Assessment: The SPARK/ASCD process begins with a thorough analysis of yourcurrent CSH program to learn more about your particular needs, challenges and/or barriers.Our content experts use this data to work with you and develop a vision, plan and timeline;then recommend targeted resources and services that align with your goals. We then align thehealth and wellbeing goals with your overall school improvement plan.b. Materials: The Healthy School Report card (HSRC) guides your school or district through thefour steps of the HSRC process including Organizing, Scoring, Reporting, and Using the Results.Includes a capacity building and needs assessment process of 11 key characteristics required forPage 26Back to Topwww.sparkpe.org| 1 800 SPARK PE | spark@sparkpe.org | SPARKprograms | SPARK_Programs