Tools
and Resources
Coordinated School Health
School
Health Advisory Council
Index
- Active Life Movement
- Campus Improvement Plan Guidelines, Checklist and Template
- Coordinated School Program
- Coordinated School Health Guide
- Center of Disease Control Coordinated School Health
- Department of State Health Services School Health Program
- Federal Program Resources
- Healthy Lifestyles Chair, Texas PTA
- HIV Prevention and Resources for SHACs
- Mission, Vision, Goals and ByLaws Resources
- Nutrition Resources
- Program Requirements
- PTA Texas
- Research & Data Resources
- Recess Resources (Legislation, Nutrition, Academics Health,
- Requirements "School Health Statutes"
- Reporting to the School Board PowerPoint and Directive from TEA
- School Health Advisory Council Resources
- School Health Planning Guide for Implementing SHAC
- School Health Index
- SHAC Guide
- SHAC Overview
- Texas Child Nutrition Policy
- Texas Education Agency, School Health
- Texas School Health Advisory Committee
- Wellness Policy and Guidelines
- Wellness Checklist for Schools
School Health Advisory Council Resources
- Action for Healthy Kids: Criteria for Evaluating School-Based Approaches to Increasing Good Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Action for Healthy Kids: Executive Summary
- Action for Healthy Kids: The Value of Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity in Our Schools
- Brain Research: Advocacy: A Case for Daily Quality Physical Education
- Coordinated School Health Program
- Healthy Schools and Healthy Youth Web site resources to plan, assess, and improve your school health programs
- Improving the Health of Adolescents & Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities--designed to help guide state and local agencies and organizations through public health processes that address important adolescent health and safety issues.
- Making It Happen! Tackling Nutrition and Physical Inactivity of School Age Children --joint project of USDA's Nutrition and Department of Health and Human Services' Centers of Disease for Control and Prevention
- School Health Advisory Overview
- School Health Advisory Council Guidebook
- School Health Index module from CDC an easy to use self-assessment and planning tool that enables schools to identify strengths and weakness
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Action for Healthy Kids
- Center of Disease Control Coordinated School Health
- Coordinated School Health
- Coordinated School Health Guidebook
- Healthy Schools and Healthy Youth Web site
- Improving the Health of Adolescents & Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities--designed to help guide state and local agencies and organizations through public health processes that address important adolescent health and safety issues.
- Overweight and Physical Activity Report 2006
- Program Department of State Health Services: Coordinate School Health
- PTA Resources
- Recess Resources
- TSHAC Template for district recess policy
- TSHAC Recommendations for Recess and Physical Activity
- School Health Mandates
- Pass and Catch Improves Academic Achievement
Coordinated School Health Funding and Grants - Take Action
- Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
School
Health Index Modules: 
- Elementary School School Health Index Modules
- Middle School -High School School Health Index Modules
School
Health Advisory Council: Planning Guide for Implementing
5 Step
Approach to Planning, Developing, Maintaining and Evaluating School Health
Council
Sample Web sites
- Action for Healthy Kids
- Action for Healthy Kids Recess link
- Austin ISD SHAC web page
- Austin ISD SHAC Law Page
- Austin ISD ByLaws
- Austin ISD Meetings and Membership
- Austin ISD SHAC Flyer
- Examples of Committees in Austin ISD
- The work of the SHAC is carried out by its committees. These committees include:
- Austin ISD Physical Education web page
- Belton ISD web page
- Belton ISD SHAC web page (sample of minutes posted)
- Coordinated School Health link to DSHS
- Department of State Health Services-School Health Programs
- Lufkin ISD ByLaws SHAC
- Plano ISD web page
- Plano ISD Physical Education: FitnessGram, TEKS, PE Central
- Plano ISD Health Advisory Committee
- Recess Policy PowerPoint
- Round Rock ISD web page links to their Physical Education/Wellness page
- Round Rock ISD Coordinated School Health web page
- Sterling City ByLaws
- Texas PTA resources for Healthy Lifestyle
- Valley Mills ISD web page
- Wellness Policy: Steps for Developing a Successful Wellness Policy
- West ISD web page posting of Recess Policy
- West ISD SHAC web page
- Bienestar School-Based: Impact of Bienestar School Based Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Program a Fasting Capillary Glucose Levels (RESEARCH)
- Center of Disease Control and Prevention. A Coordinated School Health Program
- Fit Healthy Ready to Learn--Great guide from National Board of Education
- NEEMA: A School-Based Diabetes Risk Prevention Program Designed for African-American Children
- School Health Information--Primer on School Health (American Cancer)
- Texas Cancer Data Center (TCDC)
- USDA 2005 Dietary Guidelines
- Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 Public Law 108-265
- Dish on Serving Up Healthy Meals for Kids Spanish
- Elementary School Nutrition Policy Guidelines
- Fast Fuel and Fun
- Fit Healthy Ready to Learn--Great guide from National Board of Education
- Fuel to Plan 60 NFL Wellness Kit
- NFL Rush Play 60 Movement Parent Resources
- High School Nutrition Policy Guidelines
- Lesson Plans for Older Students
- Lesson Plans for Younger Students
- Middle School Nutrition Policy Guidelines
- NETx Lesson on Nutrition (resources of lesson plans for all grades)
- Nutritious Snacks
- Square Meals--great tools for parents, administrators and teachers
- Developing Healthy Lifestyles program
- Awards for Excellence in Texas School Health
- Healthier US School Challenge
- The President's Challenge
- Grants: Texas Parks and Wildlife Grants for Schools
- Texas PTA Advocates The Whole Child
- Texas PTA Does Your School District have a SHAC?
- Texas PTA Food for Thought
- Texas PTA Fit, Healthy and Ready to Learn
Wellness Policy and Guidelines
- Wellness Policy Guidance- Developed in collaboration with the CDC and the U.S. Department of Education, this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Web site provides information on how to create, implement, and evaluate wellness policies that meet the requirements of federal law.
- Local Wellness Policy Tools and Resources
- Action for Healthy Kids Wellness Tool
- Additional Resources for Wellness Programs
- Model Wellness Program
- Model Wellness Policy
- NETx Lesson on Nutrition for Coordinated School Health
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- PTA Recommendations for Developing Healthy Lifestyles program
- Supporting Organizations for Resources and Materials
- Wellness Policy Self Audit Form
- Wellness Checklist for Schools
- Wellness Policy and Guidance Resources