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School Wellness Weekly
January 25, 2021
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Community-Building and Partnerships Build Equitable Communities |
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Moving schools to prioritize PE and Health Education instruction, wellness programs and messaging so students feel safe, included, and learn to value their bodies and minds—despite the many historical and contemporary systemic barriers—grounds us in our work. To achieve this aim, it is essential to build community partnerships that strengthen our ideas, our communities, and our schools to be able to implement the DOE Wellness Policy (opens in new window).
We need to raise family and community awareness about the Wellness Policy to get the input of representative students, families, and community partners—especially Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Doing so can help reverse discriminatory practices, focus attention and resources where they are needed, and create long-term conditions that are authentically better for young people and their communities.
As part of the Office of School Wellness Programs’ continuing efforts to build partnerships and community representation, this year:
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We will partner with Hip Hop Public Health (opens in new window) for a three-part, monthly Saturday event series, “Weekend Wellness: Self-Care for Communities and Families,” launching in February. The series aims to engage families in school wellness to raise awareness around self-care skills and concepts central to PE and Health Education that benefit not only students, but their families and communities.
Stay tuned to upcoming issues of School Wellness Weekly for registration information to join wellness experts and hip-hop notables on Saturday mornings for self-care conversations that will cover:
- Vaccine hesitancy and acceptance
- Mental health and physical activity
- Racism and the connection to health/stress
Photo credit: New York City Department of Education partner organization at the DOE's 2018 GSA Summit.
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K-12 PE and Health Education Instructional Toolkit Updates
This month, we updated the toolkits with additional resources for the Personal Health and Safety Unit and Safety and Injury Prevention Unit for Health Education, as well as optional quizzes for PE grades 6-12 offered by the Office of Periodic Assessment via Google Forms. Use these instructional toolkits to plan for in-person and remote learning; we will continue to update them throughout the year. Visit the Blended and Remote Learning page (opens in new window) in our Professional Learning catalog to access all the updated toolkits.
Register for High School Professional Development Day Opportunities
Join your secondary colleagues on Monday, February 1 to connect with other DOE teachers and wellness champions to discuss how to best leverage the power of Physical and Health Education in a virtual space. Visit the High School Professional Development Day page (opens in new window) in the Professional Learning catalog for details and registration.
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K-12 PE Teachers: PE Professional Learning Sessions Just Added
Following last week’s announcement of our new Spring professional learning lineup, sessions filled up fast! The good news: we added more. Check out two new PE sessions for Monday, February 1. Each of the following trainings will now take place at 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.:
- PE Basics 1: Health-Related Fitness for Blended and Remote Learning: Framework for Health-Related Fitness (K-12)
- Physical Education Resource Review: Fitness for Life High School Curriculum
Visit the Professional Learning catalog to register:
Physical Education: Back to Basics
Register for our upcoming live webinars and access On-Demand webinars by visiting our Professional Learning catalog (opens in new window). Teachers can access new webinars that provide the foundational concepts and skills from the PE Basics 1-3 offered in past years.
- On-Demand webinars: Pre-recorded for teachers to review on their own time.
- Live webinars: Interactive sessions allow teachers to ask questions and get answers in real-time.
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Health Education: Back to Basics
We’ve officially launched our Health Education professional learning opportunities for this winter and spring! Visit our Professional Learning catalog (opens in new window) to register for upcoming live webinars and access On-Demand webinars. Teachers can access new webinars that provide the foundational concepts and skills from the Health Ed Basics 1-2 sessions offered in past years.
- On-Demand webinars for Health Ed Basics 1: Pre-recorded for teachers to review on their own time.
- Live webinars: Interactive sessions allow teachers to ask questions and get answers in real-time.
High School Staff: Help Students Access Needed Health Services
Learn how to refer students to local health services; get a better understanding of minors' rights to health care, know how to build relationships with local clinics and make strong referrals, and learn about resources created to help students access health services during blended and remote instruction.
Grades 9-12 Staff NOT Previously Trained in CAP:
Grades 9-12 Staff Previously Trained in CAP:
High School Staff: Condom Availability Program 3-Part Training Series
Build your skills for implementing or enhancing a Condom Availability Program (CAP) in your high school. School staff must complete this training series in order to become CAP-certified and authorized to make health information, referrals to health services, and free condoms available to high school students.
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Building the Wellness Community |
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Still Time to Register: School Wellness Council Virtual Best Practices Webinar on January 26
Wondering how to keep your School Wellness Council goal-focused, motivated, and engaged while meeting remotely? Join School Wellness Council members across the City in a webinar tomorrow, January 26, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. (opens in new window) to explore strategies to keep your council thriving virtually at your school. Learn how to prioritize and adjust wellness goals to meet your school community's needs, and share tips for successfully engaging your school community, including students. All district public school wellness council members are welcome.
Inclusion Is Non-Negotiable: Register for the Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Summit on February 1
- Separate workshops will be offered for students and staff advisors.
- Students and advisors must register individually, and registration will close once the summit has reached capacity.
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