School Health Services Leadership Task Force
Client
The Colorado Trust & Colorado Children’s Campaign
Funder
The Colorado Trust
Stakeholders
Teachers; Nurses; Principals; Administrators; Physical Health Providers; Mental Health Providers; Oral Health Providers; Reproductive Health Providers; Policy-Makers; School, Youth, and Health Advocacy Organizations; School Boards, State & County Departments of Health, Education, Human Services, and Health Care Policy & Financing.
Description
In June 2007, The Board of Trustees of The Colorado Trust approved $2.25 million to implement the two-year Colorado School Health Improvement Initiative. The initiative is guided by the vision that students in all Colorado public schools have access to quality, integrated school health services that optimize academic achievement and enhance well-being.
The school health services leadership task force selected the Colorado Children’s Campaign as the lead organization to develop and convene task force and the Center for Systems Integration to facilitate the planning process and provide technical assistance and research existing policies and practices.
The vision for the strategic plan, which was crafted through a School Health Scan in January 2007 and accepted by the task force, is as follows: All students attending Colorado public schools will have access to quality, integrated school health & wellness services that address the needs of the “whole child” to optimize academic achievement & enhance well-being.
The goals outlined in the plan reflect common themes captured through the Q-Sort survey feedback and numerous task force presentations from panelists including local and state representatives of mental health, substance abuse, oral health, school nurses, psychologists, social workers, students, parents, principals, superintendents, school board members, and school executives.
In addition, input was gathered and incorporated from state leaders at the Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Department of Human Services Division of Behavioral Health, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and the Colorado Association of School Executives.
Products
- School Health Leadership Report. Coming Soon! The full report is an extremely large file. It is recommended that you download the report in pieces, which will be linked below soon:
- School Health Leadership Report: Introduction
- School Health Leadership Report: Main Report Body
- School Health Leadership Report: Appendix A. School Health Services in Colorado: An Environmental Scan of Infrastructure, Programs, Policy, and Financing
- School Health Leadership Report: Appendices B through L. Materials from Task Force Meetings including the Logic Model (Appendix G)
- School Health Leadership Report: Appendix M. Task Force Presentations and Minutes
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