Wellness Policies Creating healthier school environments

Wellness PoliciesCreating healthier school

environments

Background

What must the policy include?o Goals for nutrition

education, physical activity, nutrition promotion, and other school-based activities to promote student wellness.

o Nutrition Guidelines for all foods available on campus.

o Plan for measuring implementation.

o Designation of one or more SFA officials to monitor compliance

SFA Implementation Responsibilities Required to permit teachers, parents, students, student

nutrition staff, etc. to participate in the development of the LWP.

Required to inform and update the public about the content and implementation of the LWP.

Required to measure periodically, and make available to the public an assessment of the LWP, including:

Include schools that are in compliance Comparison of the LWP to model wellness policies Progress made in attaining LWP goals.All of this information is contained in SP-42-2011, and was

distributed to SFA’s last year through an NSLP Bulletin

Getting Started

**Interactive policy development tool available at www.actionforhealthykids.org **

SA Review of LWP

SA’s are NOT responsible for evaluating the quality of the SFA’s LWP goals or policies.

SA’s ARE responsible for the following:

Ensuring that LWP contain the required elements (listed on slide 3).

SFA has taken the required steps regarding implementation, transparency, public input and availability.

* SA will begin reviewing LWP during the Admin. Review beginning in SY13-14*

Supporting LWP Documentation

Copy of the Local Wellness Policy (LWP)

Documentation that the policy has been made available to the public

Documentation of SFA’s efforts to review & update the local policy

Copy of SFA’s most recent assessment on the implementation of the policy

Review Findings If deficiencies are identified during an Admin

Review:

SFA will be noncompliant with the LWP evaluation.

SA must address through CA SA will provide TA if necessary

Repeated violations that are not corrected could result in withholding of program

payments

SEQUENCE ACTIVITY!

ResourcesAction for Healthy Kidshttp://www.actionforhealthykids.org/resources/wellness-policy-tool

Team Nutritionhttp://teamnutrition.usda.gov/healthy/wellnesspolicy.html

NFSMIhttp://www.nfsmi.org/documentlibraryfiles/PDF/20130228111227.pdf

*additional resources available in packet*

For additional Wellness Policy guidance, please contact:

Veronica Lietz, SFSP/CACFP/NSLP SpecialistP: (907) 465-4788F: (907) 465-8910E-mail: Veronica.Lietz@alaska.gov