It has been our privilege to provide professional development events for our fellow CDC funded partners over the last four years. Sadly, due to budget cuts at CDC, NPD is not funded for our final year. The good news is that you can still access our NPD website, which will remain online until Summer of 2013. This includes Ask Us About stories submitted by funded partners, which highlight the important work going on everyday at sites across the country.
We appreciate your active and thoughtful participation in our events and we hope that you continue to collaborate, share, and learn from each other as you strengthen your practice.
Holly Alperin and Kim Coates NPD Partners
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the San Francisco Unified School District are funded by CDC to improve the capacity of CDC/DASH-funded agencies and to effectively implement programs through national professional development events, trainings, and follow-up technical assistance.
National Professional Development efforts include:
Developing a collaborative relationship to share resources, coordinate professional development events, and provide follow-up support.
Launching a new website in an effort to stay connected with funded partners before, during and after all professional development events.
Collecting needs assessment data from funded partners in an effort to offer opportunities best suited to the needs of funded agencies.
Working together to provide at least 3 professional development events for partners funded to implement Coordinated School Health Programs, HIV prevention programs, and asthma management programs by February 2013.
Evaluating the outcomes of professional development events to inform the planning and improvement of future events.
The NPD partners are charged with addressing the Priority Areas of Asthma Management, Coordinated School Health (CSH) and HIV prevention. Below is a brief explanation of each of the funding priorities.
CDC provides funding for local education agencies to help school districts and schools implement effective policies, programs, and practices to prevent and reduce asthma episodes and absences among students with asthma.
Partnering with local health agencies to ensure complementary asthma management activities.
Providing tools and training to help schools implement effective policies and practices, including use of asthma management tools, delivery of culturally appropriate instruction, and use of school and community-based asthma management resources.
Developing and disseminating policies related to preventing and reducing asthma episodes and absences.
Identifying youth at greatest risk for asthma episodes and absences and focusing efforts on implementing strategies to reduce their risk.
Coordinating asthma management efforts with other school health programs.
Involving youth in planning, delivering, and evaluating asthma management programs.
Documenting the impact of program activities by monitoring the percentage of schools that are implementing effective asthma management policies, programs, and practices.
CDC provides funding for state and territorial education agencies and tribal governments to help school districts and schools implement a Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP), and, through this approach, increase effectiveness of policies, programs, and practices to promote physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco-use prevention (PANT) among students.
A CSHP is a planned, organized set of health-related programs, policies, and services coordinated to meet the health and safety needs of K-12 students at both the school district and individual school building levels. It is comprised of multiple components that can influence health and learning, which include health education; physical education; health services; nutrition services; counseling and psychological services; a healthy school environment; family/community involvement; and health promotion for staff.
CDC/DASH-funded partners are
Partnering with health agencies to share decision making and responsibilities for implementing policies and practices.
Providing tools and training to help schools and school districts implement effective policies and practices to establish and strengthen CSHP, promote physical activity and healthy eating, and reduce tobacco use.
Developing and disseminating policies to promote and improve
o School health councils and school health coordinators in local school districts.
o Health education curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
o Physical education curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
o Opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating.
o Tobacco use prevention.
Identifying youth at greatest risk for inactivity, unhealthy dietary patterns, and tobacco use and focusing efforts on implementing strategies to reduce their risk.
Involving youth in planning, delivering, and evaluating CSHPs and efforts to promote PANT.
Documenting the impact of program activities by monitoring the percentage of schools that are implementing effective CSHP and PANT policies, programs, and practices.
CDC provides funding for state, territorial, and local education agencies and tribal governments to help school districts and schools implement effective policies, programs, and practices to avoid, prevent, and reduce sexual risk behaviors among students that contribute to HIV infection.
Partnering with health agencies to ensure that school-based HIV prevention education activities are complementary to community-based HIV prevention activities.
Providing tools and training to help schools implement effective policies, programs, and practices to prevent and reduce sexual risk behaviors among students.
Developing and disseminating policies related to HIV prevention education, infection control/universal precautions, confidentiality of HIV-infected students and staff, and other relevant HIV prevention issues.
Identifying youth at greatest risk for HIV infection and focusing efforts on implementing strategies to reduce their risk.
Involving youth in planning, delivering, and evaluating HIV prevention education programs.
Integrating HIV prevention education with efforts to implement coordinated school health programs, prevent other STDs and unintended pregnancy, and reduce alcohol and other drug use.
Documenting the impact of program activities by monitoring the percentage of schools that are implementing effective HIV prevention education policies, programs, and practices.
CDC believes that the specific scope and content of HIV prevention education programs in schools should be locally determined and should be consistent with parental and community values. CDC supports local decision-making by providing sound scientific information to grantees who work directly with schools, communities, and parents.
