Wellness Champions in Your School

  • Wellness Champions

     

    Join the Movement . . . Become a Wellness Champion

    What is a Wellness Champion?  A Wellness Champion is an active member of the school community, with a commitment to creating a healthier school environment for both students and staff.

    What are a Wellness Champion's responsibilities?  Champions are charged with promoting and implementing the district’s Wellness Policy (533.00) through the following steps:

  • Wellness Action Plan

    Working with a building wellness committee or solo, the wellness champion creates an annual wellness action plan for their building.

  • Wellness Action Plan Evaluation

    The Wellness Champions determine a way to evaluate the various wellness initiatives planned for in the annual Action Plan and at the end of the school year, they evaluate how they measured up overall. This is usually done through a short report, distributed by the Wellness Champions Lead.

  • Allocation of Wellness Funds

    Working alone or with their Wellness Committee or certain building specialists (like the Physical Education Specialist), the Wellness Champion determines how to utilize the wellness funds that are released to their program, upon completion of the Wellness Action Plan. The Wellness Champion works with the Wellness Champion Lead in ordering products and no services or products may be purchased without the Wellness Champion lead's approval

  • Information Liaison

    The Wellness Champion serves their building as a liaison and source of information for the various wellness programs and opportunities occurring throughout the district, as well as promoting wellness newsletters, such as the monthly Wellness Champions and School Support newsletters.

     

    Wellness Champions participate in an annual training session in the fall.  At these trainings, Wellness Champions come together as a group, with the opportunity to be recognized for their work, exchange ideas, and to receive information on any new wellness initiatives and potential funding opportunities.  They are also introduced to community partners and given time to start formulating their site’s yearly Wellness Action Plan.  

    How do you become a Wellness Champion?  If interested, please contact your building administrator.