Activities
The COI Schools & After-school Workgroup is comprised of public health, community organizations, health advocates, and school and after-school representatives that support schools in establishing and implementing policies and programs that foster a healthy, active, thriving, and academically successful school culture, climate, and community. Partners participating in the COI Schools & After-school Workgroup work with the schools and after-school domain to:
- Provide a monthly forum for sharing and coordinating school wellness resources and activities
- Advocate for school policy and environmental change with school and community stakeholders
- Provide district representatives to serve as liaisons between the domain and school districts to provide technical assistance and resources to further wellness policy development and implementation
- Provide training, on-going communication and resources to school district wellness policy leads, wellness committees, parents, students, charter schools, out-of-school providers, and other community-based organizations
- Monitor and track wellness policies and LCAPs from school districts throughout San Diego
- County for the purpose of identifying and sharing best practice language and policy improvements
- Coordinate with the San Diego County Farm to School Taskforce to increase procurement and consumption of local, healthful, seasonal foods and to improve food literacy within schools
- Support projects in other COI domains related to school and after-school wellness
Key Focus Areas for the Next Two Years
The Schools & After-school Workgroup identified four focus areas for the next two years:
- Continuing to support implementation and assessment of progress of School Wellness Policies
- Increasing after-school integration with wellness work
- Supporting Safe Routes to School/Vision Zero
- Continue providing a forum for partner education and collaboration