School Wellness Policies Web Seminar

October 16, 2008 – Want to know if your school’s wellness policies are working?  Register for the upcoming web seminar offered by the District Administration Magazine: “School Wellness Policies: Do you have one – and is it working?”

When: Tuesday, October 21, 2:00 to 3:00 pm ET

Content: The web seminar’s main objective is to help schools better evaluate their wellness policies.  The web seminar will answer the following questions:

1)      Why should you assess your school wellness policy?

2)      How can a district measure the success of its wellness policy?

3)      What tools are available to help school wellness? and

4)      What role should physical activity play in a school wellness policy?

Who can benefit:  School board members and other district stakeholder, superintendents, school-based administrators, health curriculum coordinators, athletic directors, physical education coordinators, and food service administrators.   

Featured speakers:  Richard A. Abramson, Superintendent in Maine; Leslie Lytle, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of MN; and Greg Welk, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University. 

Attendees will be able to submit questions to speakers via chat mode within the Q&A portion of the web seminar. 

Please note that space is limited.  To register, click here. 

 Source: District Administrator website.