Leadership for Healthy Communities - Healthy Schools and the Economic Stimulus Webinar Presentations

Healthy Schools and the Economic Stimulus Webinar Presentations

This webinar provided an opportunity for school administrators to learn about how funds from the economic stimulus can be used to make their schools healthier. The event featured staff from Leadership for Healthy Communities and the RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, national programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the American Association of School Administrators. Roel Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District in Texas, will also discuss his plans for using stimulus funds to create wellness centers in Rio Grande City, Texas.

The webinar featured the following speakers:

Moderator
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Ph.D., Director, Leadership for Healthy Communities

Welcome
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Ph.D., Director, Leadership for Healthy Communities
Joe Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Director, RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Rebecca Roberts, M.S., Project Director, American Association of School Administrators

Opportunities for Healthy Schools Provided by the Economic Stimulus
Melissa Maitin-Shepard, Policy and Program Associate, Leadership for Healthy Communities

School Policy Options to Complement Stimulus Opportunities
Joe Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Director, RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity

The Policy-Maker Perspective
School Superintendent Roel Gonzalez, Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District, Rio Grande City, Tex.

Q&A
All panelists
Mary Kusler, Assistant Director of Government Relations, American Association of School Administrators

File Name:

1. Introduction.pdf, Joe Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Director, RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Introduction
2. Opportunities for Healthy Schools Provided by the Economic Stimulus.pdf, Melissa Maitin-Shepard, Policy and Program Associate, Leadership for Healthy Communities
3. School Policy Options to Complement Stimulus Opportunities.pdf, Joe Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Director, RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity
4. Action Strategies for Healthy Communities Toolkit-Part_1 and Action Strategies for Heatlhy Communities Toolkit Part 2.pdf, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Ph.D., Director, Leadership for Healthy Communities