Using Kaiser Permanente’s Planning for the Next Normal at School Playbook
Channel: schoolhealthcenters
Date: 14/10/2020

To assist school and district leaders with specific, evidence-informed guidance and operating procedures for keeping school communities healthy during this challenging time, Kaiser Permanente convened and worked with over 30 nationally recognized and trusted school health organizations to develop a playbook for school reopening — Planning for the Next Normal at School: Keeping students, staff, and families safe and healthy. The playbook chapters, co-authored by the Alliance for Healthier Generation, Action for Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Campaign, SHAPE America, prioritizes considerations of policy, equity, and family and community engagement which can contribute cultivate a healthy, safe, supportive return to school for students, staff, and families. Get oriented on the five chapters of the playbook – including COVID-19 prevention, Mental Health & Well-being, Social Drivers of Health, Physical Education and Physical Activity, and Teacher and Staff Well-Being. Hear how you can use five “starter” plays, or practical strategies and actionable steps per chapter, to address the dimensions of health that are critical for effective teaching and learning in an in-person, virtual, or hybrid environment.
Presenters: Mariah Lafleur, National Program Lead at Kaiser Permanente for Thriving Schools