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Resources | Materials and Tools | How Be Health Promoting School | Rapid Assessment Tool

Introduction

In phase 2 of becoming a health promoting school, you assess your school’s current policies and practices related to health promotion to determine your school community’s needs and priorities.

The SHE rapid assessment tool has been designed to help you in making this assessment. The SHE rapid assessment tool consists of a series of questions related to the whole-school approach. Answering the questions can help you identify what your school already does well, what areas need improvement and what you want to focus on in your health promoting school.

The SHE rapid assessment tool can also be used once your health promoting school is in place. You can compare your answers from the first assessment to those of the second to assess your school’s progress, and it can help you make further adjustments to your health promoting school.

Instructions

We advise you, as a health promoting school working group, to discuss the questions in the SHE rapid assessment tool and reach a consensus

Each question should be approached in two ways:
1. Current: 
the school’s current situation on a three-point scale, 1= not in place; 2 = partly in place; 3 = fully in place. See left-hand columns in the assessment tool labelled current. 
2. Priority: 
the school community gives to the question on a three-point scale, 1 = low/no priority; 2 = medium priority; 3 = high priority. See right-hand columns in the assessment tool labelled priority.

The results of the assessment can be interpreted by looking at the score for each question with regard to current situation and priority level or by calculating the means for current situation and the means for priority level per section. Areas with both a low score/mean on the school’s current situation and a high score/ mean on priority can be the focus of future action in the process of becoming a health promoting school.

1OrientationCurrent (in place)Priority
1.1.Our school has an overview of the current situation regarding students’ health (including physical, mental and social health) and well-being.
1.2.Our school has an overview of the current situation regarding teaching/non-teaching staffs’ health (including physical, mental and social health) and well-being.
1.3.Our school can estimate the current health behaviours (eating and physical activity, sexual activity, drinking, smoking, drugs and hygiene) of our students with regard to age, background and gender.
1.4.Our school has undertaken an assessment of the needs and wishes of students, teaching and non-teaching staff concerning health and well-being (e.g. survey, wish boxes).
1.5.It is known to the whole school community who is responsible for health topics in the school including mental health promotion.
2Healthy school policyCurrent (in place)Priority
2.1.Our school has a written policy on health and well-being of students and teaching/non-teaching staff, including promoting health and well-being and preventing and dealing with health related problems.
2.2.Health and well-being are linked to the educational goals of our school.
2.3.Health and well-being are part of the curriculum of our school.
2.4.Our schools’ approach to health and well-being reflects the views, wishes and needs of the whole school community (students, teaching/non-teaching staff and parents).
2.5.Students, teaching/non-teaching staff and parents are encouraged to participate in the planning and implementation of health related activities in the school.
3School physical environmentCurrent (in place)Priority
3.1.School facilities such as the playground, classrooms, toilets, canteen and corridors are student-friendly, safe, clean and promote hygiene (enough hand soap and paper towels in the toilets) for all students.
3.2.School facilities such as the playground, classrooms, toilets, canteen and corridors are appropriate with regard to age, gender and for students with special needs.
3.3.Students and staff have access to school facilities for physical activity outside school hours.
3.4.All the physical activity facilities and the canteen of our school meet common safety and hygiene standards.
3.5.The route to our school is safe and designed to encourage students to engage in physical activity (e.g. cycling or walking).
3.6.All of the buildings in our school are kept at a comfortable temperature, are well-lit and ventilated.
3.7.The school canteen, the school shop and vending machines offer food and drinks that are healthy and affordable and meet national food standards.
4School social environmentCurrent (in place)Priority
4.1.Our school facilities such as canteen, playground, classrooms and corridors are designed in a pleasant and sociable way.
4.2.Our school offers regular shared activities such as project weeks, festivals, competitions and breakfast clubs that are at least in part designed to promote health and well-being.
4.3.Health education and health promoting activities including opportunities for practicing and developing life skills are included in after- school programmes.
4.4.At school a trusted person is always available for all students who have the need to talk with someone privately when they want to share concerns or thoughts.
4.5.At school there is always a friendly and jovial atmosphere where all students and teaching/non-teaching staff feel comfortable and respected.
4.6.School health professionals (school nurse, social worker or psychologist) are involved in individual and whole school health promotion and work together with the school management to integrate health topics into the school curriculum and policy.
4.7.A support system (services and accommodations) is in place at our school for students with special learning, developmental and physical needs.
4.8.Our school has a system for identifying and referring students with special needs to outside professionals if the student’s needs are beyond the scope of the school’s expertise.
5Health skillsCurrent (in place)Priority
5.1.Our school implements programmes that are focused on individual skills and knowledge of health topics including mental health promotion.
5.2.Our school has clear rules that promote healthy behaviour.
5.3.Activity breaks are regularly included in the school lessons and the school breaks.
6Community linksCurrent (in place)Priority
6.1.Parents of students in our school are active participants in the school community.
6.2.Our school has established a connection with local partners such as sport and youth clubs, community or regional health agencies, counselling services, health insurance companies, restaurants, local shops, etc.
6.3.Our school arranges regular visits to local partners/stakeholders to encourage our students in healthy eating, physical activity, to promote their emotional or social health and development, etc.
7Healthy school staffCurrent (in place)Priority
7.1.Our school offers regular teacher training and capacity building related to promoting health and well-being of the school community.
7.2.There are sufficient resources available to provide the school staff with up to date materials on health topics including mental health promotion.
7.3.Our school promotes a balance between work and private life, a reasonable workload and provides an open environment to discuss work problems and stress.
7.4.New school staff at our school receive mentoring and training to assist them in their professional development.
7.5.The school has a protocol for dealing with recurring staff absenteeism and in helping returning school staff to reintegrate and adjust after a period of sick leave.
7.6.Our school supports school staff in achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, e.g., by creating a healthy enhancing environment.

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