Healthy Active Children Policy Trainings

The amendment to the Healthy Active Children Policy was adopted by the State Board of Education on April 7, 2005 to help promote a physically active environment for North Carolina students during the school day.  The policy requires a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day for all K-8 students.  The North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission (HWTFC) is supporting implementation of the HAC policy by sponsoring elementary and middle school teacher trainings and has also developed a content-rich web site (www.FitKidsNC.com) to provide resources to aid implementation. The regional trainings, administered by Be Active North Carolina, in partnership with the NC Department of Public Instruction, concentrate on providing the teachers with the necessary resources to implement daily physical activity into the their classroom curriculum. 

Over the past month, Be Active North Carolina has conducted 8 statewide regional trainings to promote a train-the-trainer model.  Teachers who have completed the trainings are labeled Healthy Active Children (HAC) Trainers, and will facilitate trainings in their home schools and districts.  Be Active North Carolina will work with Central Office Contacts to schedule these local trainings during the 2006-2007 academic year.  Trainers will use the information that was provided at the regional trainings to help all K-8 teachers become more familiar with the HAC policy and the resources available to them.

Available Resources

Energizers®: Designed by the Activity Promotion Laboratory at East Carolina University.

Fit Kids Website: This web site delivers curriculum-support classroom activities to teachers to facilitate integration of physical activity into the standard course of study. Users will find approximately 100 newly created and adapted materials for elementary and middle school teachers, instructional video for some activities and additional resources to support physical activity during the school day. The web site has been developed by the Health and Wellness Trust Fund through grants to the NC Department of Public Instruction, East Carolina University and The Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Superintendents/Central Office Contacts
Principals
School Health Advisory Council (SHAC)
Trainers