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News from your Executive Director
Week ending 4 June 2010
- US Department of Education to Announce Safe and Supportive Schools Pilot Grants
This month, the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools will announce pilot grants for Safe and Supportive Schools. Pending approval, $165 million will be available to school systems to conduct school climate surveys as well as implement immediate interventions using the data. Stay tuned for more information!
- 2009 YRBSS Results Released!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is pleased to announce the release of the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance MMWR Surveillance Summaryand the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data. The MMWR Surveillance Summarywill be available todayat approximately 12:00 PM ET at www.cdc.gov/yrbss. Attached is a questions and answers documentand a press release.
The MMWR Surveillance Summary includes results from the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey and results from 42 state and 20 local Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. The Surveillance Summary, updated fact sheets, 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey data file, and 2009 technical documentation are available at www.cdc.gov/yrbss.
Youth Online, a web-based, YRBS data exploration system, has also been significantly updated and improved. Important new features include the ability to look at data across all sites simultaneously, to run t-tests for subgroup differences, and to filter data by grade, sex, or race/ethnicity. During the next few months, DASH will provide a series of webinars introducing the new Youth Online features and showing how they can be applied in program activities. More information about the webinars will be distributed soon. You may access the new Youth Online from www.cdc.gov/yrbss. Make sure to check it out!
Additionally, DASH has created the YRBS Data Widget, a small web program that you can put right on your agency’s web page to help disseminate YRBS results quickly and conveniently. It displays YRBS results from the site you choose for selected behaviors and provides links to the new and improved Youth Online for users who want more details. More information about the YRBS Data Widget will be available at www.cdc.gov/widgets on June 3.
For additional information, please contact Danice Eaton, PhD, Division of Adolescent and School Health, at 770-488-6143.
3. NASBHC's 2010 National School-Based Health Care Convention is Going Live
NASBHC is celebrating our 15th anniversary by taking our Convention in to the digital age!
Nothing beats being there in person. But -- in recognition of the budget constraints many in the SBHC field are facing -- for the first time this year those who can't attend the Convention will be able to watch a LIVE video stream of all three plenary sessions.
Plus, whether at the Convention or at home you can exchange your ideas, experiences, and opinions by reading and writing blogs and posting on Twitter and Facebook. NASBHC's Social Media Fellows will be available at the Convention to answer your questions and show you how to get involved!
Check NASBHC's brand new Convention blog at www.nasbhc.blogspot.com for the latest details and updates.
- Society Partner AMCHP Announces Webinar Series
AMCHP ADOLESCENT HEALTH INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR SERIES – June 23rd & June 29th from 2-3:30pm EDT
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) cordially invites you to participate in a two-part Adolescent Health Information Series:
Addressing Youth Sexual Health Collaboratively!
Leveraging the Expertise and Experience of Health and Education Departments to Collaboratively Improve School-Based Sexual Health Programs for Youth
Collaboration is a process that gets people to work together in new ways and can empower people and systems to change and to work more effectively. In theory, we know the value of collaboration–that working together provides opportunities to achieve results that we may not be able to achieve alone–yet communicating the value or outcomes of collaboration can be challenging. Communicating collaboration 'success stories', then, is critically important when the inevitable question gets asked about why we are investing in collaboration. This webinar series will focus on national and state-level experiences and perspectives related to how state health and education departments have effectively worked together to improve programs and policies for youth. The esteemed speakers will share their experiences and lessons learned from working with the public health and education communities and provide strategies and tools for helping to build more effective partnerships to improve school-based sexual health programs for youth
WEDNESDAY, June 23rd from 2-3:30pm EDT
Webinar 1: The Value of Collaborating between State Health Agencies and State Education Agencies: How do you get commitment and buy-in?
Featuring:
Kurt Conklin, MPH, CHES
School Health Project Coordinator
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
And
Jenny Mayfield
Adolescent Health Coordinator
Utah Department of Health
To register click here
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TUESDAY, June 29th from 2-3:30pm EDT
Webinar 2: Collaboration between State Health Agencies and State Education Agencies: How can you work together more effectively to improve school health programs?
Featuring
Marjorie Benjamin
Project Director and CHEN List Manager
American School Health Association (ASHA)
Marcia A. Rubin, PhD, MPH, FASHA
Director of Sponsored Programs
American School Health Association (ASHA)
And
Patti Van Tuinen
Adolescent Health Coordinator
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
To register click here
Note: Please register early as there are a limited number of spots. If you are unable to attend, the recording will be available on the AMCHP website, www.amchp.org/Events/adolescent-health-info-series/Pages/default.aspx, by June 31st.
This webinar is supported by AMCHP’s CDC-DASH Cooperative Agreement U58DP000387-04. All content is solely the responsibility of the AMCHP and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If you have any questions please contact Lissa Pressfield at lpressfield@amchp.org.
- Common Core Standards Released
NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION AND STATE EDUCATION CHIEFS LAUNCH COMMON STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS
Robust standards drafted by teachers, content experts, and leading researchers are the cornerstone of a state led effort to turn our nation’s schools around.
Suwanee, GA – June 2, 2010 – Today, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released a set of state-led education standards, the Common Core State Standards, at Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, GA. The English-language arts and mathematics standards for grades K-12 were developed in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders including content experts, states, teachers, school administrators and parents. The standards establish clear and consistent goals for learning that will prepare America’s children for success in college and work.
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