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Objectives | Program Elements | Funding | Evaluation | Project Partners

The Nutrition Education Project (NEP) in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is administered through the School Health Programs Department.

The project is currently at 18 elementary schools:

Bessie Carmichael
Bret Harte
Dr. William Cobb
El Dorado
E. R. Taylor
Francis Scott Key
George Moscone
Harvey Milk Civil Rights   Academy
Hillcrest

Jose Ortega
Junipero Serra
Leonard Flynn
Malcolm X Academy
Mission Education Center
Sheridan
Sherman
Rosa Parks
Ulloa

In addition, the Project supports other low income elementary, middle and high schools by providing professional development and nutrition education resources.

 

Nutrition Education Project Objectives

  • Educate children about the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables every day and being physically active for 60 minutes a day
  • Empower classroom teachers and after school staff to integrate nutrition education and physical activity into classroom culture and lessons
  • Support SFUSD Nutrition and Physical Education policy by working with school sites to develop school procedures around healthy eating
  • Increase family awareness and participation related to nutrition and physical activity
  • Promote participation in the National School Lunch Program

 

Program Elements

School site nutrition coordinators are responsible for:

Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Promotion in the classroom

  • Model comprehensive nutrition lessons which incorporate California Challenge Health Education Standards and Nutrition Competencies while linking to SFUSD academic standards
  • Provide demonstration and tasting of healthy foods utilizing a mobile cooking cart
  • Promote physical activity through modeling of games and activities such as SPARK (pdf)

 

Teacher Support

  • Provide professional development on nutrition education and physical activity promotion
  • Facilitate field trips to farmer’s markets or gardens

 

School wide Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Promotion

  • Promote SFUSD Nutrition and Physical Education Policy
  • Provide fruit and vegetable tasting activities
  • Increase participation in National School Lunch Program
  • Spearhead site-based committee for environmental change

 

Family Outreach

  • Coordinate school-based Family Health Nights to promote nutrition and physical activity
  • Provide parent/caregiver workshops on nutrition education and physical activity promotion
  • Publish a quarterly nutrition newsletter
  • Organize a school and community social marketing campaign promoting increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.

 

 Funding

This material was funded by USDAs Food Stamp Program through the California Department of Public Health's Network for a Healthy California. These institutions are equal opportunity providers and employers. The Food Stamp Program provides nutrition assistance to people with low income. It can help buy nutritious foods for a better diet. For information on the Food Stamp Program, call 1-888-328-3483. © California Department of Public Health 2007.

 

Evaluation

The local evaluation of San Francisco Unified School District ’s Nutrition Education Project features outcome and process evaluation components to measure project effectiveness and to assess the extent of implementation, coverage, fidelity, and reaction. Following a need/resource assessment, a site-based nutrition committee develops a plan reflecting the school environment. Results from student, staff and parent surveys, along with other evaluation tools, are used to monitor program effectiveness.

 

Project Partners

 

 

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