· Interdisciplinary
Collaboration.
Promote interdisciplinary collaboration among those who work to
improve health and academic outcomes for all children and youth.
· Advocacy.
Build capacity to advocate effectively for coordinated school
health and related school and community support systems.
· Professional
Development.
Offer professional development opportunities that
build members' leadership skills and capacity to plan, develop,
coordinate, implement, evaluate, and advocate for effective
school health strategies.
· Research.
Provide opportunities to support, exchange, and disseminate
research that contributes to the implementation of
evidence-based school health strategies.
· Resources.
Acquire, utilize, and maintain human, fiscal, and material
resources that support the mission of the American School Health
Association.
Core Beliefs
The Association maintains the following Core Beliefs.
·
Health
and learning are directly linked and are essential to the
development of healthy, resilient citizens.
·
Schools
are uniquely positioned to help children and youth acquire
life-long, health-promoting knowledge, skills, attitudes, and
behaviors.
·
The most
effective and efficient means of promoting healthy citizens is
through a coordinated, school health approach.
·
Those
working in school health settings should be highly qualified and
practice evidence-based health and education strategies.
·
Schools
should be safe, nurturing environments that facilitate learning
for all.
Size of Membership:
1,500
Publications:
-
Journal of
School Health,
published 12 times a year in
both electronic and hard copy formats.
-
Pulse,
newsletter published bi-monthly.
-
A variety of
publications and resource materials are available concerning
school health problems and program planning.
Projects:
-
Sample of materials
available: a review of evaluated programs in school health;
guides for establishing school health councils, for
sexuality education, and for developing medicine education
for students; suggestions for ways physicians and schools
can work together; an adolescent immunization education
toolkit with DVD and CD and posters; a book on the role
everyone in a school can play in preventing unwanted
adolescent pregnancies; a curriculum supplement on HIV and
AIDS for grades k-1, 2-3, 4-5, and 6; and a DVD with Pat
Cooper on making school health programs work.
-
National guidelines for
protecting and disclosing confidential student health
records, in compliance with HIPAA and FERPA.
-
Sets of articles from past
issues of the Journal of School Health arranged by topic.
-
Advocacy resources including
position statements (resolutions), an advocacy guide,
advocacy materials, and a book and training on ways to
promote school health programs to school administrators and
other school staff.
-
Collaboration with other
national organizations and federal agencies to facilitate
planning and implementation of various aspects
of coordinated school health programs.
-
Field research on factors
involved in successful coordination of school health
programs and on the effectiveness of peer groups in
influencing school tobacco policies.
-
Technical assistance to local
school districts in coordination of school health programs,
curriculum development, needs assessment, evaluation,
program planning, health services, and community and family
linkages.
-
Online professional
development courses that offer CHES continuing education
contact hours.
Meetings:
An
annual meeting is held annually in the fall at various locations
around the United States. In addition, regional meetings are
held.
Next meetings:
-
Hyatt Regency Crowne Center,
Kansas City, MO, October 13-16, 2010
-
Galt House, Louisville KY,
October 12 – 15, 2011
-
Crown Plaza River Walk, San
Antonio, October 10 – 13, 2012
Staff:
Stephen Conley, PhD
Executive Director
301/652-8072, ext. 120
sconley@ashaweb.org
Julie Greenfield, CMP
Conference Planner
301/652-8072, ext. 121
jgreenfield@ashaweb.org
Kate Eig Hurwitz, MPH, CN
Manager of School Health Programs
301/652-8072, ext. 126
kehurwitz@ashaweb.org
Andrea Mocca, BS, CHES
Administrative Assistant
301/652-8072, ext. 124
amocca@ashaweb.org
Heather W. Gibbons
Communications Consultant
816/679-1460
heatherwgibbons@mac.com
Executive Committee
·
President
·
President-elect
·
Chair of
the Finance Committee
·
Board
Representative
·
Executive Director (Non-voting)
Board
·
Executive Committee
·
Chair of
Advocacy
·
Chair of
Councils
·
Chair of
Editorial Board
·
Chair of
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
·
Chair of
Professional Development
·
Chair of
Sections
·
Chair of
Organizational Members
·
Chair of Research
·
Immediate Past President
Up to 4
external board members
House of Delegates
·
President
·
President-Elect
·
Chair of
Advocacy
·
1
Representative of each Section
·
1
Representative of each Council
·
1
Representative of each State/Regional Constituent Organization
·
Members
of Board not already named (non-voting)
·
Parliamentarian (non-voting)
Subsets:
·
5
Sections: Health Educator, School Nurse, School Physician,
Mental and Social Health Professional, School Coordinators
·
11
Issue-oriented Councils
·
13
State-level affiliates
Dues Information:
-
Professional Membership
(Journal) $ 130 / year
-
Institutional (Professional +
4 additional copies of Newsletters) $500/year
-
Basic Membership (electronic
access to Journal of School Health, no hard copy) $750/year
-
Life $1500 (Professional
benefits)
Budget:
Approximately $ 900,000 annually
ORGANIZATION
Delegate:
Mark
A. Temple, Ph.D., CHES
Campus Box 5220, Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-5220
(309) 438-2324; FAX (309) 438-2450
E-mail: matempl@ilstu.edu
Alternate Delegate:
Jeffrey K. Clark, HSD, FASHA
Professor
Dept. of Physiology & Health Science
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Chief Elected Officer:
Jeffrey K. Clark, HSD, FASHA
Professor
Dept. of Physiology & Health Science
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Chief Staff Officer:
Stephen Conley, PhD
Executive Director
301/652-8072, ext. 120
sconley@ashaweb.org
Legislative Liaison:
Beverly Samek, MS, FASHA
Prevention Education Specialist
Crossroads Turning Points, Inc.
Pueblo, CO
