SL presentation2008[1]

Appletree Early Learning Public Charter School

Faculty Team Leader: Mary Beth Levin, MPH SL Team Members: Hannah Brotzman, Lizzie Kander, Colleen Kershaw, Lesley Russell, Maddy Wolfert, Sarah Zerzan Key Community Partners: Faculty and Staff of Appletree Early Learning Public Charter School, Principal Kelly Cannon

Community Audience

• 3-4 year-olds

• Charter School

• Ward 6

• SW DC

• Almost exclusively African-American

Our Focus• Diet

oexposure o food hierarchy

• Fitness and Exerciseoany movement is exercise

• Basic Sanitation• Introducing concepts of health and body-

awareness

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Methods/Approaches• Diet: Thanksgiving dinner, Fruits and Vegetables

Party, Pumpkin Day• Fitness/Exercise: Good activity/Bad activity,

Activity Demonstrations• Sanitation: Germs, Toothbrushes• Health, Body Awareness: Stethoscopes,

Weighing, Tracing body outlines (showing heart, bones, etc.)

• Books/Stories—Reinforcement

Results

• Good retention of material o Wrap-up Dayo Pumpkin Seedso Identification of “sometimes” and “always” foodso Progress regarding recall and recognition of healthy foods, as

well as understanding of different forms of exercise and physical fitness

Site Special Characteristics

• Neighborhoodo Mix of influenceso One grocery storeo Low income housingo Abundance of churches

• Appletree o Focused on development of the whole childo Helpful Staff

Stickers/ nametags Presence Reinforcement

Novel Approaches

• Challenge: Teaching the advanced concept of bacteria and importance of hygiene o Using basic languageo Communicating intangible conceptso Making health lesson into engaging game to address short

attention spans, behavioral issueso Meeting overall challenge of health education

We Were Emotionally Affected by:

• Economic status of the communityo Access to healthy foods

• Disparities between childreno Differences in developmento Addressed with literature for parents

• Impact on childreno Excitement o Lasting impressions

How Are We Different?

• Understanding of need for health education• Realization of potential impact• More experience working with kids• Experience in role of educator

Improvement for Future Teams

• Use ideas from previous years!• Determine behavioral issues before forming groups• Design activities to keep kids engaged• Ask for staff support from the beginning • Establish discipline at the outset• Maintain small Med Student: Appletree Student ratio• Repeat concepts for reinforcement

Conclusion

"The mission of AELPCS is to provide young children with the social, emotional and cognitive foundations that will enable them to succeed in school." Appletree Early Learning Mission Statement

CURA PERSONALIS!

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