Teacher Survey for Healthy Eating and Active Living Resources Southwestern Alberta Teachers...

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Teacher Survey for

Healthy Eating and Active Living Resources

Southwestern Alberta Teachers Convention 2008


Questionnaire purpose:

• Is there a need / desire for a provincial website that highlights credible healthy eating and active living (HEAL) information and resources FOR TEACHERS?

• What is teacher access to internet?• What are common barriers in accessing resources

for teachers?• What resources are needed/wanted?• What is the best way to get HEAL information to

teachers?


Main resources currently used for HEAL education:

• Canada’s Food Guide

• Alberta Education related resources

• Multiple sources including google searches and school-generated resources


Current Internet Access

• Only 2% of teachers reported NO access to internet

• Over 80% had a combination high/low speed access from home and school

• No one reported only dial-up access


Current Internet Usage• 74% of teachers use the internet to prepare

lesson plans weekly or daily

• 3% never use the internet for lesson plans

• 6% never use the internet for HEAL info or resources

• 60% are satisfied with the information they access


Challenges in using internet resources

58%

2%

17%

1%

15%

7%

other/no answerPreferred other formatsTimeResources Too ExpensiveDetermining credibilityNone

Web barriers


Preferred methods of receiving HEAL resources

31%

29%

3%

11%

12%

5%

7%

other/no answerWeb siteMembership newsletters

Teacher Convention workshops/PD

School based workshop/PD

Conventional mail

Off Campus division workshop/PD

Ranked Top 1 method


How often would teachers access a credible HEAL website?

• 5% said daily

• Almost 50% said weekly

• 25% said monthly


What should be included on website?

• 2% said they were not interested in a website

• Most respondents indicated multiple answers to support: health outcomes for nutrition and active living, DPA supports, cross-curricular outcomes for HEAL


How long teaching?

• 40% of respondents had been teaching over 15 years


What grades teaching?

• 46% of teachers surveyed taught elementary grades


Subjects taught?

• 22% did not teach any HEAL related subjects

• All others taught one or a combination of: DPA, CALM, PE, Food Studies, Health and Life Skills


Use of Implementation Guides

12%

32%

33%

17%

5%

otherNot aware of GuideHealth and Life Skills

Both DPA/Health and Life Skills

DPA

AB Ed Impl Guide use


PE Specialist?

• 77% of teachers surveyed were NOT PE specialists (having a degree in PE or kinesiology).


Where to go from here?• Analyze other regional data

• Combine and analyze provincial data(RHPC’s have collected data from NLHR, Aspen, Calgary, Capital, ??)

• Determine next steps for RHPC’s and Health Regions

• Collaboratively and/or independently?


Chinook Health Promotion Specialists for Healthy Weights

• Lyndsey Robinson – [email protected] Petruk-Vanee – [email protected]

• Jill Lambden – [email protected] Banmann – [email protected]

801-1st Avenue SouthLethbridge, Alberta T1J 4L5Phone: (403) 388-6655 (ext. 3496)

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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