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Back-to
School Campaign 2008!
The ICSHC is excited to launch our 2008
Back-to-School campaign! We know the fall is a busy time for school
health centers, so we are encouraging you to reach out to your schools
NOW, so you’ll experience a successful year of school and school health
collaborations. Ask your principals and lead school staff to get on the
agenda for school meetings now! It only takes 5-10 minutes to educate
and remind people about all your school health center has to offer.
This year’s goals are:
1.)
Collect one school health center
endorsement from leadership within your school. This
could be a principal, assistant principal or superintendent
2.)
Present at a school meeting
3.)
Use the School Health Center
PowerPoint presentation (Very easy to use- the presentation
is already done for you!)
Resources:
1.)
School Health Center Endorsement Form
2.)
Suggestions on how to outreach to
your school
3.)
Power Point
Presentation for Educators (for video clips, please contact Megan at
merskine@ilmaternal.org or at 312-491-8161).
4.)
Power Point Tracking Form
Advocacy Day 2008
On April 9, 2008 over
220 students, teachers, parents, providers, and ICSHC members and
partners from 17 different schools gathered in Springfield to voice
their support for school health centers. Nearly 190 students from across
the state participated an advocacy training, a rally, and a trip to the
Capitol to speak with their legislators about school health center
funding. Thank you to all who helped lead the day. Please view photos
from photographer Katie Stapely at here.
If you would like to
contact Katie to inquire about her photography, please email her
kstapely@gmail.com or visit her website at:
http://www.katiestapely.com
School
Health Center Conference 2008
The Illinois Coalition for School Health Center held its annual
conference, Collaboration, Community, Commitment, at the President
Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Convention Center in Springfield on May 15th
and 16th. School-based health care professionals and partners from
across Illinois gathered to
advocate for the school health center model, exchange ideas and learn
newtechniques and procedures for their school health centers. This year
marked a milestone for the ICSHC, as they introduced their first-ever
Youth Advisory Council during the Keynote Session. The ICSHC also handed
out their annual Oustanding Leadership Award to Laurie Odell and Dr.
Cynthia Mears of the Uplift School Health Center in Chicago. Attendees
also participated in a School Health Center 101 Pre-Conference and a
State Capitol Day, where attendees were able to speak to their elected
officials
about the importance of supporting school health centers. To view
pictures from the conference please go
here.
New Marketing Tool Available
The ICSHC has developed a new marketing tool
called "Why Care" along with a Report Card that gives Illinois school
health center statistics and demograhphics for Fiscal Year 2007. Each
school health center will receive 25 free "Why Care" booklets after
which, they will be available at a minimal
cost. "Why Care" can also be accessed on-line. Please follow the link
below to download the marketing tool, the Illinois School Health Center
Report Card and the Report Card Talking Points. Contact Megan Erskine at
312-491-8161 or
icshc@ilmaternal.org to have a copy sent to your organization or to
order more copies for your school health center.
Click here to view and download
marketing tools.
CQI plan for School Health
Centers
The
statewide CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) Plan for FY09 will
include a new Mental Health Component, along with the Medical Indicators
Update. Please visit the Resources page
to read an overview on this year's CQI process. Contact Sue Murray,
ICSHC Program Consultant, at
smurray@ilmaternal.org
for more information.
New
Online Forum for Illinois School Health Centers!
There is now a new way for the Illinois
school health center field to communicate with each other! The Yahoo
group is an open forum for school health center providers, staff,
partners and supporters to post questions, information and initiate
collaborations. The Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers will
also post upcoming events, meetings and action alerts to keep the
Illinois school health center community up- to- date with happenings
around the state. Signing up and participating in the group is easy!
Please go here
for instructions. Please do not hesitate to contact Megan Erskine at 312-491-8161 or
merskine@ilmaternal.org for more
information.
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