Pillars of HSC
Education Reform Act
Essential Conditions
Quotable Quotes
Community Partners
100
An internationally recognized approach to supporting improvements in students’ educational outcomes while addressing school health in a planned, integrated and holistic way.
What is Comprehensive School Health, or Health Promoting Schools?
100
The purpose of this Act is to provide for a publicly funded school system whose primary mandate is to provide education programs and services for students to enable them to develop their potential and acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to contribute to a healthy society and a prosperous and sustainable economy.
What is the Education Act?
100
This group of young people are the heart of any HPS project and their enthusiasm and energy creates increased engagement. In the home environment, they are the drivers of change and can help engage parents through their buy-in.
Who are students as change agents?
100
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
These municipal departments provide a wide range of community programs and services to students and their families, including after school physical activity and nature programs.
What are Recreation Departments?
200
Students gain age-appropriate knowledge and experiences, helping to build skills to improve their health, well-being, and learning outcomes.
What is Teaching and Learning?
200
School Board Superintendents will be receiving this new job title.
What is a Regional Executive Director?
200
This condition recognizes that interventions need to be customized to meet the needs of the school. Interventions should be flexible, build on the school's strengths and assets, be tailored based on school-specific evidence, and provide a sense of school ownership.
What is school-specific autonomy?
200
"I loved growing up in Canada. It's a great place to grow up because - well, at least where I grew up - it's very multicultural. There's also good health care and a good education system."
Who is Ryan Gosling?
200
This provincial unit has had many name changes over the years, but has long been a partner in Health Promoting Schools.
What is Communities, Culture and Heritage?
300
Examples of this pillar include the quality of the relationships among and between staff and students in the school, and the buildings, grounds, play space, and equipment in and surrounding the school.
What are Social and Physical Environments?
300
After April 1, 2018, these 3 words will replace "School Board."
What is "Centre for Education"?
300
These individuals are seen to play an invaluable role throughout HPS and are a key stakeholder in facilitating a culture shift within a school community. The key is that they are actively engaged, rather than merely supporters of school health champions and offering passive buy-in.
What is demonstrated administrative leadership by school principals?
300
"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."
Martin Luther King Jr.
300
These committed groups of volunteers support the work of the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) by advising on local perspectives, trends, issues, and priorities. They contribute to health-system accountability by facilitating an exchange of information and feedback between the community and the NSHA.
What are Community Health Boards?
400
Community organizations supporting school activities, student safety, risk interventions, or curriculum enhance the range of supports and opportunities for students, parents, educators, and others.
What are Partnerships and Services?
400
An area established in accordance with the Education Act and the regulations over which a regional centre exercises jurisdiction.
What is a school region?
400
Not necessarily Principals, these individuals are imperative from a leadership perspective and for getting projects up and running and ongoing integration of HPS in schools; however, buy-in from all school staff is crucial for sustainability.
What is a dedicated champion to engage school staff?
400
"By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done."
Who is Buffy Sainte-Marie?
400
These NSHA staff collaborate with numerous partners and stakeholders to undertake initiatives that broaden awareness and action related to mental health disorders, harmful substance use or gambling. These initiatives include knowledge exchange and transfer, social marketing and communications, and the development of healthy public policy for community.
Who are Mental Health and Addictions - Health Promotion staff?
500
Management practices, decision-making processes, rules, procedures, and guidelines at all levels that promote student wellness and achievement, and shape a respectful, welcoming, and caring school environment for all members of the school community.
What is Policy?
500
The role of these councils shall be to assist a regional centre to ensure that the regional centre's public schools and related services are meeting the needs of the communities and regions they serve.
What are School Advisory Councils?
500
Establishing strong internal and external relationships and building partnerships with the community play a key role in the success of HPS, especially before and during implementation. This core condition can strengthen the type of programs schools are able to offer.
What is community support?
500
“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”
Who is John Dewey?
500
This program makes schools the hub of the community where students and families can get the services they need in a welcoming and accessible place. It brings together representatives from government departments and community organizations to make it easier to collaborate on behalf of children, youth, and families to meet an individual need or deliver a program.
What is SchoolsPlus?