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Job Description for Health

WebStress the concepts of wellness and prevention. Update and implement school wellness policies. Emphasize the importance of healthy lifestyles and modeling these lifestyles for children. Support and promote a healthy school environment. Make parents cognizant of and responsive to environmental issues and hazards that may jeopardize the health of

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Health Care and Immunizations

WebWith children’s health playing a such a major role in children’s school achievement and lifelong success, it also plays a major role in PTA’s state and national advocacy efforts.. Keep kids active, healthy and learning. California State PTA offers advice on keeping kids healthy, active and learning:

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Health and Academics

WebHealth-related factors such as hunger, abuse and chronic illness can lead to poor school performance. Health-risk behaviors such as early sexual initiation, violence, unhealthy eating, and physical inactivity are consistently linked to poor grades, test scores, and lower educational attainment. Adolescents with poorer general health are less

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Job Description for Safety

WebDownload the Safety Job Description. The safety of students and staff at school, and traveling to and from school, is of paramount concern. PTAs have a responsibility to identify and promote awareness of safety problems in the school community and, in collaboration with others, to help develop solutions. Safety is a growing concern for the public.

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Join Us for September Attendance Awareness Month: Spread …

WebIf children don’t show up for school regularly, they miss out on fundamental reading and math skills and the chance to build a habit of good attendance that will carry them into college and careers.

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Healthy Minds Program

WebNational PTA’s Healthy Minds program helps families prioritize and maintain their mental health. The program formalizes and builds on the association’s longstanding commitment to provide and advocate for enhanced mental health …

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What We Stand For

WebPTA is part of the fabric of the United States’ public-education system and a trusted partner to millions of parents, families, educators and community members, as it advocates for education, welfare, health and safety of all children.

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Mental Health is part of the California Health Curriculum

WebSupported by California State PTA, this law requires each school district, county office of education, state special school, and charter school that offers one or more courses in health education to middle or high school students to include mental health instruction as part of the curriculum. Though health education standards already included

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Suicide Prevention

WebCalifornia State PTA supported AB 2246 (O’Donnell 2016) which mandated that the governing board of any local educational agency that services pupils in grades seven to twelve adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, intervention, and post-vention. The bill was signed into law by Governor Brown and went into effect at the beginning of the

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Community Concerns

WebCommunity concerns are those issues that impact our families and students in our communities and schools including, but not limited to, child abuse, child-care facilities and personnel licensing, citizenship, coordination of children’s services, delinquency prevention, disaster preparedness, discipline, environmental protection, family

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Multiple Bills Addressing Students’ Mental Health are Now Law

WebBy Beth Meyerhoff, California State PTA Advocate. Fear and isolation heightened during the pandemic have reinforced California State PTA’s long-standing commitment to the mental health of children and the need for adult education to address youth mental health challenges. Our advocacy team applauds Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of a trio of …

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Mental Health Day

WebMental Health Day. Posted on October 10, 2019. World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. The day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk

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Protecting Our Children from Sex Trafficking

WebSex trafficking of youth has been escalating over the past decade and is prevalent in all major California cities. Sexual and labor exploitation are problems that touch our schools, as victims can be students or their family members. Recruiters can be people they know, relatives or people they meet online. Youth can also be trafficked while

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