Use the WSCC model as a framework for school improvement plans, accountability measures, and cross-sector initiatives¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article's implications section recommends concrete uses of the WSCC model by multiple audiences. School districts and schools can use it "as a framework for school improvement plans and initiatives," structuring school improvement teams with representation from each component. State education and health departments can use it for accountability measures and funding announcements; higher education programs can design preservice and in-service professional development toward effective implementation; philanthropic organizations can emphasize community engagement aspects.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Collaborative development of local school policies, processes, and practices; representation from each model component on school improvement teams

Constraints¶

• Specific interventions, curricula, classroom practices, and resources brought together to implement the framework depend on the local context

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students, school staff, administrators, families, and community partners

Target Learning Goals¶

• Advancing educational attainment and healthy development through coordinated school improvement efforts

Affordances¶

• Wscc Whole School Whole Community Whole Child Model

Claims¶

• The coordinated school health approach saw scattered US adoption, hindered by pressures on administrators and lack of integration into School Improvement Plans [+W]
• Health factors and academic outcomes are linked: meeting nutritional and fitness needs, school-based health centers, and positive school climate are associated with achievement, attendance, and behavior [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Analyze pre-existing network structures and points of leverage at the outset of a cross-sector reform initiative
• Develop data-sharing memoranda of understanding and shared evaluation across child- and family-serving agencies

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Lewallen TC, Hunt H, Potts-Datema W, Zaza S, Giles W. (2015). The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model: A New Approach for Improving Educational Attainment and Healthy Development for Students. Journal of School Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12310