The document provides best practices for schools to implement the Just Move physical activity program and promote overall wellness, including integrating Just Move into classroom and school-wide activities, establishing a wellness council, connecting with community resources, adopting healthy snack policies, applying for grants, and celebrating successes to become a CHALK certified healthy school. It outlines 10 steps schools can take like continuing Just Move in classrooms, hosting events, and inviting workshops to engage students, staff, and families in wellness.

1. Moving Forward with
Just MoveTM
Best practices for increasing physical activity and
promoting wellness in your school community
I want to be a
CHALK school!

2. Agenda
• Just MoveTM School Highlights
• Challenges and Solutions
• Best practices for creating a healthy
school community – 10 simple steps!
• Continued Support: How to become
a CHALK school
• Q&A

3. Just MoveTM School Highlights
Special Events
• Many schools have incorporated Just
Move into school-wide events such as
Family Fitness Nights
Additional Programming
• Schools have also integrated Just
Move into their after-school and before-
school programming
Student Success
• Teacher feedback and site visits
suggest that students are more relaxed
and focused during lessons after
exercising with Just MoveTM

4. Challenges and Solutions
Challenge: What exactly is Just MoveTM?
Feedback: Just MoveTM is a classroom-based activity program that utilizes a set of activity
cards that have been mapped to the common core. That’s it! 
Challenge: What does the grant cover?
Feedback: We suggested that schools use the grant money to print sets of cards for all
teachers, to purchase class incentive prizes, and to host a Just MoveTM kickoff celebration.
Going forward, the only cost will be printing cards for new teachers.
Challenge: Another program?! How will we fit this into our schedule?
Feedback: Most schools implemented the program with ease. Schools used a variety of
methods to train teachers: live training, video group training, and emailing program information
to teachers. Schools also integrated Just MoveTM into orientation celebrations and other
school-wide events. Some schools had trouble implementing this year, but it’s never too late to
start! We suggest setting up an implementation plan now so you are prepared to start the
program in the fall.

5. Ready for more?
10 Steps to
a Healthy
School
Community

6. Step 1: Continue Just Move
TM
in the classroom
• Print card sets for new teachers and
train new teachers
• Integrate Just Move
TM
training and
refreshers during teacher orientation/
planning period before school begins
• Continue to hold class competitions
to provide incentives for teachers to
use the classroom based activity
cards
• Hang cards in the hallway or on
bulletin boards to increase and
sustain interest and build community

7. Step 2: Integrate Just Move
TM
outside of the classroom
• Host a school-wide kickoff party in the Fall
• Demonstrate Just Move
TM
exercises at new student
orientation (i.e. Kindergarten)
• Train afterschool program facilitators
• Use the cards during extracurricular activities or academic
programs like Math Facts
• Host a Just Move
TM
station at events (i.e. Family Fun Night)

8. Step 3: Establish a School Wellness Council
(or utilize your existing council to the max)
• A School Wellness Council (SWC) organizes and promotes
wellness activities in the school community
• Teachers, staff, parents, students, and administrators are all
invited to join the wellness council
• The SWC is a great way to ensure the sustainability of the
Just Move
TM
program
• Alliance for a Healthier Generation has a great school wellness
council toolkit:
https://schools.healthiergeneration.org/_asset/wwj4dq/
SchoolWellnessCouncilToolkit.pdf

9. Step 4: Introduce nutrition education into the curriculum
• Classroom Connections K-8
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Servings of Fruits and Vegetables (K-2)
Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________________________
Serving Sizes
Instructions: Go over the list below. Then, count the servings of fruits and vegetables in each of your
classmates’ meals or snacks and shade in boxes to see which meal has the most servings.
• www.chalkcenter.org
Click: Our Toolkit
Click: School Toolkit
• Connect with other nutrition
education resources locally

10. Step 5: Connect with community resources
• Cooking Classes
• Nutrition Education
• Fitness Classes
• Gardening Programs
“Cooking Matters Teens” City Harvest
Middle School Cooking and Nutrition Class
GrowNYC local food demo
(kale salad) at Family Fun Night

11. Step 6: Adopt a Healthy Snack Policy
• Teach your students about
“Everyday foods” versus
“Sometimes foods” and
enforce healthy snacking
during the school day

12. Step 7: Apply for grants to supplement your programming
• Your wellness council can apply for grants (or a
representative from your school who is willing to implement
the grant can apply on their own)
• Grants for gardening, physical activity, nutrition education,
healthy breakfast
• Excellent resource with updated grant calendar:
http://www.healthinschools.org/news-room/grant-alerts.aspx

13. Step 8: Invite community professionals to host workshops
at your school
• Connect with local universities, hospitals, and fitness
centers to bring professionals to your school (i.e. Parent
Breakfast Series, Career Day)
• Tap into the knowledge of your existing community
(parents, teachers, students)
• Get creative! Invite farm educators, restaurant chefs, med
students

14. Step 9: Celebrate your success!
• Get creative and take it one step
at a time i.e. Try monthly themes
like Jumping Jacks January,
September Steps (take the
stairs!), New Foods November
(taste something new this month!)
• Write op-eds (local papers,
school or PTA newspaper); get
students involved
• Share stories and photos on
social media (facebook, twitter,
instagram) – tweet @chalk_nyc

15. Step 10: Become a CHALK School for continued support
and a national community
• Access and distribute CHALK’s monthly Healthy Habit
newsletters for parents and staff
• Utilize CHALK’s Healthy Habit morning announcement
scripts
• Be the first to know about future local or national grant
opportunities related to CHALK/Just Move

16. Sign me up!
• Join our forum for continued
support (LINK)
• Check out the links from this
presentation
• Become a CHALK school by
filling out THIS FORM and
sending it to Meredith at
mem9113@nyp.org
• Once your CHALK school form
is received, Meredith will contact
you to support you in designing a
CHALK action plan for your
school community
PLACE HOLDER FOR
CHALK FORM

17. Questions?
• Questions that were sent in advance