Mission Statement: Working with the Loudoun County Public School District personnel, parents, and caretakers, our program seeks to promote the health and success of the students by increasing student knowledge about healthy behaviors as well as providing guidance as to how to increase their fruit and vegetable intake while reducing consumption of competitive foods.

 

Goals: 1-      Increase awareness and knowledge of the importance of consuming a healthy diet. 2-      Reduce consumption of competitive foods and increase FV intake. 3-      Improve student and parent attitudes towards eating a healthier diet. 4-      Reduce availability of competitive foods and increases access to FV.

 

Objective Statement	Type (Process, Impact, or Outcome)	Methods used for Measurement	Instruments used for Measurement
After the program a majority of LCPS elementary students will be able to explain what it means to eat a healthy diet.	Impact-Educational	Pre and Post test	Survey questionnaire
By the end of the school year 65% of LCPS elementary students will have increased their FV consumption.	Impact- Behavioral objective.	Pre and Post test	Observation of behaviors and evaluation of the amount of FV consumed
By the end of the program parents and students will recognize the importance of eating a healthier diet.	Impact- Learning objective.	Pre and Post Test	Observation of behaviors and questionnaire
By the end of the 2022 school year, more FV will be available to students throughout the school day.	Impact- Environmental objective.	Observation	Qualitative measures of observing FV in classrooms, vending machines, and in school store.
At the end of 2022 school year, LCPS will create a wellness policy that promotes the availability of FV while reducing availability of competitive foods.	Outcome	Pre and Post test	Review of school wellness policy before and after implementation of program.

References:

Loudoun County Public School. (2020, January). 2019-2020 Fact sheet. Retrieved from https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/domain/1/2019%202020%20document%20uploads/Fact%20Sheet%202019-2020_01062020.pdf

McKenzie, J.F., Neiger, B.L., &Thackeray, R. (2017). Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer (7^th ed.). Pearson Education

Reflection:

One of the major changes to my Mission, Statements, and Goals, from the class discussion to final assignment was the clarification of my mission statement. Initially, I did not have a clear mission statement but the help of feedback, the statement was clear in the final assignment.  Also, with a little fine tuning I was able to rearrange some items related to goals and was able to use them as objectives for the promotion of my school policy. In terms of goals, I would like to work with the LCPS system providing health and nutrition information related to my Creating Healthy Bodies Campaign.  That may be in the form of teaching, developing curriculum, or working with those in charge of the school districts nutrition program.