Wellness in the Schools provides individualized support to districts and schools to achieve identified wellness goals that ensure access to nourishing food and active play for all children. We look forward to speaking to you about our programs and which model(s) is/are appropriate for your school, school district, or organization.
To help you complete the questionnaire and identify which of our programs and/or models will best support your wellness goals, please read the descriptions below or visit our program pages to learn more. After completing the survey, a member of our team will reach out to meet with you about your responses. Thank you for your interest in bringing nutritious meals and active play to your community!
If you have any questions regarding this form please email wendy@wellnessintheschools.org.
A WITS Chef is placed in a school for two days each week for an entire school year to provide both training of school cooks as well as food education to the school community. Cook for Kids Flagship includes:
- Menu transformation to reduce ultra-processed options and expand scratch-cooked, plant-forward, and culturally inclusive menu offerings
- Side-by-Side training of school cooks to build skills and scratch cooking capacity
- WITS Labs and WITS BITS, in-school food education for students
- Family food education classes
- Creating or supporting a school Wellness Committee
Offsite professional development training for school cooks, tailored to the needs of individual districts, covering topics including basic knife skills, mise en place, and storage and organization.
Daily, onsite, side-by-side training for school cooks ranging from one week to six weeks. Each placement is geared towards the needs of individual school kitchens in a one-size-fits one approach.
Flagship
A WITS Coach is placed in a school weekly to provide in-school movement breaks, professional development for the school community, and activity-based incentive programming. Coach for Kids Flagship includes:
- In-class movement breaks, our WITS FIT BITS, led by a WITS Coach to encourage greater activity throughout the school day
- Professional development for school staff on ways to increase physical activity during the school day for students and faculty alike
- Incentive programming including WITS Play Days and Family Fitness Fun Nights that bring together WITS Coaches, our Fitness Partners, and the school community through opportunities to move and play together
CoachCamp is an immersive workshop tailored to the needs of local physical education coaches, providing practical insights to elevate their impact while receiving continuing education credits.
Coach Summit is an annual professional development opportunity that supports physical education leaders in achieving their personal wellness goals and building their capacity to be wellness ambassadors in their own schools or districts.
WITS Workouts! Platform
Coach for Kids offers our brand new WITS Workouts! platform, a growing library of high-quality movement break videos that help students reset, refocus, and build healthy habits throughout the school day, tailored for students from Pre-K through High School.