Help your school become a healthier place to work. There are a variety of ways to do this, including the following:

• Be a role model to students for a healthy lifestyle. Lead by example. Walk with your students, and eat with them.
• Encourage faculty and staff to be active and consume healthy foods and beverages.
• Evaluate worksite policies for teachers and other school staff.
• Determine employee health-related costs.
• Identify nutrition and physical activity interests and needs of school employees.
• Establish goals for improving healthy behaviors among staff (e.g., increase the proportion of school employees that meet the national physical activity guidelines.)
• Obtain administrative support for school employee wellness programs that offer a variety of healthy eating and physical activities for staff.
• Implement a variety of healthy eating and physical activities that emphasize health education, skill-building, and changes to the school environment.
• Consider making changes to create healthier workplace, such as including incentives for physical activity or walking or biking instead of driving to school.
• Encourage "walking meetings," or make athletic facilities and equipment available to staff after hours.