HKC Motivational Training and Workshops
Healthy Kids Challenge® trainings are interactive and motivating. Eating and physical activity actions are tailored for your audience and school or community.
Let us design a presentation or workshop that meets your needs!
Half day — Full day — Breakout sessions
Simply click here to complete information that will help us understand your needs, and submit. A HKC staff member will call to discuss availability and cost. See examples of workshops and presentations below.
Recent Workshops
- Forty schools in the state of Indiana. The schools, all recipients of TEAM Nutrition grant funds from their state, are receiving training and resources to apply for the HealthierUS School Challenge program.
- Boys and girls clubs in Thomson and Augusta, Georgia.
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Sauk Village, Illinios middle school teachers.
Take a "look" at a few examples of past workshops
Snack Attack
Twenty seven Johnson County, Kansas Parks and Recreation District afterschool program directors and Children’s Service Specialists found out how helping kids get healthier just got easier with Healthy Kids Challenge® (HKC)!
Vickie L James, RD, LD, Director of HKC provided a workshop to guide simple solutions for incorporating fun, healthy eating and movement activities into their existing after school programs. An emphasis was placed on healthy snacking. Starting in March 2011, the directors and their program staff have made a commitment to following best practice guidelines for snacks. This includes:
- Self serve – Allows kids to learn to make healthy choices and understand a healthy serving size as well as practicing food skills
- Snack time allowance – Snack time is set for a period of time to allow kids to choose when to have their snack based on hunger and thirst, not the clock
- Water and skim milk - The beverages of choice helping guide nutrient intake and hydration with a Drink Think best practice
- Lower fat and added sugar snack options - Including more fruits and vegetables and whole grains to help build a healthier pyramid intake
Director feedback about the Snack Attack training was enthusiastic!
- “My kids will LOVE the recipe ideas and the games you’ve shared with us today!”
- “This was well worth my time and something I can take back and implement easily!”
- “On a scale of 1 to 5, this workshop was a 10 plus!”
If you have training needs for your school, after school, or community youth program staff, contact Healthy Kids Challenge today for assessing needs and creating a customized training for your staff and kids you serve!
HKC-SPARK Nutrition Education Training
Brain breaks for better focus and concentration…
Healthy eating messages sprinkled throughout the school hallways, cafeteria, and classrooms… Nutrition education woven into PE and core curriculum K-12…
Where is this happening? Check out West Orange, New Jersey school district!
“Teaching our students to maintain a healthy balance with eating and exercise is our top priority. The SPARK program is helping provide the tools and training to achieve this goal”, shared Corinn Giaquinto, Health and Physical Education instructor, Thomas Edison Middle School, West Orange, New Jersey.
Hats off to Thomas A. Edison Middle School and their entire school district in West Orange. The district has been using SPARK in their physical education department for some time and recently received a grant from Mountainside Health Foundation to fuel student success by adding nutrition education.
Vickie L. James, Registered Dietitian and Director of Healthy Kids Challenge (HKC), the exclusive nutrition education partner for SPARK, was the trainer for the West Orange training, the first ever SPARK and HKC nutrition education training.
“From classroom to PE to wellness council members K-12, the representation and enthusiasm shown at the workshop tells me the commitment this district has to student well being. They truly understand the strategy of using good nutrition and physical activity to create a culture of health in the schools that can do nothing short of fueling student success." Contact us to schedule your training!
Tools for Healthy Schools Action Institute
HKC Director, Vickie L. James, RD, LD, provided a full day workshop at the summer 2010 Tools for Healthy Schools Action Institute, held at Northeastern State University campus in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Cherokee Nation Healthy Nation Program sponsored training was an opportunity for elementary, middle and high school Fit and Healthy School Advisory Committees to learn new and simple solutions for integrating nutrition education and more minutes of motion into the school day.
Team comments included:
"I can't wait to get started!"
"I'm taking home so many GREAT ideas!"
"You have made this doable for our school team, thank you."
HKC at the National PTA Conference
Even though it was the final day of the conference, PTA members attending the HKC Creating a Culture of Health in Schools workshop at the National PTA Convention in Memphis, Tennessee found themselves engaged, motivated, and staying afterwards to talk with HKC Director Vickie L. James, RD, LD! The workshop focused on simple solutions for taking action in schools with healthy eating and physical activity efforts. Vickie challenged PTA members to be key leaders in their school districts to create a culture of health in schools. Bring this workshop to your state or area PTA conference, contact HKC today.
"This workshop was THE BEST one I attended at the entire conference!
"I got so many good ideas to take back!"
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NEW Directions with HKC Workshops - IGNITE
IGNITE is a healthy environment program. HKC has teamed up with SPARK, the most field tested and research based PE program ever to bring you the very best in training.
Whether your school has just started down the path to wellness or has already organized a School Health Advisory Council and completed the School Health Index, SPARK-HKC will assess your progress and work with you to create a healthy environment that changes the behavior of your students and staff.
A full day workshop taught by professional trainers from SPARK (a PE/PA expert) and HKC (a registered dietitian) team up to present a hands on workshop that will facilitate simple, lasting changes to your school. Contact us to IGNITE a healthier school environment today!
Put an IGNITE workshop in your next grant proposal. Sample text for grant writers.
According to an October 12, 2009, Associated Press article, child care is the next frontier in fighting childhood obesity; elementary school efforts need to get a start earlier in a child's life. Three out of four children ages 2-5 spend at least part of their day in child care, 50% in formal child care settings.
The Platte County (Missouri) Health Department is on the cutting edge in this arena! The health department sponsored a HKC led workshop for child care facility directors and lead teachers. The training offered ideas for
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100% of participants agreed they would go back to their facilities and in the next month, implement at least two healthy changes, one for healthy eating and one for physical activity. Site visits one week after the workshop showed many of these action steps were already under way or in place. Great job!
Training is key, contact us today!
HKC leads by example
Whether it is a workshop for wellness teams, teachers, community groups, or childcare providers, HKC uses effective behavior education strategies. HKC “Hear - See - Do” workshops engage participants with “Hearing - Seeing – Doing (practicing)” action ideas for kids!
Award Winning Presenters with Energizing Messages!
- Vickie L. James, R,D., L.D., a American Dietetic Association National Award Recipient for Excellence in Community Dietetics
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Healthy Kids Challenge, an Anita Owen award recipient for “Most Innovative Educational Program for the Public” by the American Dietetic Association
“Vickie James is a dynamic speaker with creativity plus. Her presentations and programs are filled with great activities and creative ideas for children, educators, and families. She makes learning about nutrition and physical activity fun.”
Nutrition Education Consultant, State Department of Education“Excellent workshop, I would recommend it to all who work with kids”
Workshop participant
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