Bingham Academy
Bingham Academy
Alpena County
555 South Fifth Street
Alpena, Michigan 49707
Enrollment: 111
Charter School
Success Story Contact:
Martha LaFave
Outreach Coordinator
Phone: 989-356-8187
Email: mlafave@agh.org
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Success Story Information:
Reach:
Duration: 4 to 6 months
Costs: - Release time/substitute costs
- $101 - $500
Factors for Success: - Coordinated School Health Team
- Completing an assessment (such as Healthy School Action Tool Assessment, School Health Index, Changing the Scene)
- Administrative support
- Other team/committee (other than a Coordinated School Health Team)
- Funding
- support from the Asthma Coalition of NE Michigan
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ESTABLISHING/ADOPTING MODEL ASTHMA POLICIES
SUCCESS STORY
Upon completion of the new Healthy School Action Tool asthma module, we realized that our school was not as up to date with our current asthma practices as we had initially thought. From the HSAT, Bingham Academy formed an Asthma Action Plan to address our asthma related deficiencies. Through the support of the Asthma Coalition of NE Michigan, all school staff received asthma training developed by the schools subcommittee of the Asthma Initiative of Michigan, which included staff training on correct administration of asthma medications, recognizing asthma triggers, and asthma emergencies and implementing Asthma Action plans. The Coordinated School Health Team also researched and formulated a school-wide Asthma Management Policy which received unanimous school board approval. All school staff received clip boards that identified signs and symptoms of an asthma emergency to take on school field trips, outdoor recess, and to just have on hand in the classroom. School administrative staff sent letters home to all children with information on completing an Asthma Action Plan. The letters also requested information to update school emergency information including all new medications. With the implementation of Asthma Action Plans, school administration purchased peak flow meters to better assess those students with asthma who did not have one at the school. Acting on concerns that school staff raised about having easy access to student emergency information, the school created a confidential system for teachers to access health information via the school intranet.
Although the Academy has not yet been successful in reaching our goal of having an Asthma Action plan on file for all those students identified with asthma, the initiative has raised the awareness of all staff (from janitors, food service, teachers and administrative staff) of the importance of recognizing an asthma emergency and preventing asthma triggers.
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Other Relevant School Information
Our Coordinated School Health Team/Committee has the following active members: School Administration (Principal, Assistant Principal, Superintendent);Nutrition Services (Food Service Director or Manager);Health Education (Health teacher, educator or school health coordinator);Classroom teacher (not PE or Health);Family Involvement (Parent/Guardian);Community Involvement (Health Department, MSU Extension, Heart Association, Cancer Society, Asthma or Tobacco or Other Health Coalition, Safe and Drug-Free School Coordinator, Law Enforcement Representative)
Our Team/Committee met 4 or more times during the past 12 months.
Assessments* Completed: Healthy School Action Tools (HSAT)*
This School Success Story was submitted on 5/1/2008
*Since 2004, The Healthy School Action Tool Assessment is Michigan’s preferred assessment tool that is a combination of the School Health Index and Changing the Scene.
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