2010-11 Funded School District and Statewide 
 Tobacco Grant Projects

The Tobacco Prevention and Intervention Teacher Training Project Request for Applications were released in late spring of 2010. These district-level grant opportunities are for providing teacher training focused on tobacco prevention and/or intervention.  This year, eligible public school districts who received funding during 2009-10 were invited to apply for an additional year of funding. 

The brief summaries below provide a snapshot of what each district/state project entails.  For additional information on each listed project, contact the Office of Healthy Schools at cshp@fldoe.org or the identified district contacts listed below.

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Year II District Awardee
Escambia
Utilizing the infrastructure established during last year’s grant period, the Escambia County School District will, in their Year II, once again partner with Informed Families, a non-profit licensed prevention agency to coordinate and train 252 teachers at five middle schools in the Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program (MSPP) and Discovery Health Connection website resources.  After receiving training, teachers will implement the curriculum in their classrooms.  During this grant period further training will be provided to teachers at the five targeted middle schools implementing the MSPP along with teachers at four additional middle schools, to effectively utilize in the classroom, visual aids that reinforce tobacco prevention and create an interactive learning environment. Trainings will include:  tobacco prevention education, accessing online resources, training student peer leaders, utilizing visual aids, and classroom application. 

Contact:  Saundra Bell, sbell2@escambia.k12.fl.us

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Year IV District Awardee
Pasco
Year four of this grant opportunity will allow the District School Board of Pasco County to continue providing tobacco prevention education training to teachers at the elementary and middle school levels, as well as pilot testing for teachers at the high school level.  Training and resources will be delivered to 50 fourth grade teachers, 30 sixth grade teachers, and four high school teachers.  Tobacco and Me curriculum will be used for elementary teachers along with Eglin Long-Horn of Nightshade County tobacco prevention education materials.  Science, Tobacco and You, will be used for middle school teachers.  Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) for health education and science will be imbedded in the training modules and covered during the trainings.  Trainings will include:  tobacco prevention education, decision–making, goal-setting, refusal skills, effects of tobacco products on the systems of the body, classroom activities, and the NGSSS.

Contact:  Laura Hill, lhill@pasco.k12.fl.us
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Statewide Project
Palm Beach
The School District of Palm Beach County will provide a statewide online tobacco prevention education course scheduled to begin on October 1, 2010.  This is a distance learning professional development opportunity for all kindergarten through twelfth grade teachers and guidance staff to increase their knowledge, skills, and classroom delivery in tobacco prevention education.  Participants will be able to access the online course 24 hours a day seven days a week, at their own convenience.  Effective teaching strategies and integrated approaches to delivering tobacco prevention education will be provided in science, social studies, language arts, math, health, and physical education. Districts may award participants who complete the course up to 60 in-service points towards teacher recertification.  The training course is designed to accommodate up to 3,000 participants and at a minimum, will include: tobacco prevention education, supplemental classroom lessons aligned to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, media literacy, online videos, quizzes, discussion boards, and evaluation. 

Contact: Kim Williams, williamsk@palmbeach.k12.fl.us or
Visit: www.tobaccopreventiontraining.org

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Contact:  Office of Healthy Schools
325 West Gaines Street, Suite 444
Tallahassee, FL 32399
850.245.0480
	cshp@fldoe.org