SDUSD announces new Student Wellness index

A class at the San Diego Unified School of Creative and Performing Arts Photo courtesy of the district The San Diego Unified School District will introduce the concept of a new Novice Wellness Index at its next Board of Tuition meeting the district commented on Sunday The index is aimed at identifying a variety of details points that will provide a more holistic evaluation of candidate wellness and is being emerging in partnership with San Diego State University and the San Diego County Office of Training to target chronic absenteeism Students doing well physically mentally and emotionally are better equipped to excel in the classroom but if they are facing challenges in one or more of those areas a learner s ability to learn suffers SDUSD Superintendent Fabi Bagula noted in a announcement on Sunday We are working to help eliminate or at least minimize the challenges by delivering the advocacy students need Bagula added Apprentice wellness is not easy to measure and limited districts have chosen to prioritize it like us We have worked with our students staff and neighborhood to define pupil wellness establish goals to strive for and plan how to incorporate it into the values of our school communities Officers explained the index framework will be finalized in the coming months then a pilot will be conducted and internal supports for all components of the index will be aligned with schools participating in the Attendee Behavioral Healthcare Incentive Operation in the Canyon Hills Mira Mesa Mission Bay Morse and San Diego clusters in order to establish a baseline of figures by May SDUSD executives say they are making learner wellness a top priority by providing more on-site social emotional and mental physical condition services The district projects that its chronic absenteeism rate will decline by Pupil sentiments about belonging and establishing caring relationships with teachers have already improved by