Professional Development

Districts that adopt and implement the Healthy and Wise Middle School Coordinated Health Program have several training and professional development options.  We can also customize a workshop to meet a school or district's needs.

Healthy and Wise Middle School  (Overview and Implementation)
This onsite training (also available in an online format) is for subscribers of the Healthy and Wise Middle School Coordinated Health Program.  It provides educators, food service personnel, and other school staff or parents the knowledge they need to begin implementing the Healthy and Wise Program in their school and district.   For costs or more information on this training, contact training@caprockpress.com or 800-383-1927.

If your district is using SPARK PE as a coordinated component of the Healthy and Wise Coordinated Health Program and would like to host or partner (share costs)  with other districts in your region to bring a SPARK training to your area, contact training@caprockpress.com or 800-383-1927 ext. 203. We can give you the names of other districts in your region that are interested in partnering for a SPARK Training. 

Healthy and Wise - A Technology Applications Approach - This online training (also available in an onsite format) is for subscribers of the Healthy and Wise program. It provides educators and school staff with ideas for utilizing the Healthy and Wise online curriculum while integrating a variety of technology application tools for completing activities and projects.  For costs or more information on this training, contact training@caprockpress.com or 800-383-1927.

Changing Health Behaviors - This onsite workshop presented by the Healthy and Wise staff  provides an overview of the Transtheoretical Model for Behavior Change.  This training is for educators and health professionals that want to learn a proven behavior change model that will help them identify an individual's current health stage.  Once an individual's health stage has been determined, educators and health professionals can plan an appropriate intervention to help facilitate a change in behavior that will lead to better health outcomes.  For costs or more information on this training, contact training@caprockpress.com or 800-383-1927.