Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)
A Collaborative Approach to Learning and Health
The education, public health, and school health sectors have each called for greater alignment, including integration and collaboration between education leaders and health sectors to improve each child’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development. Public health and education serve the same children, often in the same settings. The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model focuses on the child aligning the common goals of both sectors to implement a whole-child approach to education.
The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, or WSCC model is CDC’s framework for addressing school health. The WSCC model is student-centered and emphasizes the role of the community in supporting the school, the connections between health and academic achievement, and the importance of evidence-based school policies and practices. The WSCC model has ten components:
1. Health education.
2. Nutrition environment and services.
3. Employee wellness.
4. Social and emotional climate.
5. Physical environment.
6. Health services.
7. Counseling, psychological and social services.
8. Community involvement.
9. Family engagement.
10. Physical education.
- Garrett County Public Schools (GCPS) believes student wellness is essential for students to achieve their academic and physical potential.
- GCPS is committed to providing the services and programs needed to promote positive school cultures and advance students' academic, social, psychological, physical, and emotional well-being.
- GCPS is committed to meeting the needs of the students using the components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) WSCC components.
Below is information and the GCPS procedures that support each component of the WSCC Model. Follow the link to view all procedures, GCPS Policies and Procedures.
Health Education
Nutrition Environment and Services
Employee Wellness
Social-Emotional Climate
Physical Environment
Counseling, Psychology, and Social Services
Community Involvement
Family Engagement
Physical Education and Physical Activities
Maryland State School Health Council
Mission
To promote health for the whole child through health-promoting programs and policies by providing leadership and support to local school health councils and state and local agencies.
Garrett County School Health Council (GCSHC)
Mission
To support Coordinated School Health (CSH) as a systematic approach to improving the health and well-being of all students so they can fully participate and be successful in school. CSH integrates health promotion efforts using the Whole Child Model.
GCSHC:
- Serves as an advisory group for a Comprehensive School Health Program;
- Is supported by the Garrett County Health Department and the Garrett County Public Schools;
- Offers suggestions to Garrett County Public Schools to support a Coordinated School Health (CSH) approach to students’ success;
- Meets quarterly GCSHC Page is under construction and will be added;
- Is supported by the Maryland School Health Council (Regulation 13A.05.05.13 (1989) and requires the creation of the Maryland State School Health Council to assist with establishing local school health councils.) Maryland State School Health Council
Resources:
CDC Healthy School
