Health advisory committee celebrates awards, plans November meeting and teacher survey

Committee members opened the meeting with congratulations after Chair announced two recognitions: Dr. Tim Pierce was named the South Carolina Medical Association Physician of the Year and received an honorary doctorate of public service from the University of South Carolina, and the Health Advisory Committee was selected for an Outstanding Contribution to Health Education Award to be presented at a state conference Nov. 14–16.

Board members and committee participants offered congratulations and the Chair said the committee will present the update to the Academic Committee at its next meeting. Members also discussed scheduling and practical business: because some schools will not complete training until later in the semester, the group proposed meeting in November so teacher feedback can be collected and reviewed.

The committee agreed to develop a brief survey — proposed to be roughly seven questions — to gather input from teachers and facilitators about how the training and materials integrated with lesson plans and whether they felt prepared to deliver the curriculum. Staff said they will compile school-level training dates in a shared spreadsheet and present the results to the HAC in November so the committee can prepare an evidence-of-practice report for the Academic Committee and the superintendent's report to the board.

"I will be making a motion tomorrow at Academic Committee that Health Advisory Committee work and compliance to the work will be part of the evidence that we provide through our Instructional Services Division," the Chair said. The group set a tentative November meeting date to allow time for schools to run trainings and for teachers to respond to the survey.

The meeting adjourned by unanimous consent.