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100% Tobacco Free Schools Leadership Forums The NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund, in collaboration with the NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch,  is sponsoring a round of Tobacco Free School Leadership Forums.  They will be held at the following locations:  Spruce Pine (March 23); Kenansville (April 4); and Winston-Salem (April 5). Forums are 2-hour lunch and panel discussion designed to help superintendents, school board members, principals, athletic directors, public health leaders and others learn more about adopting and enforcing a 100% tobacco free school policy.  Lunch and networking time is followed by an in-depth panel discussion by a superintendent, board member and high school principal from NC's 100% tobacco free school districts. There is no cost to attend. Read more about the leadership forums below or download a document with more information and a registration form in Microsoft Word format here (each form is about 500kb).  You may download an information-and-registration form for the forums in Kenansville, Spruce Pine, and Winston-Salem, or a general form that will work for all three forums (in Kenansville, Spruce Pine, or Winston-Salem).

Making a Case for 100% Tobacco-Free Schools in North Carolina. A forum for school, public health, and community leaders sponsored by the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund

Fifty-one North Carolina School Districts – 44% –  have adopted a 100% tobacco free school policy – one that prohibits all tobacco use, by everyone, at all times on school property. You are invited to join school, public health and community leaders from across North Carolina to learn how your school district can successfully adopt and enforce a 100% tobacco free school policy. This 2-hour program is designed for school administrators, board members, health department staff, parents and others interested in preventing youth tobacco use and creating a safer and healthier school environment. Lunch and networking time will be followed by an in-depth panel discussion. Participants will learn how this important health policy can decrease student health risk behavior, support academic success, and change the culture of the school district to promote healthy students, staff and environments.

Dates, Times, and Locations

March 23, 2005
Pine Bridge Center
Spruce Pine, NC
11:30-1:30
http://www.pinebridgeinn.com
Deadline to register: March 18, 2005

April 4, 2005
James Sprunt Community College
Kenansville, NC
11:30-1:30
http://www.sprunt.com
Deadline to register: March 31, 2005

April 5, 2005
Bridger Field House
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
11:30-1:30
http://www.bridgerfieldhouse.com
Deadline to register: April 1, 2005

Panel Presentations

“An Update on NC’s 100% Tobacco Free Schools Movement – Fifty School Districts and Climbing”
Jim Martin, State Advisor for Teen Tobacco Use, NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch

“Just How Effective is a 100% Tobacco Free School Policy?
Changing School Culture, Promoting Health, Supporting Learning: A Superintendent’s Perspective”
at Spruce Pine forum, Robert Logan, Superintendent, Asheville City Schools
at Kenansville forum, Julia Mobley, Superintendent, Pamlico County Schools
at Winston-Salem forum, Dr. Wiley J. Doby, Superintendent, Rowan-Salisbury Schools

“Vision, Leadership and Collaboration: Strategies for Board Members
Interested in Adopting a 100% Tobacco Free School Policy”
at Spruce Pine forum, Richard Greene, School Board Member, Buncombe County Schools
at Kenansville forum, Carr Ipock III, School Board Chair, Craven County Schools
at Winston-Salem forum, Dr. Steve Lane, Assistant Superintendent, Iredell-Statesville Schools

“Overcoming Challenges for Successful Policy Enforcement: A Principal’s Perspective”
at Spruce Pine forum, Judd Porter, Principal, Asheville High, Asheville City Schools
at Kenansville forum, Richard Lawson, Principal, Pender High, Pender County Schools
at Winston-Salem forum, Teri Hutchens, Principal, South Iredell High School, Iredell-Statesville Schools

“Resources Available to NC’s 100% Tobacco Free School Districts”
Mark Ezzell, Director, Tobacco Free Schools Program, NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch

Who Should Attend?

School board members, superintendents, principals, student services directors, safe and drug free school coordinators, school nurses, school health advisory committee members, Healthy Carolinian and Asthma Coalition directors and coalition members, PTA/PTO representatives, health department directors and staff, advocates and others.

Registration and Confirmation

To register, download a registration form for the forums in Kenansville, Spruce Pine, and Winston-Salem or a general form that will work for all three forums (in Kenansville, Spruce Pine, or Winston-Salem).  Complete the form and FAX or e-mail this registration form to Barbara Clark at  (919) 715-4410 or Barbara.Clark@ncmail.net.  Questions? Contact Mark Ezzell, the Tobacco Free Schools Director at (919) 715-4409.  There is no cost to attend. Lunch is provided.  Electronic confirmation and directions to the Forum sites will be sent upon registration.

Sponsored by the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund

Leadership Forums are sponsored by the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund and in collaboration with the NC Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch. The local host agencies are: Duplin Partners for Health, Mitchell County Schools, the Toe River Health Center and the Forsyth County Health Department.  The following agencies are partners and sponsors:  The American Lung Association of North Carolina, North Carolina Healthy Schools, Quit Now NC, and Question Why Youth Empowerment Centers.