Taskforce 1

Dissemination and implementation of the ‚Whole school approach‘

The "Good Healthy Schools Initiative (GHSI) – Connecting experts, sharing insights, shaping the future of education" is a three-year project aimed at connecting experts, sharing insights, and shaping the future of education through health.

Our mission is to identify national and international partners who share our passion for creating healthy and thriving school environments to achieve better educational results. Our approach is simple yet powerful and innovative: we believe that by integrating health interventions into education frameworks, we can foster wellbeing in schools and thereby improve educational outcomes.

What We Offer:

• Network: Connect with a diverse community of experts and innovators
• Exchange: Share and learn from innovative initiatives worldwide
• Product Development: Collaborate on guides, handouts, papers, programs, and digital media
• Symposiums: The possibility to attend two enlightening symposiums in Dresden, Germany, to explore integrated health approaches in school environments

Our Perspective: We see health as a driver and resource for education in schools. We envision schools where wellbeing is woven into every aspect, creating nurturing social systems (Lebenswelten) that prioritize the mental, emotional, physical and social health of students, teachers, and staff.

Why Participate:

🤝 Collaborate with global experts
🌱 Shape the future of education
🎓 Redefine health and education in schools
💡 Exchange innovative ideas
🗓️ Symposiums in 2024 and 2025

What We Aim to Achieve Together:

• Learn from each other and disseminate the "Good Healthy Schools" approach
• Explore promising strategies from around the world
• Develop and refine our approach qualitatively
• Identify collaboration opportunities with other countries

Get Involved: Join us in this exciting journey towards education excellence through health. Let's transform schools into thriving communities that value and safeguard mental, physical, emotional and social health. Together, we can elevate education standards, making schools ecological places of learning and well-being.

If you are interested or need further information please contact us:
Leuphana GmbH Lüneburg, Department for Health and Education, Professor Peter Paulus and Maren Jennings.

Core members of this working group are: Christian Lang, Statutory Accident Insurance Institution for the public sector in North-Rhine Westphalia (UK NRW), Germany and Prof Dr Peter Paulus / Maren Jennings, Centre for Applied Health Sciences at Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Please find the following documents on the work of the Tasforce here (in PDF format):