Joining SunWise is Easy!
Complete the registration form
You may register for SunWise if you are:
- An educator of at least 10 students in grades K - 8. (Usually that means you are a teacher or a school nurse.)
- A single classroom, a school, or an entire school district
- A student teacher, teacher trainer, a university professor, a camp counselor, or other group or individual
- A 501(c)(3) organization (such as a science center or camp, children's museum, or scouting group)
- County and state health, recreation and education departments
To become a SunWise School, you must:
- Complete a teacher evaluation form. Your feedback about the usefulness of classroom and school materials is vital to the refinement of SunWise educational materials.
- Adopt at least one of the following SunWise activities:
- Cross-curricular classroom lessons.
- UV measurement and reporting on the Internet.
- School infrastructure enhancements (school policy changes and/or sun-protection structures).
- Community outreach (inviting guest speakers and forming business partnerships).
- School-wide sun safety activities (school assemblies or other programs)
Evaluations:
We also ask willing teachers to participate in student evaluation. A random sample of participants will be asked to complete the SunWise student survey before and after implementation of SunWise activities. This simple, 10-minute questionnaire, developed by Boston University's Skin Cancer Prevention Team, elicits basic information on attitudes and practices of children relating to sun exposure. This survey will provide information for evaluation purposes only. All personal information will remain confidential.
Ready to join?
We hope you will agree to fulfill the participation requirements. When you register, we will send you, free of charge, everything you need to get started, including a SunWise teacher Tool Kit.