Note to Teachers
Information for teachers, coaches, and other teen-health professionals
-- By SparkTeens Staff
Are you ready to help your students improve their overall health and fitness levels?SparkTeens was created as a resource for 13- to 17-year-olds. We try to offer age-appropriate information and resources about health, nutrition, fitness and weight management, and a positive community where teens can connect with and support one another as they reach their goals.
SparkTeens is the newest addition to the SparkPeople family of websites, which also includes the award-winning SparkPeople.com and BabyFit.com. SparkPeople's mission is to help millions of people get healthy and reach their goals by providing resources and tools completely free of charge. While our other websites enforce a strict age policy (for adults 18 and over), we realize that teens today need (and want) information about health and fitness—that's where SparkTeens comes in.
SparkTeens offers many of the same innovative tools as its parent site, SparkPeople.com. However, the tools and content found here have been adapted and modified so that they meet the needs and interests of teenagers. Whether your students want to become more active, learn to make healthy food choices or improve their fitness levels, SparkTeens' tools and support are here to help them succeed.
There are countless things your students can do on this site to reach their health, fitness and nutrition goals, including:
- Use our Nutrition Calculator to learn about proper nutrition for growth and development |
- Follow a workout program, complete with detailed exercise demos and videos
- Explore articles and quizzes on nutrition, fitness, health and goal-setting
- Interact in a positive community of other like-minded teens
- Get encouragement and support from SparkTeens members and experts
- Learn about reaching a healthy weight by making good food choices and exercising moderately.
- Much, much more!
- Private profiles. By default, only friends can view a teen's profile.
- Private Teams. Members of private groups can only share information with group members, which no one else can view.
- Safety reminders. We discourage teens from sharing email addresses, phone numbers or other identifiable information.
- "Report" functionality. If someone posts an inappropriate comment, photo, or post, members can flag it so our staff can handle and remove it in a timely manner.
- Expert advice. Our articles are written and reviewed by nutrition, fitness and health experts for safety and accuracy.
If you're interested in starting a team for your students, here's how to get started:
- Send an email to denise@sparkpeople.com, letting her know you'd like to register for the site as a Teacher. Since only 13- to 17-year-olds can register for SparkTeens, she will tell you how to register as an approved adult, give you instructions about where you're allowed to post, etc. This is an extremely important step since we actively enforce our age policy. Our staff will close the accounts of any unapproved adults that we find.
- Read our SparkTeens Teacher/Student Program overview.
- Create your SparkTeam and invite your students to join! It's that easy!
