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Because YOU Matter, Too: Supporting a Districtwide Staff/Student Wellness Program

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom Lobby, Table 31

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assistant principal
Walnut Creek Intermediate
@milissabanister
@Milissa Banister
Milissa Banister is a bilingual administrator in the Walnut Creek School District. She has been in education since 2000 and has taught upper elementary grades and led schools as a site administrator for 13 years. Since 2022, she has been the Administrator of Student Support at Walnut Creek Intermediate School with approximately 1,000 students. Milissa led her previous school within WCSD as an early adopter of flexible seating in classrooms and integrating technology into all aspects of the school day. She has helped support the district wide launch of a Wellness Program.
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Assistant Director of Educational
Walnut Creek School Disrict
@PamDavis_CA
Taught early elementary for many years at a STEM school then as a founding member of our PBL school before shifting to support all students district wide as a STEM ToSA and now Assistant Director of Student Support Services.

Session description

Join us to discuss how to leverage newly acquired funding to reimagine support for staff and students in a post-COVID setting. We'll share online resources, community partnerships and on-site supports that focus on health and wellness including a full-time psychologist for staff.

Purpose & objective

Our purpose is to show how school districts and school sites can prioritize staff wellness with positive outcomes for staff and students. When staff feel valued, heard and are given the time for self care, they are more connected to their school and have the energy to soldier on for students! We will share our websites, padlets, surveys and online resources to help staff stay grounded and connected to wellness tools. We will share survey results and data to show our successes with adding on staff wellness to an already existing system focusing on student supports.

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Outline

We will provide experiential aspects of our presentation and access to online resources as well. We have comprehensive online tools that have been curated and will be shared with the attendees. Social Emotional Standards will be shared to further explain the foundation why it is important to focus on wellness, with staff in particular. The goal is for the attendees to experience the benefits of taking time for staff wellness and how that can lead to increased staff morale and positive student outcomes. We will use peer to peer interactions as well as some staff interaction quizzes to test their knowledge and maintain engagement.

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Supporting research

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07303084.2022.2020054?journalCode=ujrd20

https://www.wellsteps.com/blog/2020/01/02/school-wellness-programs/

https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/SHSB_School-Employee-Wellness.pdf

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Session specifications

Topic:
Student agency, choice and voice
Grade level:
6-8
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
none.
Subject area:
ELL, Language arts
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Leader
  • Model for colleagues the identification, exploration, evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital resources and tools for learning.
Citizen
  • Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.