CONFERENCE ARCHIVE
This page stores the resources and tools from past School Employee Wellness Conferences.
2019 School Employee Wellness Conference
Breakout Session 1
- The Power of Mindful Eating
- Money Does Not Buy Happiness
- Prescription for Wellness – Using Food as Medicine
- More Than a Bubble Bath: Finding Ways to Maintain Vision and Passion for Your Work
- Creative Communication: How to Bring Great Ideas to Life
- Creative Communication Plan Timeline
Breakout Session 2
- Healing Through Reflective Practices
- Money Does Not Buy Happiness
- Physical Harmony
- More Than a Bubble Bath: Finding Ways to Maintain Vision and Passion for Your Work
- Creating and Sustaining a School Employee Wellness Program
Breakout Session 3
- Elements of a Psychologically Healthy Workplace
- Financial Wellness 101
- Healthy Heart, Healthy Mind: An Upstream Approach to Cardiovascular Wellness
- Leading Together for Healthy School Communities
- Sustainability in Action: A Case Study of Corvallis School District
Breakout Session 4
2018 School Employee Wellness Conference
Breakout Session 1
- Classroom and Teacher Transformation through Mindfulness
- Healthy Habits and the Mouth/Body Connection
- Delta Dental Resource Handout
- Moving from Wellness to Well-being
- Understanding Employee Push Back and Resistance Handout
Breakout Session 2
- FIERCE! How to Redefine Life Stress and Live Courageously
- Making the Connection: Staff Well-being and Social and Emotional Environments
- A Spa for the Mind: Detox with Sleep
- Sleep Action Plan Handout
- Kaiser Permanente’s Rest and Revive Sleep Management Toolkit
- Getting Started with an Inclusive School Employee Wellness Program
- Strategic Plan Template
- Cover Story Handout
- Facilitating Strategic Planning Handout
Breakout Session 3
- When the Going Gets Tough
- Burnout First Aid Handbook
- About Mental Health First Aid Handout
- Youth Mental Health First Aid Handout
- Leading by Committee: Building Support and Taking Action
- Mindfulness on the Go: A Strategy for Engaging School Employees in Mindfulness Wherever They Work
Breakout Session 4
- Attention Training – The New Caffeine!
- Attention Training Handout
- Mindfulness Tips
- Mindful Meditation Practice Handout
- Making Room at the Well
- Be Better, Live Longer
- Starting Up Wellness: A Case Study of David Douglas School District
- Starting Up Wellness Handout
- The Spirit is Willing: Motivating Staff to Participate
2017 School Employee Wellness Conference
Breakout Session 1
- All Are Welcome – Planning an Effective School Employee Wellness Program for all School Staff
- CSI: Cultural Scene Investigation
- Energize, Focus, and Achieve: The Power of Staff and Student Wellness Working Together
- Evidence-based Tools to Increase Feelings of Well-being at Work or Wherever You Are
- A Family Doctor’s Perspective on Healthy Aging in the Workplace
- Healthy You, Healthy Youth: A Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach to Student and Staff Success
Breakout Session 2
- How to Put School Employee Wellness into Policy
- SEW Wellness Policy Worksheet
- Mason Jar Snacks and Hacks
- Supporting Social and Emotional Well-being of School Employees through Implementation of a Trauma Informed System
- One Key to Sustainability: Wellness Committees
- World Cafe
Breakout Session 3
- Burnout: A Team Approach Workbook
- Burnout: How to Talk to Your Colleagues
- Action Planning for Teams
- Finding Your Purpose
- How to Create Buy In and Address Resistance
Breakout Session 4
2016 School Employee Wellness Conference
Breakout Session 1
- Fostering Emotional Health – Create an Action Plan to Support Staff Well-being
- School Employee Wellness: The Basics
- First Aid for Burnout
- Burnout Shield Worksheet
- The Dallas School District Story: Using Total Worker Health as a Pathway to Sustainability
Breakout Session 2
- Sustainability: Voices from the Field
- All Are Welcome: Planning and Effective School Employee Wellness Program for All School Staff
- Cultivating Healthy Sleep – What’s Stress Got to Do with It?
- Wellness: The Force Awakens
Breakout Session 3
- Making Room at the Well
- Simple Evaluation Tools to Help You Improve Your School Employee Wellness Program
- What Works in School Employee Wellness: Examples from the Field
- Financial Wellness Feels Good
- OEBB Wellness 101: An Overview of OEBB Wellness Programs and Tools
Breakout Session 4
- Laughaceuticals
- The Time is Now: Planning for Sustainability
- Action Planning for Beginning School Employee Wellness Teams
- The Truth about Hypnosis! Learn to Use Self-Hypnosis to Reduce Stress, Lose Weight, Stop Smoking, and Be Healthier
- Hypnosis Handout
- Self-Hypnosis Handout
- Make It, Take It, Give It, You’ll Feel Better
2015 School Employee Wellness Conference
Breakout Session 1
- Mindfulness – What, Why and How?
- District Wellness Policy: Student and Staff Wellness – The 3 P’s
- Ten Easy Steps to School Employee Wellness!
- Safe Routes to School – Improving Health, Safety and Transportation
Breakout Session 2
- Financial Wellness 101
- Unraveling the Mystery of Motivation
- Keeping the Focus on the Whole Child
- Begin with the End in Mind: Launching a Successful SEW Program
Breakout Session 3
- Curious About Hypnosis?
- From Policy to Practice: School Solutions on Creating a Breastfeeding-Friendly Environment
- Collaborating for Synergy – Partnering for Total Worker Health
- Make It, Take It, Give It, You’ll Feel Better
- From Abs of Steel to Zucchini
Breakout Session 4
2014 School Employee Wellness Conference
Keynote: Water the Bamboo
Breakout Session 1
- Financial Wellness 101
- Championing Wellness at Work: Stress Reduction and Health Promotion
- Instant Recess Toolkit
- School Wellness Champion Start-up Kit
- Stress! We All Have It, Now What Do We Do About It
- Fit Kids, Strong Body, Strong Mind
Breakout Session 2
- District Wellness Initiatives: The Synergy Between Student and Staff Wellness
- Let’s Move – Active Schools
Breakout Session 3
- What’s Sleep Got to Do with It?
- Evaluating Your School Employee Wellness Program: Tips, Tools and Strategies for Measuring Culture Change, Behavior Change and Program Effectiveness
- The Learning Connection and Wellness Impact
- Harnessing Mind/Body Connections through the Power of Positive Thinking
Breakout Session 4
- Lighten Your Load and Increase Your Impact: Lessons on Engaging Staff from Motivational Interviewing
- Who Am I in the Matter? What You Can Do to Make Your School a Joyful Place
- It Takes a Committee: Strategies, Resources and Tools for Building Inspired, Goal Oriented Wellness Teams to Support Employee Wellness in Your District
2013 School Employee Wellness Conference
Breakout Session 1
- Creating a Sustainable School-based Culture of Health
- Creating a Collaborative Worksite Wellness Program with the Business Community
Breakout Session 2
- Building Stress Resiliency
- Nuts and Bolts of Building a Successful School Employee Wellness Program
- Keeping the Focus on the Whole Child
Breakout Session 3
- Coordinated School Health Programs… What Does that Really Mean?
- Addressing the Weight of the Nation: Creating a Community Action Plan to Reverse the Trend
- Changing the Context for School Employee Wellness
- A Taste of Motivational Interviewing: Harnessing Personal Motivation for Positive Change
- Farm to School/School Gardens
Breakout Session 4
- Basic Building Blocks of Financial Health
- It Takes a Committee: Strategies, Resources and Tools for Building Inspired, Goal Oriented Wellness Teams to Support School Employee Wellness
2012 School Employee Wellness Conference
Breakout Session 1
- Oregon ASCD’s Whole Child Initiative and Healthy Kids Learn Better
- Creating Community Partnerships
- School Employee Wellness – It’s Doable, Affordable and Fun!
Breakout Session 2
- Release Your Masterpiece
- Swimsuits, Cell Phones and Health Care Coverage
- Building and Sustaining Safe Routes to School
Breakout Session 3
- Make it Happen: Promote Physical Activity
- Gain Administrative Support: Make the Case for School Employee Wellness
- CATCH


