CONFERENCE ARCHIVE
This page stores the resources and tools from past School Employee Wellness Conferences.
2021 School Employee Wellness Conference
Keynote Presentation Resources
Breakout Session Recordings and Resources
Rejuvenation Session Recordings and Resources
- Recipe Demo: Redefining Comfort Food
- Eating During COVID-19: Improve Your Mood and Lower Stress – Harvard Health Blog
- Nutritional Strategies to Ease Anxiety – Harvard Health Blog
- Herbs and Spices – Food Hero
- Bell Pepper Nachos – Food Hero
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


