Engage Newsletter DECEMBER 2023

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Organizational Wellness for Equity

Organizational Wellness for Equity
What is Fully Inclusive Wellness in the Workplace?
Learning Opportunities
Leadership Team Opportunities
Best Practices
Resources and Data
2024 Student Support Budget Requests
Kaizen Corner
Contact Us
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What is Fully Inclusive Wellness in the Workplace?

by Bridget Underdahl, Mental Health Program Supervisor Lead

The most common approach, when wellness is mentioned or a goal is set in workplaces on wellness, is to discuss self-care. It makes sense, if one has not had the opportunity of a background in social, emotional, and mental wellness. Self-care would be an area of greater comfort to address first. Many workplaces who have initial goals of organizational wellness have good intentions. Without a deeper knowledge base of organizational wellness, it is unfortunately common to miss possibilities for harm reduction or always provide the positive impacts as intended.

Some easy examples of better understanding wellness are...Read more

Learning Opportunities

What keeps staff members coming back year after year? What are the administrative moves that create a culture of wellness? If you’re looking for some fresh ideas on how to think about organizational wellness not just at an individual level but as a holistic experience, you’ll want to attend this webinar. We’re bringing you OSPI’s Mental Health Program Supervisor Lead, Bridget Underdahl to talk about what it takes to create a systems approach to wellness that’s grounded in educational equity. We’ll have a panel of practitioners to share examples of how this work has evolved in Central Kitsap School District and in Seattle Public Schools and we’ll offer you intentional tools, resources, and structures to help you get started. Free Clock Hours are available.

Graduation Equity Webinar Registration

Leadership Team Opportunities

Do you want your team to take a deeper look at Organizational Wellness for Equity? We’ve crafted activities that take 5-10 minutes, 20-30 minutes, and 90 minutes for you! Take a look at toolkits, reflection questions, and more. Check out this month’s Care Package.

Best Practices

Watch this short video on the Top 5 things you should know about Organizational Wellness for Equity!

Resources and Data

Alliance for a Healthier Generation Toolkit: This guide was created as a resource for school wellness committees to convene, plan and implement their action plans. The tools and other tips contained in this toolkit are meant to coordinate with other Healthy Schools Program resources and technical assistance provided by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

Take steps towards implementation of House Bill 1363: Addressing secondary trauma in the K-12 workforce. Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1363 and RCW 28A.300.825 acknowledge the significant toll secondary trauma has on educators, and subsequently students. It focuses on the adoption of policy and procedures so that districts and schools can take meaningful steps in supporting their staff’s health and well-being. By implementing policy through the strategic use of professional learning and a continuous improvement process, districts and schools can reduce staff turnover, increase student outcomes, and model healthy behaviors for the entire school community. Learn more about implementing this mandated law by accessing further information on our OSPI Webpage.

2024 Student Support Budget Requests

Learn more about OSPI budget requests by clicking on the image below.

Kaizen Corner

Reflecting on Measures of Success

This month’s newsletter is a continuation of November’s discussion on the importance of implementing performance measures as a compass for continuous improvement and using the data to monitor overall organizational wellness. As we begin to close out 2023 and move into 2024, this is a good time to review your intervention strategies and accompanying data to determine if they are working for students and educators and identify areas of success as well as opportunities for improvement.

How are teachers monitoring intervention strategies and do they see student progress in response to interventions? Are you able to compare current data against baseline measurements? Do the formative assessments, summative assessments, and other progress monitoring tools help identify areas of improvement and show student and educator progress over time? Even incomplete data tells...Read more

Contact Us

Bridget Underdahl

Mental Health Systems Program Supervisor Lead

OSPI

Bridget.Underdahl@k12.wa.us

Julee Christianson

Project AWARE Program Supervisor

OSPI

Julee.Christianson@k12.wa.us

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