Effective Wellness Councils

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Effective Wellness Councils

• Making Meetings Matter

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Session Objectives

• Discuss the developmental process of a group.
• Identify key roles and responsibilities of group
  members and leaders.
• Utilize effective tools and strategies for
  productive meetings

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Warming Up

• Identify 3 groups you are a member of
• Pair with someone and share how you feel about
  being a member of these group.
• What do you like about it?
• What is a challenge?
• What keeps you coming back?

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The Six Step Process

• Convene a School Wellness Council
• Complete an Inventory to determine a starting
  point for your school
• Analyze Inventory results develop a plan of
  action
• Identify resources for implementation
• Take action!
• Celebrate successes monitor progress

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Your school has convened a wellness council that
meets at least every other month.

• Healthy Schools Program-Bronze

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The Headlines

• Outbreak of Illness Linked to the School
  Cafeteria
• High School Senior Killed in Head-On Crash
  Returning to School from Lunch
• School Budget Cuts Result in Elimination of
  Middle School Sports Across District

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• The School Wellness Council fosters the
  participation of representatives with the varying
  linguistic, cultural, and socio-economic
  backgrounds of the student population.
• Healthy Schools Program-Bronze

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The Life of a Group
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What Do Groups Do?

• Content vs. Process
• Communication
• Decision Making
• Constructive Group or Personal Needs?
• Emotional Issues

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Group Behaviors

• Dependency
• Individualism
• Fighting
• Controlling
• Withdrawing
• Pairing Up

• Identity
• Goals and Needs
• Power, Control, Influence

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Managing Turf

• Collaboration Math

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Elements for Making Change
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Effective Agendas

• Use your action plan to set your meeting content
• Celebrate completion of tasks
• Link projects and activities to action plan
• Use notes to indicate decisions and next steps
• Make the meeting notes/minutes available

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3-2-1

• Groups you currently belong to
• How people come together and stay together
• Accomplishments and successes