[MyOEBB] FW: 2019 OR School Employee Wellness Conference Agenda at a Glance

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Dear Superintendents, Business Managers, Benefits Administrators, and Premium Contacts:

Don’t forget … the 8th Annual Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference is right around the corner! March 24 – 26, 2019

This conference is a great way to learn how to build effective wellness programs specifically in Oregon schools. Join other wellness-minded individuals -- go home with real, actionable steps to build a healthier work environment.

Registration link and event agenda below. Please share this invitation with any coworkers who might like to attend.
Questions about the conference? Please email Maureen Caldwell at maureen at oeachoice.com<mailto:maureen at oeachoice.com>.


Jackie Cowsill
Communications Coordinator
Oregon Educators Benefit Board
Phone: 503-378-5353

From: OEA Choice Trust <maureen at oeachoice.com<mailto:maureen at oeachoice.com>>
Subject: 2019 OR School Employee Wellness Conference Agenda at a Glance

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Check out this year's conference agenda!






 Join us for the 8th Annual Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference
March 24-26, 2019 in Bend, Oregon
Together Everyone Achieves More: Changing the Conversation


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"Each one of us can make a difference.
Together we make change."
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Explore this year's conference agenda!

The Oregon School Employee Wellness Conference is less than two months away! Enjoy a preview of this year's conference sessions and activities:


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Healthy Happy Hour:
Sound Bath--The Healing Power of Music

Sound is a powerful and ancient technology for healing and connecting with deeper, restorative states of consciousness. Whether you enter the experience with a clear intention or you hope to just simply relax, the vibrational nuances of a sound journey can take you just where you need to go and provide just what you are needing on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. During this particular sound bath experience, Shireen Amini will usher you through a variety of soundscapes facilitated by such instruments as the crystal bowl, tongue drum, buffalo drum, voice, shakers, rattles and more. Her offering blends elements of ceremony, rhythm and song into a comprehensive community experience that will leave you feeling more deeply and peacefully connected to yourself and to life.

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Purpose Track Highlights

We are excited to introduce our Purpose track! This track is centered on identifying and embracing your sense of meaning and motivation to give back to others and the world in some positive way. Here is a sneak peek of two of this year's Purpose breakout sessions:



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More Than a Bubble Bath: Finding Ways to Maintain Vision and Passion for Your Work

Practicing self-care goes beyond taking a bubble bath after a hard day. How can school employees stay true to their core beliefs and still have passion for their work? In this session we will practice creating a vision for your work based on core beliefs as well as ways to stay regulated and true to your vision during the most stressful moments of the day. Learn ways to practice mindfulness and reflection in order to reduce toxic stress and practice self-care in your workplace.

Learning objective:
·     Participants will have a strong vision for their work and strategies for staying true to their core beliefs in what can be a chaotic and stressful work environment.

Presented by:
Leah Starkovich
Oregon Education Association (OEA)

Leach Starkovich has been an educator for nearly 17 years. She joined OEA in 2018 in the Center for Great Public Schools as the professional practice organizer. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in instructional coaching, professional learning, teacher leadership, learning designs, quality assessment and content expertise in reading, math and professional educator standards. Prior to joining OEA, Leah served as a student achievement specialist, reading teacher and elementary school teacher.


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Leading Together for Healthy School Communities

Leading Together is a research-based program rooted in the belief that students flourish best in an environment where all educators feel supported, working together in a culture of mutual respect and courageous dialogue. Leading Together is designed to build relational trust within the adult community in schools. This workshop will introduce participants to the cornerstones of Leading Together, provide opportunities to practice activities from the Leading Together approach and reflect on ways they might incorporate Leading Together in their own school communities.

Learning objectives:
Participants will be able to help build adult community in their schools by:
·     Reconnecting with what originally inspired them to be educators
·     Cultivating self-awareness
·     Building connections and community
·     Strengthening capacity to listen, pay attention and be present in teaching, learning and relationships

Presented by:
Dawn Montgomery, EdD
Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling

Dawn Montgomery's 32 years in K-12 education supports her service to the professional development of leaders. Her varied work experience includes elementary and middle school teacher, middle and high school vice principal, high school principal and district office director overseeing K-12 school and many district programs and initiatives. Besides serving as a Courage and Renewal facilitator, she is an executive performance coach, an equity training and facilitator and adjunct faculty of Educational Leadership at Lewis and Clark College.

Matsya Siosal
Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling

Matsya Siosal directs the Center for Community Engagement at Lewis and Clark's Graduate School of Education and Counseling where there is a long history of offering Courage and Renewal programs. She has been participating in Courage programs regularly since 2015 and is currently apprenticing and receiving mentorship to become a Courage and Renewal facilitator. She finds that Courage work enables her to navigate the challenges that come with more clarity and resilience, creating greater balance and wholeness within the personal and professional dimensions of her life.









Reserve your room in Bend!

Rooms are being held at special rates at the following hotels.

PLEASE NOTE: For both hotels, rooms are being held for the nights of March 24 and 25 only, all other nights are based on availability at the time of registration. The rates quoted below are for single and double occupancy. Rates are subject to an increase for each additional person.



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Riverhouse Hotel
Single/Double Non-River View Room: $109.00 + tax

To make a reservation, call 1-866-453-4480 no later than Friday, March 1, 2019. After this date, rooms may be reserved based on availability, but the group rate listed above is no longer guaranteed. When requesting a room reservation, please inform the reservation agent that you need the "OEA Choice Trust rate."

Check In: 4:00 PM
Check Out: 11:00 AM

All attendees must present a valid credit card at check in. Full payment is required at the time of check out. An attendee who fails to arrive on the scheduled arrival date will be considered a "no show" and will be required to pay one night's room and tax. To avoid this charge, please call the reservation number listed above to cancel, or make changes to, your reservation prior to 48 hours of your scheduled arrival date.

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Red Lion Inn & Suites Deschutes River
(Formerly known as Bend Inn & Suites)
Single Room $89.00 + tax
Double Room $89.00 + tax

Please note: There are two Red Lion Inn & Suites in Bend. The one located across the street from the Riverhouse Convention Center is the one that has a block of rooms held, and it is called Red Lion Inn & Suites Deschutes River (as opposed to simply Red Lion Inn & Suites).

To make a reservation, call 1-800-RED-LION (1-800-733-5466) no later than Sunday, March 10, 2019. After this date, rooms may be reserved based on availability, but the group rate listed above is no longer guaranteed. When making a room reservation, please use the block code OSEW0324.

Check In: 3:00 PM
Check Out: 12:00 PM

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Keynote Speaker:
Jessica Lawrence

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Jess Lawrence is an enthusiastic, energetic, extroverted New Englander living in Eastern Kentucky by way of Portland, Oregon after 20 years. She started her career doing exactly what she wanted to do since her own high school experience—teaching 7th graders health education. In 2003, Jess was hired as the Health Education Curriculum Specialist for the Oregon Department of Education, where she provided assistance and professional development to health teachers across Oregon. In 2006, Jess pursued a career as a national school health/wellness consultant, working with state departments of transportation, education, and health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, school districts and non-profits working to create healthier schools and communities. She writes curriculum, presents at conferences, works closely with districts to implement the WSCC Framework and facilitates a variety of events, including how to create systems change in schools around wellness.

On August 31, 2013, Jess completed a life goal of bicycling solo across the United States in 90 days and while doing so raised $23,000 for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to fight childhood obesity.

She lives in Morehead KY with her partner, Jamie Sparks and his three children ages 11, 13 and 16 and enjoys cycling, international travel, cooking and watching soccer.

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Let's change the conversation around school employee well-being:

·     From a sole focus on physical activity to a holistic approach to include all elements of well-being
·     From individual responsibility to a culture that creates opportunities and conditions to be well
·     From school employee wellness programs are a "nice to have" to a "must have"
·     From "one more thing to do" to integrated into the work day
·     From one-size-fits-all to culturally-responsive



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Announcing new conference tracks:

Social-Emotional Well-Being: Support yourself and others through having supportive relationships, fostering social belonging and honoring your inner self

Financial Well-Being: Build skills in managing your economic life to reduce stress and increase security

Physical Well-Being: Learn methods for boosting health and energy through taking care of your body

Purpose: Identify and embrace your sense of meaning and motivation to give back to others and the world in some positive way

School Employee Wellness Nuts & Bolts: Learn how to grow a robust school employee wellness program by putting priorities into action

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This is a conference for everyone!

·     Caring for your own well-being positively impacts student success
·     Learn effective strategies to energize and support your school staff to be their best at the jobs they do and love
·     Don't go it alone; create collaborative partnerships to improve the health and well-being of employees, students and communities









Bring your team!

We know that the more colleagues you bring to the conference, the stronger your wellness efforts will be back at work. Bringing together a diverse team to share the knowledge, skills and resources you gain at the conference will invigorate your communities and generate a powerful force for staff well-being.

When you register a school district, ESD or community college wellness team and attend the conference together, your team will be entered for a drawing to win $200 to support school employee wellness at your workplace. Three lucky teams will be drawn to win $200 to support school employee wellness.

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Maureen Caldwell | OEA Choice Trust | (503) 495-6262 | (503) 624-3994 | maureen at oeachoice.com<mailto:maureen at oeachoice.com>









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