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October 26, 2022
Republic School District teammates,
As you know, our new Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) includes a focus on overall wellness for our students and staff. Through the CSIP, my new position of Staff Wellness Facilitator was created. With this role, our district's hope is to connect you, our teammates, with the resources you need to be successful and healthy in all aspects of your life.
The first step toward creating a staff wellness program was to request feedback from each and every member of our team through a survey last month. This was an effort to determine areas of celebration, as well as to identify areas of focus for programming and support. Your responses will guide us as we build our staff wellness program to provide an experience that works for you. Through the survey, we received a few pieces of feedback that we'd like to share with you.
Celebrations
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We asked: Are you interested in improving your health and well-being? Nearly 90% of our teammates said yes! This shows that Republic School District staff members are open to learning how health information and well-being efforts can support their individual needs and interests. That’s so exciting!
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We asked: Do you feel that you work in a positive environment? Again, 90% said yes! This result proves the district continuously strives to support a culture that promotes employee success and happiness both personally and professionally. We’re looking forward to building on that!
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We asked: Do you plan to engage in workplace health and well-being programs and activities? A majority, 86%, once again said yes. We can’t wait to see how our entire team grows and learns through these programs! Wellness champions in each building are actively working on fun, friendly and simple wellness initiatives across the district. As your Staff Wellness Facilitator, I am pursuing community partnerships that can assist with addressing the physical and mental well-being of all staff members.
Areas of Focus
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We asked: On a scale of 1-10 (1 = no support and 10 = full support), how well do you feel the district supports your health and well-being? Of those who responded, 22% selected at or below 5 on the scale. The comprehensive staff wellness program is in the development stage and through the survey, we will continually grow the program based on feedback to support our teammate’s health and well-being.
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Where will we start? Wellness information has been shared through the Staff Communicator weekly newsletter. Continue to watch for that information! In addition, a wellness website is also being developed to house all wellness information for employees.
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We asked: Do you take breaks during the work day? Most of our team, 60%, said no. Thank you to those who provided short answer responses to this question as well! This helps guide us with how we can improve in this area.
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Where will we start? Administration will begin to evaluate feedback to determine barriers and solutions to support breaks during the school day.
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We asked: Please rate how interested you are in the following topics. We learned there is great interest in learning more about physical activity (86%), nutrition (83%), stress management/self-care (80%), financial well-being (56%) and understanding your health insurance (51%).
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Where will we start? The staff wellness program will offer a variety of guest speakers, educational information and programming to meet the needs of every willing teammate.
We are so grateful for every individual who took the time to fill out the survey and provide such helpful feedback. We will actively use it to create positive experiences for our team members! We can’t wait to see how this improves the overall well-being of each teammate.
On the survey, we also asked if any of our staff members had talents or expertise they’d be willing to share. There were some impressive responses, however, the survey was anonymous! Please respond to THIS FORM to once again share your talents!
If you have any questions, please send an email to nancy.leonard@republicschools.org or call Ext. 6050.
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