Pinellas County Schools Worksite Wellness Program

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Pinellas County Schools Worksite Wellness
Program
06/07 SCHOOL YEAR
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• Organizational Chart
• The Worksite Wellness Program is one program
  offered within Pinellas County Schools Be Smart
  Wellness Program. The PCS Be Smart Wellness
  program is coordinated through the Districts
  Employee Wellness Committee.
• The Districts Staff Wellness Committee is a
  subcommittee of the SHAC (School Health Advisory
  Committee) which operates and complies with
  Statute S.381.0056.
• Pinellas County Schools highly values the health
  and well-being of every staff member and will
  plan and implement activities and policies that
  support personal efforts by staff to maintain a
  healthy lifestyle. The Staff Wellness Committee
  is composed of district staff members, SHAC
  members, local hospital representatives,
  dietitians, other health professionals, and risk
  management employees. The Committee develops,
  promotes, and oversees a multifaceted plan to
  promote staff health and wellness. The plan is
  based on input solicited from school staff and
  outlines ways to encourage healthy eating,
  physical activity, and other elements of a
  healthy lifestyle among school staff.

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• Worksite Wellness Program Objective
• This program is designed to support highest
  student achievement by promoting the health and
  well-being of district staff through education,
  behavior modification, guidance and support.
• Our wellness programs are based on two simple
  assumptions
• People who are healthy and manage stress
  effectively are more productive, more motivated
  and more satisfiedat home and at work.
• It costs less money to prevent illness than it
  does to treat it after is has occurred, which in
  turn, can help us to reduce health care costs.
• Duties of the Wellness Coordinator include
• Planning and coordinating programs at individual
  locations based upon program priorities and
  parameters, employee interests at each site, and
  financial resources.
• Meeting with district s wellness committee for
  education, planning, and reporting purposes at
  least three times per year.
• Promoting, advertising, and encouraging
  participation of district sponsored wellness
  programs and screenings and EAP Program.
• Promoting completion of Risk Assessments (Simple
  Steps) for employees enrolled in the districts
  health insurance plan.

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• Work Site Budgets

• Elementary Schools, Bus Compounds 400
• Middle Schools 600
• High Schools, Walter Pownall 800
•  Examples of Items that may be purchased
  includes
•       Printing
•         Speaker Fees
•         Wellness Instructional Material/Supplies
•         Incentives
• Refreshments (Not to exceed 50 of your
  total budget and
• must be used in conjunction with
  educational program)
•    All purchases and payments must be completed
  by 5/31/07. Funds not spent in this account
  will not rollover to the new year.
• The programs and incentives offered should be
  available to all Supporting Services personnel,
  PTS, Instructional and Administrative employees.
  
• This money will be reflected through an amendment
  to your schools budget in the following account
  strip 0100 7730 0510 CC 9901 6301 on 9/4/06.
  

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Wellness Champion Supplement

• Supplement Pay will be paid out annually based on
  school size.
• Only one champion per site will be eligible for
  supplement.
• Champion positions must be on the
  PTS/instructional salary schedule and be
  nominated by principal or department manager.
  Administrators are not eligible.
• Champions may earn an additional Bonus of 100
  for attaining 50 or more employees or spouses
  per semester who complete the Simple Steps Health
  Assessment.

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Wellness Program Topics

• Nutrition Weight Loss
• Exercise Fitness
• Stress Depression
• Healthy Heart
• Migraines Headaches
• Smoking Cessation

• District Sponsored Wellness Programs
• During the school year, Risk Management sponsors
  a calendar of Wellness Topics, including
  centrally located screenings and flu shots.
  Please see the enclosed wellness calendar. The
  coordinator can promote, communicate, and
  encourage participation of these programs and
  screenings.
• National Depression Screening Day October 5, 2006
• Great American Smoke-Out November 16, 2006
• American Diabetes Month November 2006
• Flu Shots November/December 2006
• Health and Fitness Month January 2007
• Vision Screening Month March 2007

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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)Coordinate at
least 1 program highlighting the benefits of
our EAP Program during the school
year.Wellness Reporting
Contact EAP Today!
December 6th May 2nd, 2007.

• A Progress Report will be due at the Mid-Year
  District Meeting. It will include your
  Project Status and Cost Status. A Final
  Report will be due at the Year-End Wrap Up
  Meeting.

Employee Surveys A template for an Employee
Survey has been provided. However, surveys may
be developed based upon the needs of each
location.
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Thank you for being the Wellness Champion at your
worksite!

• If you have additional questions please contact
  Leslie Viéns at 588-6142 or viensl_at_pcsb.org.