2011/12 Professional Development
- 20-minute classes provided by your PCSB Wellness dietitians and exercise physiologist
- Presented at YOUR worksite
- During faculty/staff meetings, special events or after school
- You pick the topic, date and time
- Get information, in-service points and incentives
Classes Currently Being Offered
Go Organic Within Your Budget
Learn how to eat fresh AND frugal with Farmer Gill from Go Natural Organics - Jim MIles Palmetto Room - Tuesday, May 22nd - 4:30-5:30pm - Register
Web-Based Options
On-going Web Offerings
Instructions
- Complete a Wellness Professional Development from the list below.
- Complete the associated follow-up assignment.
- Email or courier the follow-up to the Wellness Program - Woodlake Center - Route D.
- The number of inservice points you earn vary with activity and are awarded on an all-or-nothing basis. You must complete the activity AND the follow-up to earn the points.
1. Diabetes Healthy at Heart Newsletter - Sign up by January 20th to be included in the 2012 E-newsletter distribution. Receive one email per month with the diabetes newsletter and follow-up attached
*This does NOT count as a refresher class if enrolled in the ABC’s of Diabetes program
2. Healthier at Heart
- Objective: Incorporate physical activity into your day with short frequent bouts of exercise. Increase strength and flexibility while reducing stress. Record at least one daily intervention over a two week period using the Log Sheet below. An intervention consists of 5-10 minutes worth of exercises. Use your own, or choose some from the three pages provided below.
- Activity and Follow-up:
- Take this simple fitness test
- Review the components of fitness
- Set your goal
- Exercises
- Stretches
- More Stretches
- Log Sheet
- Courier your goal-setting form, including fitness test results, and log sheet to Wellness, Route D or email.
- Inservice Points: Four following the two week period
- Objective: Increase activity, improve health and reduce stress with outdoor trail hiking in Polk County. Learn how to geocache.
- Activity: Choose a trail from the 25 (soon to be 30) Trek 10 Trails
- Follow-up: Write a 250 word essay describing your experience on the trail
- Inservice Points: Two for each trail / assignment submitted
- Objective: Reduce stress and learn to relax
- Activity: Choose a relaxation technique
- Follow-up: Write a 250 word essay describing your experience
- Inservice Points: Two
6. Health Screening and Follow-up
- Objective: To become familiar with "your numbers" and learn how to use them as a tool to set goals and improve your health.
- Activity: Attend a BlueCross BlueShield health screening, an ABCs of Diabetes screening or get lab work from your own doctor.
- Follow-up: Review the lab results including blood pressure, weight and BMI, glucose (blood sugar), cholesterol (LDL, HDL, ratio), and triglycerides. Consider your eating and physical activity habits. Read about S.M.A.R.T. goal setting, complete this assessment and email or courier to Wellness as instructed above.
- Inservice Points: Two
Monthly Challenges
JANUARY 2012 - Nickels and dimes add up! Brush up on savings tips. Then, test yourself with this short quiz and be entered into a random prize drawing. Drawing to be held in February.
