Alpine ISD
Educator Health & Wellness Conference
Success inside the classroom begins outside the classroom. Join us in the GAME OF LIFE and refresh, relax, rejuvenate to improve your well-being and thus promote resiliency in the lives of your students.
Join us for a professional development day on January 17th dedicated to health and wellness. Sessions will be at the administration building, the Alpine Public Library, and the Alpine Civic Center.
Keynote Speaker
Alpine ISD Administration Building
9:00 - 10:15 AM on Monday, January 17th
Dr. Jill Siler
Dr. Jill Siler has been serving as the Superintendent of Gunter ISD since 2012. Jill grew up in Rochester & Buffalo, NY and completed her undergrad at the University of Pittsburgh. She moved to Austin in 1996 and began serving as a high school World Geography teacher and swim coach at John B. Connally High School in Pflugerville ISD. Jill earned her Masters from Texas State University and began her administrative career in Marble Falls ISD where she served as the Assistant Principal for Instruction. In 2004, Jill went to Lake Travis ISD where she served as a campus and district leader for 8 years. During that time, she completed her doctorate at the University of Texas.
Jill has a passion for helping others reach their goals and is a frequent speaker at the Texas’ First-Time Superintendent Academy, TCWSE and other leadership conferences. She is the Chair of the Future-Ready Superintendent Leadership Network Design Team through TASA where innovative leaders from across the state gather to learn, share and grow together and she is the Lead Facilitator for TASA’s Aspiring Superintendent Academy.
This past fall, Jill released her first book, Thrive Through The Five: Practical Truths to Powerfully Lead through Challenging Times, which was the #1 Bestselling New Release for Education Administration books and has hit the Top 10 Education Leadership books multiple times since its release.
Jill and her husband, William, have been married for 21 years and have two children: Caitlyn who is 15 years old and in 10th grade and Caleb who is 11 years old and in 6th grade.
Meet the Presenters
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RoseAnn Rodriguez, M.Ed., LPC-Associate
Music as Medicine
Description - Learn about the link on music and your health, emotion, and experiences.
Who’s on First?
Description - Who’s in charge, you or your emotions?
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Stephen Wood - Chef
Cooking for Your Best Life
Description - Simple, healthy recipes, with an in person tasty treat! Teachers, learn quick recipes to reduce the need for fuss in the kitchen after a long day in the classroom. You are what you eat!! Research indicates what we eat impacts mood and health. Discover new dishes that will improve your well-being and work-life balance. Happy teacher, happy class!
Culinary Camaraderie
Description - Being social and cooking with friends relieves stress. Join Stephen in a culinary experience of food and simple recipes to dazzle our friends!
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Barbara Scown
Gardening with Scown
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Leinora Alimboyugen - Adjunct Professor
Painting the Stress Away
Description - Artistic activities are known to lower stress levels and promote mental calmness. Come explore your inner artist.
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Mary Schwartze Grisham, MEd., LPC
Meditation For Educator Wellness
Learn and Practice a Variety of Meditation Methods
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Bailey Ferguson - Yoga Instructor
Yoga for Teachers
Description - Please join Bailey Ferguson for a 45 minute stretch and mindfulness session. Together we will start to explore the connection between movement and balance, both physical and mental. Through consciously connecting breath and awareness in the physical body, we can learn to focus and reset to achieve presence in both the body and in the moment. When we are balanced and connected, we are able to show up more fully for ourselves and for our students leading to better student achievement. We will learn stretches and movements that can be done anytime from a desk chair or on a yoga mat. Expect to move and stretch.
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Toni Sands
M.Ed., LPC, EMDR Certified, EMDRIA CIT
Jacque Bow RousselowM.Ed., LPC, LCDC, EMDR Certified, EMDRIA Approved Consultant
Self-Care: The Mind, Body, & Spirit Connection
Description - Hands on Self-Care Strategies to Improve Your Own Health
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Eleazar Cano, M.Ed., LPC-S
Working Towards Balance in 2022
Description - In this course you will learn how to improve work-life balance and maximize your potential to take charge of your own life as well as your students.
Teaching Others How to Treat Us
Description - Learn strategies for applying healthy boundaries. Give yourself permission to say No and not take on everything. Healthy boundaries decrease resentment, hurt, anger, and burnout; thus promoting a healthy you and a healthy classroom.
Staying True to Life’s Choices
Description - No matter how hard it gets, you have to remain true to yourself. Gain confidence in finding what works for you, defines you, and makes you whole. Being true to yourself will bring joy to your life and impact those around you, including students, in a positive manner.
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Barbara Tucker, Ph.D. - Professor
Self-Awareness and Self-Care
This presentation is intended to help you become more aware of and comfortable with practicing self-care. Working in the field of education requires focusing on the needs of those being served. Educators must recognize that if they do not care for themselves, they eventually will no longer be able to provide care for their clients/students. Self-care is both a practical necessity and a professional ethical mandate.
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Virginia Sandoval
Maximze Your Professional Time to Maximize Your Personal Time
Gain awareness of how you spend your time. Learn simple techniques to increase productivity and break time-wasting habits.
Get Moving: Exercise to Help You Manage Stress
Get Moving: Exercise to Help You Manage Stress
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Eva Lambert
Zoomba-Even When You're Tired!
Description - Develop Your Personalized Self-Care Plan
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Wayne Schroeder
Yoga by Wayne
Description - These beginner yoga techniques will leave you relaxed and refreshed.
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Chris Valenzuela
Maximizing Your Vision for Success
Description - Why you do what you do every day; design a vision board with images and words that spark your motivation and remind you of your values, goals, or dreams.
What is Self-Care?
More resources for self care can be found by downloading the PDF below.
Employment related stress is linked to professional burnout and mental and physical health issues. An educator’s well-being has an influence on educator’s relationships to work and their students.
Wellness-An active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. Wellness is more than being free from illness, it is a dynamic process of change and growth. Wellness is being balanced-physically, intellectually, spiritually and emotionally. Strategies that focus on promoting wellness, including mental and behavioral health, contributes to a sense of emotional well-being.
Self-Care—any action you can use to improve yourself and your well-being. Self-care is different from self-indulgence. Self-care has longer lasting benefits than self-indulgence. Everyone needs self-care to thrive, it is not selfish, it is necessary. Have you ever heard the adage, “You can’t take care of anybody else unless you take care of yourself?” Self-care is an investment, not only in yourself but extends beyond you to those you care for. Burnout is the result of providing care to others, to the extent that we are no longer taking care of our self. Research has shown that when we pay attention to our own needs we are more productive, less stressed and more confident.