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Lake Erie Regional Council wellness champion meeting may 8, 2014

Lake Erie Regional Council wellness champion meeting may 8, 2014. Agenda. Round Robin. Employee Assistance Program RFP.

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Lake Erie Regional Council wellness champion meeting may 8, 2014

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  1. Lake Erie Regional Councilwellness champion meetingmay 8, 2014

  2. Agenda

  3. Round Robin

  4. Employee Assistance Program RFP • The purpose of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is to provide employees, family and household members proactive support to identify and resolve personal issues before they result in medical, family, and/or workplace consequences. • Professional counselors provide confidential assessment and short-term counseling to assist in dealing with these, and related, matters. • Note: A 6-session model is considered best practice because it resolves over 80% of the presenting problems prior to use of the medical plan

  5. IMPACT Implementation Meet with Executive Wellness Committee and Wellness Champions to introduce services (May) Email blast announcing and introducing EAP to all employees (May/June) Distribution of membership letters with detachable wallet cards mailed to the employee’s home (June) Begin monthly email distribution of the EAP on Wellness newsletter (July) Live brief orientation at the opening day ceremony for each district as requested (August) On-site orientation sessions, as deemed appropriate, to principals, union leadership, wellness champions, teachers and staff (September) A final implementation plan will be developed in collaboration with the LERC Executive Wellness Committee on May 12.

  6. District-Level Meetings • Ideas of how to use time together: • Meeting with your administrative team and/or wellness champions/committee to discuss your wellness goals and strategies to achieve them • Discussing employee barriers to health improvement • Enhancing the environment to make it easy to be healthy at work • Other?

  7. Feedback from District-Level Meetings

  8. Wellness Funding – LERC & MMO • Note: In addition to providing Wellness funding to each district, LERC covers the expense of the core screenings (“chemistry profile”) for all employees regardless of benefits enrolled status. Remember: All Wellness Funds must be requested by May 30, 2014!

  9. Wellness Champion Checklist

  10. Ideas for how to use Wellness Funding • Purchasing exercise equipment, bands, etc. • Bring fitness instructor onsite (Zumba, Pilates, etc.) • Purchase exercise videos • Purchase physical activity tracking device (MOVbands, Fitbits, pedometers, etc.) • Purchase gift cards to incent participation in various programs • Providing healthy meals or snacks to staff throughout the school year; Providing fruit in break rooms, teachers lounges, etc. • Providing hot/cold mugs to employees containing the “Making the Grade for Wellness” logo • Provide water bottles with Wellness logo • Provide water coolers throughout buildings • Reimburse employees for active memberships at fitness facilities up to a certain dollar amount • Pay for a motivational speaker to come onsite

  11. Next Steps

  12. Appendix

  13. Mid-Year Meeting-Movable Overview • Movable, Inc. produces and sells MOVbands, which are a Physical Activity tracking device. • Band is worn around wrist and tracks all forms of Physical Activity. • Employees and program administrators will have access to an online activity dashboard that tracks physical activity as well as competition • Band automatically syncs to activity dashboard, so no manual entry is necessary. • Movable will give LERC access to a dedicated Program Manager who can manage the challenges and answer employee questions. • Cost • $28 per person for Year 1 [Actual cost is $35.  Movable provides a 20% broker/consultant discount, which will be passed on to LERC.]  • $5 per user for Year 2, 3, etc. • Inter-district and inter-consortium competitions • Approved expenditure through MMO’s Wellness dollars. • Website:  http://movable.com/

  14. Mid-Year Meeting-Health 360 Overview • 12-week onsite educational/physical activity program that includes weekly workouts, homework, and three assessments (pre, mid, and post) • Come onsite to districts or partner with a local facility • Focuses on Physical Fitness, Nutrition, and Stress Management • Employee must attend 9 out of 12 classes to graduate. • Classes are 90 minutes and include 30 minutes of Physical Activity along with education • Classes are recorded for later viewing with schedule conflicts along with quizzes for accountability • Participants must journal to record nutrition intake and physical activity • Health 360 is offering a $8,000 pilot program for 30 participants (~$267 per participant) • Website:  http://www.h360g.com/.  To log in as a member to tour the site, username is “lerc” and password is “password”

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