2024 Summit Resources

Dr. Susan Salcido | Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools

The Santa Barbara County School Wellness Council would like to thank Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susan Salcido for her continued participation and support since 2014 of the annual School Wellness Summit, which is a valued professional learning opportunity for members of our school communities.

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Social & Emotional Learning, Mindfulness, & Wellness
Using statewide SEL resources and grant funds over the past four years, the Santa Barbara County Education Office has: hosted a county-wide Community of Practice, hosted guest speakers to facilitate professional learning, distributed SEL mini-grants, and connected districts to free SEL resources. These featured partners are available to work with districts and schools for FREE this year, thanks to one-time grant funds. Contact SBCEO to check availability, learn about other CalHOPE resources.
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Our 2024 Report to the Community provides a comprehensive overview of public education in Santa Barbara County and highlighting the Santa Barbara County Education Office's efforts to support thousands of children in childcare centers and preschools - and nearly 67,000 TK-12 public school students - across our beautiful county. Take a look:
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Partnerships for Healthy Schools: San Diego County Office of Education and County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency

Dr. Erin Mahoney
Senior Director of Community Schools
San Diego County Office of Education
Email: erin.mahoney@sdcoe.net

Deirdre Kleske
Healthy Works Program, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
Email: deirdre.kleske@sdcounty.ca.gov

Live Well Schools is an San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) initiative that is part of Live Well San Diego, the County’s dynamic vision to create a healthy, safe, and thriving region. In 2023, SDCOE and HHSA began discussing how the two organizations can strengthen their partnerships and align resources and expertise to be more responsive to the needs of the students and families we serve.

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The Power of Partnership: Elevating Student Wellness through Managed Care and Education Collaboration

Healthy SBCSS is a department within the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. In alignment with the Countywide Vision, Healthy SBCSS champions a self-sustainable system of seamless, accessible, and effective services that advance wellness, recovery, and resiliency, integration of primary care and mental health supports to provide a full range of health-creating opportunities for individuals, families, and communities.

Farrah Northcott
Director
Healthy SBCSS
Email: farrah.northcott@sbcss.net

Amrita Rai
Clinical Director
Community Behavioral Health, Inland Empire Health Plan
Email: rai-a@iehp.org

Website: HealthySBCSS.net

School Health Connection Podcast: The School Health Connection Podcast is your go to source for insights and inspiration in creating healthier school environments. Brought to you by the California School Based Health Alliance, Inland Empire School Health Coalition, and in collaboration with the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools.

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2025 TWC Save the Date
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Student Behavioral Health Summit Highlights
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How Wolves Change Rivers
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Partnerships for Healthy Schools: Live Well Schools

Live Well Schools, an initiative of the County's Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA).
Schools and school districts are key partners in creating healthy environments for children to learn, grow, and reach their full potential. A key strategy of Live Well Schools is to build and strengthen relationships between schools, districts, HHSA staff, and community partners.

Partnerships are Key
Kids cannot change their environments, so it is incumbent upon academic leaders to create settings where kids can eat nutritious food, be active, and learn lifelong healthy habits. Strong partnerships, such as those being forged through the work of Live Well Schools, are key to helping children thrive.

Ariana Toretta, Angelina Ruiz and Olivia Keleman
Live Well Schools Team, County of San Diego
Email: LiveWellEducation@sdcounty.ca.gov

Website: livewellsd.org/i-want-to/learn-more/schools/live-well-schools

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Thriving Schools – Cultivating School Site Staff Wellbeing Efforts

Staff Well-Being Thriving Schools Initiative. Robust research underscores the significant correlation between staff wellness and critical outcomes such as retention, satisfaction, performance, and the overall climate and culture of the school environment. The Thriving Schools Initiative represents a progressive program designed to empower districts and educational institutions in identifying both strengths and opportunities across 14 facets of whole-child health. Systemic transformation is achieved by cultivating support and addressing the diverse needs of the school community, with an initial focus on cultivating staff well-being.

Kat Satterley, OCDE
Thriving Schools Program Specialist, Staff Well-Being
Orange County Department of Education
Email: ksatterley@ocde.us

Dareen Khatib, MPH, RDN, MCHES
Administrator of Health and Wellness
Orange County Department of Education
Email: DKhatib@ocde.us

Some key practices to cultivate staff well-being are:

Gratitude practices
Continuous professional Learning on staff well- being including stress management, healthy boundaries and self-care
Continuous professional learning on psychological safety, dependability, structure and clarity
Adopting conflict resolution processes
Integrating regular physical activity opportunities for staff
Building positive staff relationships and fostering a positive work culture
Building emotional intelligence
Creating relaxing staff lounges with biophilic design
Trauma informed practices and more!

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Additional Resources

Thriving Schools – WSCC Model in Action through Effective Wellness Leadership and Support

LACOE Nutrition and Wellness Programs provides technical assistance and professional learning opportunities to improve and expand nutrition education and local school wellness policy efforts using evidence-based information and resources such as the Whole School, Whole Community, and Whole Child (WSCC) model.

Maryam Shayegh
Nutrition and Wellness Coordinator
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Shayegh_Maryam@lacoe.edu

Dr. Ramiro Rubalcaba
Superintendent
Los Nietos School District
Email: ramiro_rubalcaba@lnsd.net

Positive health behaviors impact students and learning. Nutrition and physical activity are two areas that may significantly affect the health and psycho-social determinants of attendance and learning. Research demonstrates that proper nutrition and food security are associated with:

Increased health: physical, mental, social and emotional
Decreased chronic illness
Increased attendance
Increased attention span/concentration
Increased cognition and cognitive processing speed
Increased retention
Increased academic achievement
Higher standardized academic test scores
Decreased anxiety and depression

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From Policy to Practice: Empowering Wellness with the CA LSWP Collaborative

The California Local School Wellness Policy Collaborative brings together state leaders committed to improving student wellness and academic success. Learn how the CA LSWP Collaborative is turning wellness policies into actionable practices. We'll share who we are, what we do, our priority strategies, and the tools available to support your school communities. Discover ways to engage with us this year to strengthen local school wellness policies.

Bailey Suarez
Co-Chair
California Local School Wellness Policy Collaborative
Email: bsuarez@healthyeating.org
Website: healthyeating.org
Newsletter Sign Up: bit.ly/LSWPNewsletter
YouTube: youtube.com/@caschoolwellness

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Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Strategies for Education and Wellness Integration

This panel presentation will feature County Office of Education and School District leaders who will share their valuable insights and effective strategies for bridging gaps, fostering collaboration, and improving communication to support the learning and wellbeing of students, families, and staff.

Moderator:
Kat Satterley

Panelists:
Jessica Conkle, LACOE
Dr. Rubalcaba, Los Nietos School District
Dareen Khatib, OCDE

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Let’s Eat Healthy Initiative and Nutrition Education Resources

Rajwinder Kaur, MPH
Community Nutrition Adviser
Phone: (909) 801-0874
Email: rkaur@healthyeating.org
Website: www.healthyeating.org

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Join the Let’s Eat Healthy Initiative: HealthyEating.org/Join
Join the California Local School Wellness Policy Collaborative: Healthyeating.org/CAschoolwellness
Build Nutrition Literacy: HealthyEating.org/products-and-activities
2022 Nutrition Trends: HealthyEating.org/Trends
Farm to You Programs: HealthyEating.org/products-and-activities/programs-services/farm-to-you

MOVE, Santa Barbara County (formerly SBBIKE+COAST)

We designed this curriculum to give kids the skills that they need to pedal the streets in their community safely. We hope that by learning these skills, students and families will be more likely to consider the bicycle as a way to get to school, run errands, and get anywhere they need to go.

Heather Deutsch
Executive Director
Email: heather@movesbcounty.org

Website: www.MoveSBCounty.org/freedomtoride

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School Wellness Summit

2024 Summit

2024 School Wellness Summit Resources

Dr. Susan Salcido | Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools

Welcome by Ashley Costa

Partnerships for Healthy Schools: San Diego County Office of Education and County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency

The Power of Partnership: Elevating Student Wellness through Managed Care and Education Collaboration

Partnerships for Healthy Schools: Live Well Schools

Thriving Schools – Cultivating School Site Staff Wellbeing Efforts

Thriving Schools – WSCC Model in Action through Effective Wellness Leadership and Support

From Policy to Practice: Empowering Wellness with the CA LSWP Collaborative

Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Strategies for Education and Wellness Integration

School Health is Public Health: Partnership and Collaboration Opportunities

Let’s Eat Healthy Initiative and Nutrition Education Resources

Local School Wellness

Fostering Workplace Well Being: Rebuilding Social Connections

MOVE, Santa Barbara County (formerly SBBIKE+COAST)

Why School Food Matters