2021 School Wellness Summer Institute
2021 School Wellness Summer Institute
Wrap-up & Recordings from 2021 School Wellness Summer Institute:
Thank you for joining us for our first ever School Wellness Summer Institute!
We had over 90 attendees from over 30 school districts attending. We hope you were inspired, engaged, and activated to start, strengthen and/or expand school wellness efforts for staff, students, and families. Please feel free to offer feedback on your experience here!
Click here for to view the descriptions and recordings from each session.
What is the School Wellness Summer Institute?
SNAP-Ed Hudson Valley’s School Wellness Summer Institute is a dynamic event which was held on August 10 - 12, 2021 and designed to bring together (virtually) school staff and administration from across the Hudson Valley to inspire, educate and engage. Through live virtual activities, participants gained knowledge, skills and abilities to start, strengthen and or expand school wellness efforts for staff, students and families.
Themes:
- Inspire our Hudson Valley schools to act and build communities where food and movement matter
- Educate participants on the connection between food, movement, resilience, and readiness to learn or teach
- Engage meaningful discussions around nutrition education, physical activity, and the whole child
- Apply skills and knowledge gained to enhance the quality of programming and students readiness to learn
Motivating, learning, and sharing. The SNAP-Ed Hudson Valley Institute encourages virtual community building with activities designed to help participants get acquainted, feel comfortable and stay motivated.
What can participants expect to learn?
At the completion of the conference participants will:
- Have gained a skillset, connection and/or knowledge that strengthens wellness efforts in their school.
- Understand the connection of food, movement and resilience to student and/or staff's ability to learn or teach
- Be motivated to apply the concepts learned to their specific roles at the classroom, building and/or district level
Session Descriptions & Recordings:
Contact
Amanda Cappadonna
SNAP-Ed Resource Educator
ajc359@cornell.edu
(845) 429-7085 ext. 141
Last updated August 26, 2021
Check out our Speakers!
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Troy Martin is the Children’s Programs Coordinator at the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. Troy has coordinated the Food Bank’s BackPack and School Pantry programs since 2017, growing and maintaining the Food Bank’s partnerships with school districts across our six county service area.
Erica Dahl is a SNAP-Ed Community Nutrition Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Orange County. She has worked with schools across the Hudson Valley for six years, leading workshops on movement in the classroom.
Megan Dhanabala has been a SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Dutchess County for 14 years! During her time with the organization, she has worked with a variety of diverse groups, from children to senior citizens of all different ability levels.
Tilsa Gonzalez, the district’s KI-12 Supervisor of Health and Physical Education, supports the curriculum and instructional aspect of the K-12 program for 10 schools throughout the City school district of New Rochelle with regard to health and physical education.
Jennifer Tuthill currently teaches in the Newburgh Enlarged School District. She is a certified children's yoga and mindfulness teacher and loves bringing her creativity into the elementary classroom.
Chef Dave Dunn has a B.S. in Food industry Management from Cornell University and is Food Service Director at K.C.S.D.
Allison Lauchaire has worked in education for over 20 years. Currently, she fulfills three roles in the Arlington Central School District: K-12 Coordinator of English as a New Language (ENL), Elementary Teacher Assistant to the Principal, and ENL teacher (3rd-5th grade).
Maria S Vele is a SNAP-Ed Bilingual Community Nutrition Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Orange County. She has worked with schools across the Hudson Valley for over 10 years, leading workshops on movement in the classroom.
Check out our Speakers!
Click on each Speaker's name or picture below to learn more about them!
Julika von Stackelberg, MA is a credentialed parenting educator and certified parenting coach who focuses on building resilience for families and the community at Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange.
Jane Sorensen is the family engagement and program manager for EPIC-Every Person Influences Children- at Monticello Central School District.
Mallory Jackson is a Human Services and Chemical Dependency Counseling Professor at SUNY Jefferson Community College (JCC) in Watertown, NY.
Lisa Perry has over 20 years of experience working in school and community settings providing training, curriculum development, technical assistance and brokering resources.
Sember Weinman is very excited to lead Common Ground in 2021 as Executive Director and is honored by the opportunity and responsibility. She holds an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute and a B.A. double major in environmental studies and studio art from Oberlin College, and is K-12 art teacher certified for New York State.
Shayna Russo is currently SNAP-Ed’s Project Manager for the Hudson Valley Region and Coordinator for Technical Assistance (TA). She is driven to create ‘change’ that supports healthy lifestyles, while simultaneously utilizing knowledge, skills and abilities relative to health, education, nutrition, fitness, collaboration and teamwork.
Bintou Hinds holds a M.S. in Human Nutrition from University of Bridgeport. She has worked in the field of public health nutrition in Dutchess county for the past 11 years. She now serves as a regional team leader and occasional Spanish language nutrition educator for SNAP Ed HV-Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County.
Lindsay Edgar is the Community Consultant for the CATCH Global Foundation. Lindsay works to maintain partnerships with the programs and communities that use CATCH.
Shana Green is the CATCH Implementation manager for the CATCH Global Foundation. She assists school districts and after school programs with the implementation of the CATCH curriculum and philosophies.