Wellbeing Skill Building for Educators

Midland. An Inclusive Community.

Together. Forward. Bold. An Exceptional Place Where Everyone Thrives.

Learn when it is convenient for you! (asynchronous learning)

Wellbeing Skill-Building for Educators is designed to support the wellbeing of participants through a variety of interactive, asynchronous workshops and interventions. Participants learn and practice evidence-based tools and see best practices for implementing the tools in a variety of contexts.

Sponsored by the Midland County ESA – free to all Midland County educators and staff.

*Can enroll anytime in this timeframe starting now – new series begins each quarter!

Who We Are

The Midland Area Wellbeing Coalition is a group of over 136 members of the Midland Community who are working to help Midland achieve its vision: An inclusive community. Together. Forward. Bold. An exceptional place where everyone thrives.

Our coalition’s specific vision is that Midland is a healthy community where everyone belongs, feels safe, and thrives. All stakeholders invest in creating wellbeing and work together to become a recognized community where all citizens are flourishing in measurable and visible ways. This legacy of caring has been passed down to us and we commit to carrying it forward.

How Wellbeing Benefits Everyone

When we share a common language, we create connectivity to our work and wellbeing at all levels: individual, organizational, and community. The collective sum of our work is far more impactful than our individual work. Our plan is to connect all wellbeing initiatives and programs with a shared “hub” model. As all initiatives, workplaces, and groups align to a “hub”, we work to sustain wellbeing across all sectors of the community.

Midland Area Wellbeing Coalition

The Midland Area Wellbeing Coalition is supported by the Community Success Panel. The coordinator is Kathy Snyder and the leadership team consists of Maureen Donker (Midland Mayor & Councilman Ward 2), Bridgette Gransden (Administrator/Controller for the County of Midland) , Holly Miller (Executive Director of United Way of Midland County), Sharon Mortensen (Executive Director of Midland Area Community Foundation), and Beverlee Wenzel (Executive Director of The ROCK Center for Youth Development).

Email: [email protected] if you are interested in joining the coalition.

We are stronger together!

What is Wellbeing?

Wellbeing is your ability to feel good, struggle well, and function effectively!

(Created based on definitions from Professors Felicia Huppert and Chris Peterson)

Why PERMAH?

Martin Seligman and others found that the PERMAH framework is an easy way for people to understand, measure, and take action around the well-established, evidence-based elements of wellbeing.

4 AREAS OF FOCUS - THE COMMUNITY VISION

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Caring For Our People

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Building Our Livelihood

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Developing Our Talent

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Enriching Our Community

I love all of the different formats/ways to use the information! It makes it so easy for us to include naturally in whichever way is most accessible to our own lives. I can't wait to share a weekly life hack with my new teammates/colleagues!

Love this concept! Everything in one folder by topic is going to make this easy to use especially with staff at work.

I didn't know things applied to so many aspects of my life.

Wanted to also let you know that we are going to try to get groups together in each building to go through the Life Hacks. We have had several interested. A couple of folks on our team have offered to lead these sessions. I can't wait to see how this is received!

I am getting them and love having a weekly positive tip to focus on.

I enjoyed learning about myself and how I can help improve myself and also help my family with different exercises.

I am especially intrigued by the prospect of moving from the "me" more to the "we" and, ultimately, to the "us" level of Wellbeing here in our Midland community.

I highly recommend that you take advantage of the Partner Program so that your organization can benefit from this initiative like we have.

Positive Psychology has profoundly influenced every level of our organization. We have been learning together about various aspects of wellbeing for a couple of years and the changes are beginning to be noticed.

Latest Wellbeing Life Hacks

Wellbeing Life Hacks are simple evidence-based ways to build wellbeing and are accessible to everyone! Built around a wellbeing model of PERMAH, each Wellbeing Life Hack will build a different component of wellbeing: Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment, and Health.

Wellbeing Together

Learn how improving your personal wellbeing has a ripple effect to our families, friends, workplaces, and communities.

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