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FIS will demonstrate a commitment to promote social, emotional and physical wellness by providing new personal growth opportunities. We will work to ensure technology is used in a balanced and appropriate manner that does not inhibit a healthy lifestyle.
FIS will demonstrate a commitment to promote social, emotional and physical wellness by providing new personal growth opportunities. We will work to ensure technology is used in a balanced and appropriate manner that does not inhibit a healthy lifestyle.
Action Steps:
Create a touchpoint spreadsheet for a check-in process for all students
Ensure new or vulnerable students have access to school and external support
Reframe the role of homeroom teacher as advisor - everybody is an advisor
Implement the FIS Cares Help Desk
Identify faculty/staff with social, emotional & support needs
Create an external mental health group and counselor team for mental health team
Create a faculty/staff group dedicated to planning social events and facilitating a support network
Have faculty meetings break out into smaller groups to check-in airing and sharing
Implement wellness initiatives including after-school fitness and Wellness Wednesdays as part of faculty/staff meetings
Primary School
Primary School
Action Steps:
Explore creative ways to integrate new faculty within the division
Address additional demands on teachers caused by the pandemic by using available resources through an increase in temporary staffing
Offer increased choice in work locations for digital events
Elementary School
Elementary School
Action Steps:
Offer increased choice in work locations for digital events
Upper School
Upper School
Action Steps:
Develop relational based advisory to strengthen the social and emotional support of students
Offer mindfulness training for teachers
Continue to host community events such as Big Night In and Spring into Action
FIS Wiesbaden Campus
FIS Wiesbaden Campus
Action Steps:
Address additional demands on teachers caused by the pandemic by using available resources through an increase in temporary staffing, for supervisory purposes and to support students at home due to sickness or quarantine
Offer increased choice in work locations for virtual events (Parent information presentations, conferences, Faculty Meetings, PD days, etc.)
Survey student screen time and minimise school work time on screen from FS - Grade 8 (apart from embedding tech skills for DLP and systems use as appropriate)
Ensure outdoor learning is maximized and embedded in the curriculum for all ages (FS-8)
Promote further increase of fee-based electives such as horseback riding, swimming, tennis and golf
Create a faculty/staff wellness committee for school-day based and outside school-day personal and social opportunities
Use DLP to offer PE, meditation and other action/movement/wellbeing activities for teachers, parents and students
Provide play-based, non-screen activity options via the DLP for all
Elizabeth Schroeder at FIS - 2020.movReport abuse