Presentation & In-service Opportunities
Materials and presentations are offered to SIA member districts only. For a list of our member districts, please see our SIA Information page. If you would like to know about the materials but are not a member, please send us an email at info@sia-jpa.org and we will do our best to assist you.
In-service presentations are one of the most effective employee educational tools we have. SIA
provides in-service presentations on a variety of subjects, many of which are listed below. We will modify these presentations to fit your school site's particular needs.
Ritberger Personality Method
 
What is it that makes the difference in why
and how we relate to other people? Learn how personality is that
“automatic pilot” in each of us that creates a bridge to understanding
ourselves and others. Personality represents our attitudes, beliefs,
thoughts, emotional reactions and coping mechanisms. Based on the work of
Carol Ritberger, PhD. And the book “What Color is Your Personality?” learn
what color you are – Red, Orange, Yellow, or Green. Use this information
to maximize your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.
With this training your staff can expect to
have a greater understanding of neurological qualities that drive how we
gather information and make decisions. This leads to increased tolerance
for differences in the workplace and understanding of communication
styles. The training is delivered in a FUN interactive environment!
Workshops are available in 2 or 3 hour formats.
The Resilient Educator®
As a strategy to help our schools address teacher retention, Schools
Insurance Authority offers The Resilient Educator® program. This program
is grounded in 15 years of neuroscience and research through the
Institute of HeartMath. It offers scientifically validated techniques
that help educators boost performance, improve relationships, and
strengthen resiliency. Content of the program includes the role of
emotions in performance and health, how emotions drive brain activity
into chaos or coherence, how to build and sustain resiliency, effective
communication and productive working relationships.
SIA is able to offer CEU’s for teachers for this program and it can be
delivered in a variety of ways – as a four or six hour program or broken
up into one-to-two hour sessions spread out over several weeks to allow
for integration of new techniques. We will provide pre and post
assessments to measure the effectiveness of the training. If you would
like information about how to provide this training for your teachers
please contact Michele Mariscal at
mmariscal@sia-jpa.org or call (916) 364-1281.
Resilient Educator: Skills to Suceed and Flourish in Today's Schools (pdf
format)
Back Injury
Prevention
Lifting and moving in ways your body wasn't meant to can lead
to painful back injuries. Determine if your ways of sitting,
standing, lifting, pushing and pulling are putting you at a higher
risk for injury or not. Learn to protect your back by using proper
lifting, body posture and moving techniques. Also, learn to keep
yourself safe by stretching and strengthening your muscles, so
you'll be in shape to make the right moves on and off the job.
Our focus is to help address those physical tasks that are points
of concern for supervisors and staff. Don't wait until a "possible"
concern becomes an issue. Be proactive by requesting the assistance
of our department to address the movements, lifts, and posture, used
by you and your staff that may lead to an injury. A typical
in-service lasts approximately 90 minutes, one on one and group
training may last from 15-120 minutes. In resolving physical
challenges the first, most practical and economical step is to
modify behavior (body mechanics), before modifying the environment
(equipment).
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"Discover simple workstation arrangements that
improve comfort and safety on the
job."
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Operation Ergonomics
Learn how to set up your work station to suit your body and
operating style. Discover simple workstation arrangements that
improve comfort and safety on the job. Understand how to work more
safely with existing equipment and help prevent aches, tension,
fatigue, eye strain, and other problems. Master your environment
and improve your health by using good ergonomics.
FISH 
The FISH Philosophy is a global phenomenon that helps organizations
transform their workplace culture and the experience they offer those
they serve. It’s about having fun and energy throughout your workday. A
special part of the program
includes the famous FISH film that shows you how commitment to your
organization’s vision is the key to bringing life and energy to your
work. You’ll be inspired to create the workplace you’ve been searching
for, right where you are!
Fitness on the
Go!
Is your favorite excuse for not exercising that you don't have time? Learn how to use an effective, time efficient strength training tool - the DynaBand. Improve muscular strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility using DynaBands. Participants will be lead through a series of exercises using the bands (provided by SIA) and will be provided with a pictorial exercise sheet to perform the exercises on a daily basis independently.
Motivate N' Move!
Have all your best intentions to keep consistent health habits in existence been thwarted? Explore the obstacles that are holding you back, and generate a compelling commitment to your wellness practices. Participants will design a wellness plan and turn their excuses into action!
Just Ducky
Do
your feathers get ruffled by stresses and storms? Do you ever feel
like you're swimming just to stay afloat? Would you like to be calm
and cool on the surface while still paddling like heck? Waddle on in
to this interactive workshop to learn how your attitude and habits
create the weather around you.
Life Balance
What is stopping
you from fulfilling your dreams and responsibilities? Why can life get
so chaotic that it seems like it is out of our control? How is it that
there are times when you accomplish many things, yet you feel
unproductive? The answers to all of these questions lie within
understanding the twelve areas of life and how to balance each one of
those twelve critical areas. Lack of balance creates distractions; robs
attention from tasks, and results in costly and sometimes painful
mistakes.
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