Wellness

PWPSD is committed to fostering an inclusive, safe, caring, and supportive learning environment for the entire school community.

PWPSD is dedicated to supporting students' mental, emotional, social, and physical well-being, promoting a strong sense of wellness and a healthy sense of self.

PWPSD is dedicated to fostering a work environment that prioritized both physical and psychological safety for our staff. We aim to support mental health, encourage work-life balance, promote healthy personal and professional boundaries, and offer opportunities for growth.

Technology is used responsibly in our schools, and in alignment with evidence-based child development practices.

Staff model, implement, and actively engage in universal wellness practices as part of a whole-school approach, and cultivate a positive, supportive, and thriving environment for both students and staff.

Wellness is integrated into daily routines, relationships, and practices to foster a culture of well-being that supports the learning and growth of all members of the community.

Commit to maintaining wellness as a division-wide priority and ensuring the long-term sustainable support of PWPSD's Wellness teams.

Develop a collective understanding and promotion of wellness that includes mental, physical, and social-emotional dimensions of well-being by:

• Establishing a shared wellness vision

• Supporting mental wellness by promoting accessible counselling and stress management strategies (Employee and Family Assistance Program)

• Fostering social-emotional wellness through social-emotional learning curricula and universal programming

• Cultivating a culture of support and accountability

• Promoting physical wellness through active programs

• Ensuring alignment between the workplace wellness plan and other school authority plans (e.g. OH&S, human resources, curriculum)

Prioritize wellness within PWPSD's overall professional learning plan by promoting wellness as a core professional responsibility

Offer professional learning opportunities that support wellness, mental health, stress management, and fostering work-life balance

Equip staff with universal strategies to help support students' mental, social-emotional, and physical well-being

Support staff in establishing and maintaining professional boundaries

Offer additional school-based professional development with in-class time to implement the strategies learned

Employ a tiered approach to wellness support, providing a structured and responsive system that meets students where they are, ranging from universal support to target specialized services

Offer all students and staff universal wellness supports focusing on prevention and the promotion of wellness

Offer targeted wellness supports for more individualized and tailored aid for students experiencing mental health challenges or disorders

• For more information, please refer to the PWPSD Tiers of Intervention

Promote inclusive practices by implementing inclusive education processes, providing necessary supports and accommodations, and ensuring smooth transitions for students with individualized education needs

Commit to fostering cultural safety as a collective responsibility by promoting culturally safe and responsive education in classrooms through professional development and classroom-based learning opportunities

Focus on operational health and safety, nutrition programs, and healthy living in schools

Provide key system supports through Violence Threat Risk Assessments, suicide risk assessments, and bereavement protocol

Collaborate with school authority, staff, and community partners for joint planning and implementation, and to identify best promising practices

Promote digital citizenship through the development of essential skills that enable students and staff to navigate the digital landscape safely and ethically

Encourage schools to incorporate land-based and other outdoor learning opportunities

Promote and implement mindfulness strategies and tools beginning in Kindergarten through Grade 12