Event State: Confirmed
Organization: ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Expected Headcount: 25
Attendees - Students: FALSE
Attendees - Alumni: FALSE
Attendees - Faculty: FALSE
Attendees - Staff: FALSE
Attendees - Off Campus: TRUE
Event Contact Phone Number:: 209-513-9446
Event Contact Email Address:: barreaga@csustan.edu
Event Contact Name:: Bernard Arreaga
Performer/Speaker/Lecturer?: TRUE
Co-Sponsored with Off-Campus Entity?: FALSE
Hiring Off-Campus Service Provider?: FALSE
Attendees - Off Campus (Describe):: CalWORKs Participants who are referred to the program
Agenda/Timeline for this Event:: Monday: •Success is a Choice This topic covers the power of positive self-image, discovering your vision and purpose, setting goals that motivate, and keys to achieving success in life. •Dress for Success This topic includes a slide show, image presentation, personal appearance and grooming techniques, and makeovers. •Physical Wellness (Tai Chi either seated indoors or outside with yoga mats, Exercise either indoors with yoga mats and stretch bands or walking around campus (University Park Stockton Campus outdoors) This topic is highlighted as a life skill for maintaining health, increasing energy, and obtaining balance for work. Basic breathing techniques and non-strenuous movements are taught to help reduce stress at work, avoid work-related injuries, promote relaxation, and increase concentration, which will ultimately result in greater productivity and less absenteeism.Tuesday: •Managing Job Stress This topic includes the effects of stress on one's body and mind, how to recognize one's stress signals and those of others, the specific contributors to workplace stress, and strategies for dealing with it. This critical life skill topic encourages clients to have more power over their lives and better coping mechanisms for dealing with stress. Knowledge gained will increase success in the workplace which ultimately contributes to sustaining employment. •Healthy Eating for Better Job Performance This topic covers eating for energy and wellness. How to recognize the signs that trigger poor nutritional choices and appropriate ways to deal with these triggers will be addressed. Additionally, clients will learn the important life skill of making better nutritional choices through an understanding of healthy eating guidelines and weight management techniques. •Physical Wellness (Tai Chi either seated indoors or outside with yoga mats, Exercise either indoors with yoga mats and stretch bands or walking around campus (University Park Stockton Campus outdoors) This topic is highlighted as a life skill for maintaining health, increasing energy, and obtaining balance for work. Basic breathing techniques and non-strenuous movements are taught to help reduce stress at work, avoid work-related injuries, promote relaxation, and increase concentration, which will ultimately result in greater productivity and less absenteeism.Wednesday: •Temperaments in the Workplace This topic utilizes the True Colors career self-assessment tool to identify individual strengths and qualities in a fun and lighthearted way. It encourages clients to recognize, understand, and appreciate the differences in others and how these differences impact relationships at work. It also increases individual self-knowledge in relationship to job choice, self-confidence, respect, dignity, esteem, worthiness, and character. •Health Issues that Interfere with Job Performance and Attendance This topic explores health issues that could interfere with job performance and attendance. This will ensure that clients are aware of common viruses, infections, diseases, and conditions and the preventative measures one can take to avoid and/or treat them. This topic will also address employer's expectations regarding attendance and absenteeism due to health-related issues.Thursday: •Conflict Resolution in the Workplace This topic focuses on effective communication, what you see versus what you get, blocks to listening, techniques for active listening, and role-playing activities that can be used constructively to assist any difficult situation in the workplace. •The Working Parent This topic covers the stresses of parenting and clarifies the differences between discipline and punishment. Additionally, it provides solutions for overcoming obstacles such as being a single parent, childcare, and behavior problems that parents may face.Friday: •Safety and Prevention of Personal and Workplace Violence This topic outlines ways to identify and handle potentially dangerous or abusive situations that interfere with work. Domestic violence, the cycle of violence, obstacles to leaving a domestically violent relationship, warning signs, safety plans, effects on children, and myths versus facts about domestic violence will be reviewed. Additionally, examples of workplace violence will be discussed. Clients will gain an understanding of how violence or harassment in or brought to the workplace will interfere with job performance and is cause for dismissal from the job. •Physical Wellness (Tai Chi either seated indoors or outside with yoga mats, Exercise either indoors with yoga mats and stretch bands or walking around campus (University Park Stockton Campus outdoors) This topic is highlighted as a life skill for maintaining health, increasing energy, and obtaining balance for work. Basic breathing techniques and non-strenuous movements are taught to help reduce stress at work, avoid work-related injuries, promote relaxation, and increase concentration, which will ultimately result in greater productivity and less absenteeism.Additional topics offered in the three-week program: In the Three-Week program, participants have the same classes as in the One-Week program. The topics above are expanded on and they have four additional topics in their curriculum. •Anger Management This topic will include the definition, causes, facts, and perceptions of anger. Other possible topics include barriers to success in dealing with anger and techniques for dealing with anger. •Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace This topic addresses the reality that workplace substance abuse is on the rise. Definitions for drug abuse, self-assessments to detect possible problems with drugs and/or alcohol, and referral sources to obtain help with addictions will be covered. Co-occurring disorders will be addressed as well. •Money Management This topic offers everyday tips on saving money. Included are inexpensive household tips for cleaning and cooking, budgeting, savings, understanding your credit score, improving credit, and obtaining a free credit report. Teaching-learning activities include lectures, games, exercises, discussion, and interaction among participants. •Workplace and Situational Safety This topic covers basic knowledge regarding workplace safety and maintaining mindfulness and situational awareness in stressful situations. the course will cover general situational assessment for safety hazards and threats, how to develop plans of action in response to situational threats, physical wellness and ergonomics in the workplace.
Invite Type: Closed Event - Invite Extended Privately
Physical Activity/Game/Sport?: TRUE
Amplified Sound/Music/Speaking?: FALSE
Registration/Entrance Fee?: FALSE
Non-Compensated Volunteers Involved?: FALSE
Alcoholic Beverages Served?: FALSE
Off-Campus Youth Present?: FALSE
Soliciting Sponsorships, Donations, Gifts from Businesses for a Fundraiser?: FALSE
OIT Tech/Media/Network Services Work Order Request Needed?: FALSE
Dignitary/Elected Official Invited to this Event?: FALSE
Food/Beverage Served?: TRUE
Event Setup Requested for the Stockton location?: FALSE
Event Locator: 2024-ABAVNP
Organizer: aponce15@csustan.edu
Describe the Physical Activity/Game/Sport:: Tai Chi and/or Exercise (indoors or outdoors)
Describe the Food/Beverage from Other Entity:: Prepackaged Snacks/Drinks
Performer/Speaker/Lecturer Name & Affiliation:: Liz Winter-Instructor Diana Galvan-Instructor Catriona Linn-Instructor Davina Arreaga-Instructor Chaka Morgan-Instructor Angela Leonardo-Instructor Maricarmen Anaya-Instructor Heather Adams-Instructor Leon Coffey-Instructor Angie Melgarejo-Instructor Debbie Smith-Instructor Phyllis Klein-Instructor
Will the Food/Beverage be Cooked, Purchased, or Served by another entity/dept/org?: FALSE

Three-Week Program

Work Wellness: The Basics- Three-Week Curriculum

(Three Week program is offered once a month)

This program is recommended for participants with one or more serious obstacles/barriers to preparation for entering the work world or being successful once they obtain a job. Examples of participants who might qualify for the extended curriculum are those in recovery from drugs and alcohol, those with serious health problems (mental, emotional, or physical), those with self-esteem so low it interferes with a positive presentation of self, those in abusive relationships, and those with minimal life skills. During the one-week and three-week programs ten instructors, each an expert in their field, teach the following:

 

Monday:

• Success is a Choice
  This topic covers the power of positive self-image, discovering your vision and purpose, setting goals that motivate, and keys to achieving success in life.
  

• Dress for Success
  This topic includes a slide show, image presentation, personal appearance and grooming techniques, and makeovers.
  

• Physical Wellness (Tai Chi either seated indoors or outside with yoga mats, Exercise either indoors with yoga mats and stretch bands or walking around campus (University Park Stockton Campus outdoors)
  This topic is highlighted as a life skill for maintaining health, increasing energy, and obtaining balance for work. Basic breathing techniques and non-strenuous movements are taught to help reduce stress at work, avoid work-related injuries, promote relaxation, and increase concentration, which will ultimately result in greater productivity and less absenteeism.
  

Tuesday:

• Managing Job Stress
  This topic includes the effects of stress on one's body and mind, how to recognize one's stress signals and those of others, the specific contributors to workplace stress, and strategies for dealing with it. This critical life skill topic encourages clients to have more power over their lives and better coping mechanisms for dealing with stress. Knowledge gained will increase success in the workplace which ultimately contributes to sustaining employment.
  

• Healthy Eating for Better Job Performance
  This topic covers eating for energy and wellness. How to recognize the signs that trigger poor nutritional choices and appropriate ways to deal with these triggers will be addressed. Additionally, clients will learn the important life skill of making better nutritional choices through an understanding of healthy eating guidelines and weight management techniques.
  
• Physical Wellness (Tai Chi either seated indoors or outside with yoga mats, Exercise either indoors with yoga mats and stretch bands or walking around campus (University Park Stockton Campus outdoors)
  This topic is highlighted as a life skill for maintaining health, increasing energy, and obtaining balance for work. Basic breathing techniques and non-strenuous movements are taught to help reduce stress at work, avoid work-related injuries, promote relaxation, and increase concentration, which will ultimately result in greater productivity and less absenteeism.
  

 

Wednesday:

• Temperaments in the Workplace
  This topic utilizes the True Colors career self-assessment tool to identify individual strengths and qualities in a fun and lighthearted way. It encourages clients to recognize, understand, and appreciate the differences in others and how these differences impact relationships at work. It also increases individual self-knowledge in relationship to job choice, self-confidence, respect, dignity, esteem, worthiness, and character.
  

• Health Issues that Interfere with Job Performance and Attendance
  This topic explores health issues that could interfere with job performance and attendance. This will ensure that clients are aware of common viruses, infections, diseases, and conditions and the preventative measures one can take to avoid and/or treat them. This topic will also address employer's expectations regarding attendance and absenteeism due to health-related issues.
  

Thursday:

• Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
  This topic focuses on effective communication, what you see versus what you get, blocks to listening, techniques for active listening, and role-playing activities that can be used constructively to assist any difficult situation in the workplace.
  

• The Working Parent
  This topic covers the stresses of parenting and clarifies the differences between discipline and punishment. Additionally, it provides solutions for overcoming obstacles such as being a single parent, childcare, and behavior problems that parents may face.
  

Friday:

• Safety and Prevention of Personal and Workplace Violence
  This topic outlines ways to identify and handle potentially dangerous or abusive situations that interfere with work. Domestic violence, the cycle of violence, obstacles to leaving a domestically violent relationship, warning signs, safety plans, effects on children, and myths versus facts about domestic violence will be reviewed. Additionally, examples of workplace violence will be discussed. Clients will gain an understanding of how violence or harassment in or brought to the workplace will interfere with job performance and is cause for dismissal from the job.
  
• Physical Wellness (Tai Chi either seated indoors or outside with yoga mats, Exercise either indoors with yoga mats and stretch bands or walking around campus (University Park Stockton Campus outdoors)
  This topic is highlighted as a life skill for maintaining health, increasing energy, and obtaining balance for work. Basic breathing techniques and non-strenuous movements are taught to help reduce stress at work, avoid work-related injuries, promote relaxation, and increase concentration, which will ultimately result in greater productivity and less absenteeism.
  

Additional topics offered in the three-week program:

In the Three-Week program, participants have the same classes as in the One-Week program. The topics above are expanded on and they have four additional topics in their curriculum.

• Anger Management
  This topic will include the definition, causes, facts, and perceptions of anger. Other possible topics include barriers to success in dealing with anger and techniques for dealing with anger.
  

• Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the Workplace
  This topic addresses the reality that workplace substance abuse is on the rise. Definitions for drug abuse, self-assessments to detect possible problems with drugs and/or alcohol, and referral sources to obtain help with addictions will be covered. Co-occurring disorders will be addressed as well.
  

• Money Management
  This topic offers everyday tips on saving money. Included are inexpensive household tips for cleaning and cooking, budgeting, savings, understanding your credit score, improving credit, and obtaining a free credit report. Teaching-learning activities include lectures, games, exercises, discussion, and interaction among participants.
  

• Workplace and Situational Safety
  

This topic covers basic knowledge regarding workplace safety and maintaining mindfulness and situational awareness in stressful situations. the course will cover general situational assessment for safety hazards and threats, how to develop plans of action in response to situational threats, physical wellness and ergonomics in the workplace.

Note: Each week ends with a review and evaluation of the entire curriculum and a completion ceremony. Participants receive individualized affirmations, certificates of attendance, and useful and inspirational gifts.