Join us for our 2022 School Wellness Summer Symposium!
2022 School Wellness Summer Symposium
Wrap-up & Recordings from 2022 School Wellness Summer Symposium:
Thank you for joining us for our first ever statewide School Wellness Summer Symposium!
We had over 150 attendees from over 30 school districts attending. We hope you were inspired, engaged, and activated to start, strengthen and/or expand school wellness efforts for staff, students, and families.
Click here for to view the descriptions and recordings from each session.
What is the School Wellness Summer Symposium?
SNAP-Ed New York’s School Wellness Summer Symposium is a dynamic event planned to be held on August 9 - 11, 2022 and designed to bring together (virtually) school staff and administration from across NY to inspire, educate and engage. Through live virtual activities, participants will gain knowledge, skills and abilities to start, strengthen and/or expand school wellness efforts for staff, students and families.
Themes:
- Inspire our schools to act and build communities where food and movement matter
- Educate participants on the connection between food, movement, resilience, and readiness to learn or teach
- Engage meaningful discussions around nutrition education, physical activity, and the whole child
- Apply skills and knowledge gained to enhance the quality of programming and students readiness to learn
Motivating, learning, and sharing. The SNAP-Ed NY School Wellness Symposium encourages virtual community building with activities designed to help participants get acquainted, feel comfortable and stay motivated.
What can participants expect to learn?
At the completion of the conference participants will:
- Have gained a skillset, connection and/or knowledge that strengthens wellness efforts in their school.
- Understand the connection of food, movement and resilience to student and/or staff's ability to learn or teach
- Be motivated to apply the concepts learned to their specific roles at the classroom, building and/or district level
Have questions?
Email Jenna Ricker, SNAP-Ed Operations Coordinator at jr2283@cornell.edu or call 845-344-1234.
The School Wellness Summer Symposium is coordinated by:
Contact
Bintou Hinds
SNAP-Ed NY Regional Coordinator
fh272@cornell.edu
(845) 677-8223
Last updated August 25, 2022
Check out our Speakers!
Click on each speaker's name or picture below to learn more about them!
Sarah Bentley-Garfinkel (she/her) is the School and Early Care & Education Program Coordinator at the Health Initiative in Potsdam NY, currently in the Creating Healthy Schools and Communities project.
Kayleigh Bowles is a fifth-grade teacher at Kenneth L. Rutherford Elementary School in the Monticello Central School District in Sullivan County.
Sean Brock, MEd, serves as the Associate Director for Whole Child Health.
Erica Dahl is a SNAP-Ed Community Nutrition Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Orange County.
Jessica Dean is a Kindergarten teacher at the Matilda Ave School in Bronx, NY.
Chef Dave Dunn is currently the Food Service Director for K.C.S.D.
Julie Ennis has been teaching elementary education in the Bronx for 7 years.
Bryan M. Fairbrother has been with Morrisville-Eaton Central Schools since July 2018, first as the Director of Special Education, Response to Intervention (RtI) and Data, and as the Elementary Principal and Director of Special Education, RtI, and Data since August 2020.
Caitlin Fitzpatrick is the Associate Director of Nutrition & Health Services at Food Bank For New York City, overseeing Food Bank’s CookShop nutrition education program.
Daniel W. Hatcher is the Director of Community Partnerships at the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
Justine Hays is a SNAP-Ed Nutritionist and registered dietitian.
Bintou Hinds serves as a regional team leader and occasional Spanish language nutrition educator for SNAP Ed HV-Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County.
Jacqueline Iaria has a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education for SUNY Old Westbury, taught preschool for many years, Coordinator for the Rockland County TEENWORKS program which runs over the summer. Ten years as a Family Resource Coordinator.
Mallory Jackson is a Human Services and Chemical Dependency Counseling Professor at SUNY Jefferson Community College (JCC) in Watertown, NY.
Check out our Speakers!
Click on each speaker's name or picture below to learn more about them!
Suzy Koontz, Founder and CEO of Learn Thru Movement, is an actuary, an educational consultant, a math teacher, and the creator of Math & Movement, Movement & Literacy and over 150 kinesthetic teaching tools.
Isabel Kashani Lara is a National Advisor for Whole Child Health focused on Family and Community Engagement with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Adrienne Markworth is Executive Director of Leah’s Pantry, a California-based thought-leader on trauma-informed nutrition security.
Joan Martin is currently a SNAP-Ed nutritionist for Schuyler and Yates Counties based at CCE Schuyler, working with youth and families in schools, afterschool programs, and community settings.
Kelsey Monks is the Regional Environmental Nutritionist for SNAP-Ed New York Southern Finger Lakes Region.
Brian Muse is a Special Olympics coach, Entrepreneur, and recently promoted to the Youth Services Supervisor for Family Services, Teen Resource Activity Center program.
Becky O’Connor is a Farm to Institution Coordinator for an 11 county region in Western NY and the Finger Lakes.
Sue Osborne is a physical education teacher with over 25 years experience. She teaches at E.R. Andrews Elementary School grades K-5.
Jessica Pino-Goodspeed, LMSW serves as a school nutrition program & policy expert at Hunger Solutions New York – a statewide nonprofit dedicated to alleviating hunger.
Joanne Robinson-Silas has a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts – School of Visual Arts. Becoming a Family Resource Coordinator was a natural progression for me.
Shayna Russo is currently SNAP-Ed’s Project Manager for the Hudson Valley Region and Coordinator for Technical Assistance (TA).
Carrie Steindorff has had a long career in public health that has emphasized improving environmental support for child health and wellbeing.
Jennifer Tuthill studied Elementary Education, Biology and Theatre at SUNY New Paltz and has a Master of Arts in Education from Stony Brook University. She currently teaches in the Newburgh Enlarged School District.
Julika von Stackelberg, MA is a credentialed parenting educator and certified parenting coach who focuses on building resilience for families and the community at Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange.
Maurelhena Walles is Founder and CEO of Equity Design.