Improve Sleep: Tips to Improve Your Sleep When Times Are Tough
Just like food or water, sleep is a biological necessity for life and health. Research shows that the hours we spend sleeping are incredibly important. Getting enough sleep can improve mental health, mood, and ability to think and make good [...]
Watch Out for Eye Dangers
The personal and economic toll of eye injuries at work is alarming. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20,000 workplace eye injuries happen each year. Injuries on the job often require one or more missed workdays [...]
ECEAP receives CARES funding to provide summer support for children and families
This summer, ECEAP teachers quickly shifted to a different way of delivering instruction and maintaining relationships with children and families. Many ECEAP classrooms closed down and teachers were expected to maintain communication, engagement, and interactions with children and families. This [...]
Home office ergonomic tips
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic? Staying healthy and productive when working from home starts with a good set-up of your main work area. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries offers tips on how to best set [...]
REACH Provides Summer Activities in Lyle and Wishram School Districts
The spring of 2020 brought unexpected changes to all of our lives. The REACH program was one of many Teaching & Learning Division programs that quickly shifted to virtual services to continue providing academic support to students in the Lyle [...]
Prevent Coalition: “Honest conversations” key to preventing prescription opioid misuse
Vancouver’s Prevent Coalition, in partnership with other prevention coalitions in SW Washington, is launching an ad campaign based on Washington State Health Care Authority’s (HCA) opioid awareness effort, Starts with One. Approaching its fourth year, the grant-funded campaign is designed [...]
Too Much Screen Time?
Whether it is a work computer, a home laptop or our ever-present smartphones, chances are you stare at some type of screen for hours each day. This can lead to vision problems. “Focusing on tiny type for hours on end [...]
SummerWorks Internship Program Goes Virtual
When the school closures and work from home orders came into effect the SummerWorks team pivoted to virtual outreach and enrollment, connecting with school teams and families across Clark and Cowlitz counties to enroll 64 students in the virtual SummerWorks [...]
ECE & SaSS Partner to Provide Paraeducator Training
As part of the General Paraeducator Certificate, paraeducators must complete the Fundamental Course of Study (FCS), which is a series of professional development courses covering many domains of learning to be completed in one year. ESD 112's Student and School [...]
