At a glance
- Organization
- Elk Lake School District
- Participants
- Faculty and staff
- Format
- Experiential professional development training
- Led by
- Lacey Cook and Iván Quintero, founders of Move With Intention®
- Focus areas
- Mental fitness, emotional fitness, attention, stress management, and intentional living
- Public source
- Susquehanna County Independent, September 15, 2026
Inside the staff training
The training brought together faculty and staff at Elk Lake School District around five areas: mental fitness, emotional fitness, attention, stress management, and intentional living. Lacey Cook and Iván Quintero led it.
The report describes the session as experiential, centered on practical tools that participants could put to use straight away in the classroom, at work, and in everyday life.
According to the report, participants explored three ideas:
- Attention. How where we place our attention shapes what we notice and how we respond.
- Carried experiences. How past experiences can keep affecting how we feel now when we carry them or replay them again and again.
- Useful states under pressure. How a person can become more deliberate about reaching states such as calm, confidence, and resourcefulness when pressure rises.
Planning questions for your school
If you are planning staff professional development on attention, stress, or wellbeing, these questions help you prepare. Your answers also make a strong start for an inquiry.
Who should be in the room?
All faculty and staff, a leadership team, or one group such as new teachers or support staff. The answer shapes the pace and the examples used.
How much time is available?
Organization formats range from a few hours to a half day or a full day. Knowing the slot you have, such as a professional development day, helps us suggest what fits.
Which themes matter most right now?
For example attention, stress management, emotional fitness, or intentional living. Choosing one or two keeps the time practical.
What should people be able to use the next school day?
Name the moments that matter, in the classroom, in meetings, or at the end of a long day, so tools can be practiced around them.
What space will you use?
Our sessions combine movement, reflection, and practical conversation, so it helps to know the room and how people can stand and move in it.
How will you follow up?
A short check in at a staff meeting or a shared reminder helps ideas get practiced rather than forgotten.
What else should we know?
Preferred dates, district priorities, accessibility needs, or anything that would rule a format in or out.
Talk to us about your staff
Bring your answers to an organization inquiry. We will learn about your school, your people, and your timing, then suggest formats that fit. Travel, location, and delivery are confirmed during your inquiry.
Schools and organizations in our regional base can also read about our work in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Northeast Pennsylvania, and every team format is described on For Organizations.
Source
Read the original report, “Move With Intention brings mental, emotional fitness training to Elk Lake School District”, at the Susquehanna County Independent, or the article as republished on our site.
For more practical reading, browse our resources by situation.