Wellness Council Chair Checklist

This is designed to help you, as a wellness council chair, plan, lead and support wellness efforts within your agency.

Build Your Wellness Council

Recruit wellness council members from different roles and areas of your agency. Recruitment cards are available. Email WFHT.TN@tn.gov for information.
Stay in regular contact with council members to keep everyone informed and involved.

Communicate With Your Agency

Decide how and how often wellness information will be shared.
Identify who will send communications on behalf of your wellness council.
Get approval before sharing information.

Before Promoting Activities

Connect with your public information officer or the person in charge of internal communication at your agency.
Connect with your agency's legal counsel.
- For physical activities and events hosted by your wellness council, an agency-specific liability waiver is required. Sample language is available as a reference. Each agency is responsible for creating and approving its own liability waiver.

Hold Regular Meetings

Schedule meetings with wellness council members on a regular basis.
Review quarterly activity lists, ideas and action items.
Assign tasks among council members and follow up on progress.
Your Working for a Healthier Tennessee wellness coordinator is available to help.

Stay Connected With Working for a Healthier Tennessee

Get permission before using the Working for a Healthier Tennessee logo.
Share updates about wellness activities, challenges or events your team or division has hosted by completing the wellness activity submission form.
Submit photos for social media (with employee permission).
Submit up to one wellness council budget request per fiscal year.

Participate in Working for a Healthier Tennessee Meetings

Join monthly wellness council webinars.
Attend the annual Working for a Healthier Tennessee celebration.

Plan for the Future

Identify and prepare a successor for the wellness council chair role.
Create a plan to ensure a smooth transition in the event you need to step down.